Is she overweight?

[snake girl 123]

So I'm a bit of a newbie here, I've had a my bp for a about a year now and when I got her she was a little underweight, and I fed her once a week. always stayed a bit on the smaller side until I moved her up to medium rats, she's put on 300g in the last month, and she's 2 1/2 years old. I've posted some pics, is she overweight? And should I make feeding less often? Thanks.

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[303_enfield]

Look fine to me "but" I need to see the entire snake.

[KyRo]

Definitely need to see the whole snake. It's hard to tell since there is no reference for scale. This snake could be 100 feet long and we would have no idea from how the pics were taken lol

[CloudtheBoa]

I personally probably wouldn't feed mediums, or I'd at least space it out more, maybe 3-4 weeks. My bp does quite well on a single small rat every 2-3 weeks, I experience feeding issues on mediums. He's 3'7" and 1,200-1,400 grams depending on how well he's eating for me (1,300 is more about normal weight, 1,400 was the heaviest I've ever recorded him and 1,200 was the lightest he looked healthy at).

[snake girl 123]

I personally probably wouldn't feed mediums, or I'd at least space it out more, maybe 3-4 weeks. My bp does quite well on a single small rat every 2-3 weeks, I experience feeding issues on mediums. He's 3'7" and 1,200-1,400 grams depending on how well he's eating for me (1,300 is more about normal weight, 1,400 was the heaviest I've ever recorded him and 1,200 was the lightest he looked healthy at).

Wow 3-4 weeks? I always thought the most you should leave it was 2 weeks, interesting! And at what age do you start feeding every 4 weeks? Thank you

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[snake girl 123]

Look fine to me "but" I need to see the entire snake.

Okay, what do you think?

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[snake girl 123]

Definitely need to see the whole snake. It's hard to tell since there is no reference for scale. This snake could be 100 feet long and we would have no idea from how the pics were taken lol

Okay, that makes sense, I've posted a picture now. I'm not sure how long she is but her weight is around 2100/2200 grams if that helps?

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[303_enfield]

Not fat an at 2.5 years she "may" want to breed. That could be the weight she put on. I have a normal male looking for a friend

[CloudtheBoa]

Wow 3-4 weeks? I always thought the most you should leave it was 2 weeks, interesting! And at what age do you start feeding every 4 weeks? Thank you

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I don't normally suggest 3-4 weeks, I'm only suggesting 3-4 weeks because mediums are likely more rat than she needs. She'll need time to digest and have a rest period before her next meal. I normally feed 2-3 weeks for adults, but that's on a proper-sized meal. The bigger the meal, the more time it needs to be digested (and certain types of prey items also have different periods of digestion). My bp is much smaller, but he only ate once every 2 months on mediums. Not by my choice, though. lol

I could maybe see feeding the occasional medium rat if you were wanting to breed, considering her size, but I wouldn't offer one more often than every third meal, and space the next small rat out accordingly when you do.

[Joykoins]

I'd say shes probably a perfect 5 on the 1-9 body condition scale, but thats just judging from the pics. Heres a great video from a real expert on signs of over or underweight snakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sspqmKjeJlE&t=581s