That snake is morbidly obese.

Obese snakes generally don't breed as well as non-obese snakes and obese snakes (like all vertebrates that have been studied) tend to live shorter lives.

Their appears to be a correlation between egg binding and obesity in snakes as well so not only does the snake have less chance of successfully breeding, but a higher chance of complications should she breed.

A snake that length should be eating a mouse every 5-7 days. You need to cut back on feeding to try and get her body fat down. She will still grow in length, but won't be as fat. I have found that faster growth rates are achieved by feeding small meals more often. Whether faster growth rats are good or not remains debatable.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, TX

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• Is this a good size for an '04 brooksi? - xelda, Wed Sep 14 01:17:03 2005
• RE: Is this a good size for an '04 brooksi? - ChristopherD, Wed Sep 14 07:30:15 2005
• RE: Is this a good size for an '04 brooksi? - smoothscalin, Wed Sep 14 09:08:00 2005
• no..... - chrish, Wed Sep 14 11:14:40 2005
• Well... - xelda, Wed Sep 14 16:26:11 2005
• The what determines obesity - TobyEKing, Wed Sep 14 18:50:05 2005
• RE: The what determines obesity - Keith Hillson, Wed Sep 14 21:49:43 2005
• Chrish - bluerosy, Wed Sep 14 19:39:14 2005
• RE: Is this a good size for an '04 brooksi? - smoothscalin, Wed Sep 14 13:50:53 2005
• Yes! - ZFelicien, Wed Sep 14 16:05:16 2005
• RE: I think it's just right.. - Kinglvr, Wed Sep 14 19:45:46 2005
• Very nice. - Steve_Craig, Wed Sep 14 19:39:15 2005
• steve's pic above is about right....... - justinian2120, Wed Sep 14 22:46:05 2005
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