In my experience, and in reading many threads here and elsewhere and talking with other keepers, it seems to me to be really hard to get a BP to be obese. I know it can happens with chain feeding and some forms of power feeding. But these are outliers to my knowledge. It is not an accepted practice. If anyone still does it it is being done underground.
But today I had someone on an FB group insist that obese BPs are common and many die from complications of it. They even claim there are many threads on this very forum about it. However, I can't seem to find these threads.
From what I know and have experienced BP's are very self regulating. If they don't need to eat they won't eat. I have been more worried about BP's starving themselves to death than eating too much.
What say you? Have I just missed it? Or is this person blowing things out of proportion?
Thanks.
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