I knew this discussion would come down to spilting hairs as soon as I posted. I would say a snake with fatty deposites would be obese. With out fatty deposits, just a nice solid animal.

I'm not try to be an ass here. I thought that Western Hognose was great looking and the tri-color a fine animal also. And did'nt see them as obese, which I took as a negitive. Right?



I keep a pair of tri-color hogs and feed both the same food items every 10 days and the female looks twice the size of the male in girth. If I posted a photo of the two of them togeather she might get the obese name used on her. But I would'nt say she is obese just solid.

Now I keep Rubber Boas also & have a female who is solid and I keep her that way as long as I can because she will go off feed and have eight weeks in burmation too.

I also have Bull snakes from Montana (so on the smaller size) and a wc male was looking solid and I still kept the mice coming to him as long as he would eat them. He looked great, now he has gone off feed for nearly two months and still looks good. And when burmated will still have mass when I take him out of burmation.

Again, I'm not trying to be an ass I just liked the two big snakes and was surprised by the obese jab.

Peace,

-Dell Despain

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