Re: Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?
In regards to telling me that I am over feeding, I use the "15% rule".
A large rat from my supplier is 175g-295g. At 15% a 3000 g girl should be eating a 450 g rat every 7 days?
At 15% her weekly meals should be 330 g. She had not been fed properly at her previous home, so I had been giving her smaller rats than her girth.
Here is her feeding record:
4/16 ~ acquired
4/23 ~ lg rat (175-295g)
4/30 ~ med rat (90-170g)
5/5 ~ med rat (90-170g) (noticed mild swelling and brightened colors)
5/14 ~off feed
5/21 ~ off feed
I acquired this snake at 1300g. From a rescue situation on CL.
She was housed alone at the seller's house, but had been given to him from a "friend" who did house snakes together. Supposedly, she is over 2 yrs. and had been fed 1 mouse/monthly.
She is about the body length and head size of my 5 +yr old girl 3000 g girl so I do suspect she is older than the previous owner said. Regardless, she appears gravid and after gently palpating her I can definitely feel 6 distinct oblong-sized masses. I believe they may be eggs.
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Balls:
0.1 '?? Normal
0.1 '10 Pastel
0.1 '10 Yellowbelly het Genetic Stripe
1.0 '11 Lesser
1.0 '09 Lesser
1.0 '11 Fire
1.0 '07 Spider
1.0 '11 Black Pastel
1.0 '81 Husband
2.0 '03/'10 Offspring
Gravid with 1.0.1 twins due Oct 9th 2012
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Originally Posted by Kodieh
