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    I think the other questions are how old is your snake? How much do they weigh? Do you have a photo where we can see how her body condition is?

    If she's older than 2, she may be trying to pound down extra calories for breeding prep. Even when not introduced to a male, they will still go through a cycle and possibly ovulate.

    A general rule of thumb is to look into a meal size that is around 10% of their body weight.
    The other is to feed the same or slightly larger than the widest point of a BP's body.
    They're not 100%, but generally do well in getting you started on good meal sizes. Then from there it's a combination of monitoring the body condition and adjusting feed schedule to make sure they're maintaining a good look.

    Bogertophis gives some good advice too. We do tend to see a lot of overweight BPs. And doubling in size that quickly is a little much. If the size does look to be about where she needs to be, I would try to find some around the 150g range to feed for a couple weeks before jumping to 100g. Just to avoid a regurge

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