Overweight Cornsnake?

[Lisabella]

Hi there

I have a question.. should I be worried my Tom is getting overweight?? I feed him every Sunday.. just started him 2 weeks ago on 2 fuzzies cause he was coming out of hiding after 1-2 days only on the 1 fuzzy and soon I will be upping him to a hopper... I'm just worried I may be over feeding him.. he has never regured.. I tried to take pictures.. hope this works..they aren't the best pictures cause he didn't want to sit still



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/regeanemarie/Snakes035.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/regeanemarie/Snakes036.jpg


Lisa~

[Tula_Montage]

He just needs to poop ;)

[Lisabella]

Oh.. now I feel weird LOL...


Thanks :D


Lisa~

[Sanebedlam]

Just hold him for 30 minutes or so be careful then put him back in his cage he should be fine and will poo it all out the exrcise of crawling around your hand helps

[tracy0416]

No need to feel weird. You would not believe the amount of pooh related questions I and other people ask.

Does he evacuate his bowels regularily?

[Lisabella]

Yeah I clean it out of his home on a weekly basis..

Well I'm happy he isn't getting overweight.. :D

Thanks everyone!


Lisa~

[Flagg]

I think it's pretty hard to get a young growing corn snake "overweight" unless you are really overfeeding them a LOT. They tend to put the food resources towards growth rather than fattening up. That happens more when they get older.

[suecornish]

Wait until he poops on you. Then you'll feel really weird. :crazy02:

[Kokopelli]

nothing like a pile of colubrid poo to start off the day. :cheers:

[suecornish]

Me: "Honey, why does Smokey have his tail up like that?"

Husband: "Because he just pooped on you."

Me: :-puke01: (Not really.)