Thoughts on weight

[Bennie1986]

So my female normal is a rescue. I got her from a local shop that took her in from an owner that had to down size a collection. They claimed she was a 7yo female but when I decided to weigh her today she is only 1010 grams. Everything I've read about females says one of two things to me; either she was not feed sufficiently or she is not a she. Opinions?

[Neal]

So my female normal is a rescue. I got her from a local shop that took her in from an owner that had to down size a collection. They claimed she was a 7yo female but when I decided to weigh her today she is only 1010 grams. Everything I've read about females says one of two things to me; either she was not feed sufficiently or she is not a she. Opinions?

The age could be wrong, sex could be wrong or not sufficiently fed, or could be a combination of all 3. Another option is if she's a mouse eater or rat eater.

[piedlover79]

In order to determine if 'she' is a good weight we'd need a picture to see the snake's body condition. Pure weight doesn't tell us anything about how it's distributed. Long and skinny? Short and Fat? Just right?

[PitOnTheProwl]

Any and all the..... Weight is not a determining anything.
Many of us have fat snakes.....

[Meerna]

I have a male I bought as an adult in March with no clue as to his age, but he was probed by a herp vet and confirmed male, even though he's over 5 feet long and 2200 grams. He's not really fat though, just a good eater. Just an example of how outside the norm weight, length, and age can be.

[Bennie1986]

In order to determine if 'she' is a good weight we'd need a picture to see the snake's body condition. Pure weight doesn't tell us anything about how it's distributed. Long and skinny? Short and Fat? Just right?

This is the only pic I have now...https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...129334875.jpeg

[piedlover79]

From what I can see in that pic it looks like a healthy body composition. Not noticeably thin anywhere. A pic down the back is best, starving snakes have prominent spines.

[Bennie1986]

From what I can see in that pic it looks like a healthy body composition. Not noticeably thin anywhere. A pic down the back is best, starving snakes have prominent spines.

There is definitely no spine showing, I'm just wondering if it's normal for a female to be so small. I plan feeding her more, She was fed once by the shop I got her from and it was only one mouse. I have fed her once and I fed her two mice. This Sunday I plan on offering three. After she is comfortable with her new home, which she seems to already enjoy, I'm going to try and switch to rats but I don't wanna push to fast.

[Trisnake]

She looks to be healthy, from what I can see. Cute picture Does seem a bit small for 7 years old though. Maybe before the shop took her she was underfed and in turn hasn't grown as large as she could be.

[piedlover79]

My first thought is that it might actually be a 'he'. My boy is 8 years old around 1000 grams and eats just fine. In any case it s/he looks happy and healthy.