FAT ratsnakes as breeders...

Posted by Jeff Schofield on March 26, 2002 at 18:40:38:

I have inherited a MONSTER glades female that is as big as my arm!And I'm a big guy. Having not bred this sp. before I brumated them with the rest of my colubrids. She was fat going in and now she is ENORMOUS and eating 2 med-large rats a week! What is concerning is that her skin is stretched yet she still has not shed. I think her weight may be caused by the shed cycle moving so slowly. A normal colubrid would have shed 2x by now and she has yet to go opaque. My main concern is a lack of ovulation due to this condition. Aside from a low calorie/exercise routine, has anyone else experienced FAT colubrids???J

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• you should not breed this animal...period! Jim Demirjian 03/27/02 (3)
  • Re: you should not breed this animal...period! Alan Garry 03/27/02 (2)
    • not really, as I would ask... Jim Demirjian 03/28/02 (0)
    • They are about 5'..more Jeff Schofield 03/27/02 (0)
• For a start cut down to one rat if u want her to lose weight..n/m kieran 03/27/02 (0)

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: I have inherited a MONSTER glades female that is as big as my arm!And I'm a big guy. Having not bred this sp. before I brumated them with the rest of my colubrids. She was fat going in and now she is ENORMOUS and eating 2 med-large rats a week! What is concerning is that her skin is stretched yet she still has not shed. I think her weight may be caused by the shed cycle moving so slowly. A normal colubrid would have shed 2x by now and she has yet to go opaque. My main concern is a lack of ovulation due to this condition. Aside from a low calorie/exercise routine, has anyone else experienced FAT colubrids???J

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