Quote Originally Posted by mr~python
i dont think its likely either but i read it in the Ball Python Manual by david and tracy barker and Phillip de vosjoliz, i think that hi last name
That blurb is a general catch all that can be applied to most snakes and my guess is that it probably reads almost exactly the same in a burmese python book or boa book written by de Vosjoli. (FWIW, I'm pretty sure that Dave and Tracy did not work on that section). Authors that write multiple different books on similar subjects (generalists) often cut and paste to save time. I don't think that there's anything wrong with that, but I do feel that if de Vosjoli had as much experience working with ball pythons as he does with other species, that section might read a little different or not be there at all.

If you give a ball python too much food, in my experience, they will correct that all on their own by fasting way before they get the chance to become "obese" in the clinical sense of the word.

-adam