She is a 9ft+ boelens python and weighs 8.0kg. A few months ago I increased her rat size from 245-275g to 275-300g. I always get my rats from Rodent Pro and weigh every one making sure they are within spec. Again, I feed every 10 days and always have since she was about 6 years old.
I should mention, I already had her to the vet multiple times. They assure me that she is OK and they are not concerned at this time. Her repeated bloodwork and fecal came back normal 2 weeks ago. There was no mention of body inclusions this time with the bloodwork. I originally took her to the vet because there was a little blood coming from her mouth. This was 6 months ago. My vet thought possible early mouth rot and gave her a course of antibiotics. Before the antibiotics were started they did bloodwork. It showed elevated white blood count, (indicating she was fighting an infection) and possible body inclusions.
I did change her temps by about 1 degree within the past 6 months. I had to replace a hidebox that sits under the heat source. This hidebox is about 3" taller than the previous one. Therefore, I lowered the temp by one degree. The Temps are 73-90 degrees. Despite her having a very large enclosure, she only has two options for temperature. The entire ground of the enclosure being in the mid 70s and ontop of her hide being 90 degrees.
Again, I just want to make sure that I'm feeding appropriately and her body condition is good. I was thinking if she hasn't pooped yet it's because she needed all the nutrients and there was nothing left for waste. If I am underfeeding her, this could explain the very low activity.
Thank you,
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