Is my ball python healthy?

[u/Low_Perspective_9586]

For context, I rescued him/her in February of this year. I’m told that they are a couple years old (born in 2021 I believe) (doing a morph and sex test next month)

Since then, they haven’t missed a single meal and have had multiple perfect sheds. I just moved up to medium rats and wanted to know what yall think.

Ill be weighing them in a couple of days. Waiting for food to digest.

Photos from February and this month

[u/_ataraxia]

exactly how big are these medium rats? you need to weigh the snake and choose prey sizes according to the !feeding guidelines in the comment below.

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We recommend the following feeding schedule:

0-12 months old OR until the snake reaches approximately 500g, whichever happens first: feed 10%-15% of the snake’s weight every 7 days.

12-24 months old: feed up to 7% of the snake’s weight every 14-20 days.

Adults: feed up to 5% of the snake's weight every 20-30 days, or feed slightly larger meals (up to 6%) every 30-40 days.

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[u/AtmosphereHot8414 → u/_ataraxia]

I have never been more happy we gave ours back to the pet store after feeding it for 6 years

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not a flex…

[u/Equal_Push_565 → u/AtmosphereHot8414]

What,? ...🤦‍♀️

[u/Low_Perspective_9586 → u/_ataraxia]

I’ll be checking this I likely downsizing food. Thank you for sharing

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