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Weight concerns.

wayabear

wayabear

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I'm relatively new to this whole having a snake business. I'm a bit worried that my corn is getting overweight. There are a pair in the house, one belonging to my roommate, one to me. They're fed the same, but the roomie's is still much smaller than mine (length, weight, head size, everything). I'm looking for opinions, advice. The picture is the best, most recent one I have of her full-length. What worries me, simply put, is that her body narrows down so suddenly near her vent.

This is a photo of her during her next-to-last feeding.
 
Each corn snake grows at their own rate, so i wouldnt worry about it, They are like kids some grow quick and others stay small for a while:)
 
Young snakes rarely get overweight as most of the food goes towards growing. You do see it in adults where the initial growth spurt slows down to a trickle.
 
Thanks folks. I'm feeling less nervous about it now. I just didn't want to accidentally become a stupid pet owner even after doing research. She's eating two pinkies once per week, which makes a mild bulge in her mid-section. My roommate keeps wanting to up the feedings to three, but I just don't think it's quite time for that. We went up from one to two when one wasn't really making a bulge and when two doesn't make a bulge, I'll move to three or maybe fuzzies.
 
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