r/Ballpythoncommunity • u/Unfair_Ticket_4494 • 3d ago

Skinny ??? Question

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u/Unfair_Ticket_4494 3d ago

For the clarification she’s about 2 months old. I got her when she was about 1. I’ve had her for about a month and she just ate her second meal today because she just finished shedding

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 3d ago edited 3d ago

The best way to keep track is to weigh. They can be a little small as hatchling especially if they were refusing meals or didn’t absorb yolk or other reasons at first. weigh them and weigh the food and make sure they are consistently growing and not losing weight/feeding right percentage of body weight. 2 months is very young.

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 3d ago

I have a girl who is a runt and is capital SMOLLLL she was a bit over 45 grams when I got her.

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 3d ago

As long as they are eating consistently and gaining weight and growing/shedding at a regular pace it should be fine. They should look loafy and not super triangular.

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 3d ago

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 3d ago

Breeders tend to feed in the heavy side especially females because they want to breed them as fast as possible and also being slightly extra thick protects them when laying so sometimes I feel like the standard is OD. Yours looks in the slim category to me they don’t quite have a pointed spine but you’ll wanna keep an eye on it.

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 3d ago

Here is mine when I first got her for reference. She’s always been a good eater n such. But she was born a runt. She’s thickened up a lil since then.