I recently acquired a female jungle carpet python, she's just under 6 ft. and is overweight. The person I adopted her from apparently loved to watch her eat and fed her way too often. I'm not going to be breeding her and I would like to slim her down some if possible.

She was being fed twice a week on small/medium rats and wasn't getting very much exercise at all. I've kept carpets for a while now and keep mine on a very regular diet so Ive never had this issue before. Are there any concerns with reducing the snakes feeding schedule? Would it be better to downsize the prey size and continue to feed on a normal schedule, or to continue feeding her medium rats but stretch the length of time between feeding out longer?

She's fairly aggressive but not too difficult to handle, so she will be getting regular out of the cage exercise, so that should help her along some. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. I'll post up some pics when I'm home shortly.

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