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As soon as the skin between scales shows becaue they are overweight I figure they are way to heavy - probably technically obese then.
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- yeah obesity would be at that point & once again to be completly and 100% honest with you. From my own expeirences I have never really seen someone with an obese snake. Don't ask me why, but then again I never end up going to any herp meetings. I just see others stuff from events and things like that.
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Realize that over weight snakes are one of the biggest problem areas we see with new breeders.
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-When I was first breeding snakes and researching that stuff (some years ago) I had read an artical about obesity causing problems with breeding. I see those type of article's allot more often now.
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Obese may not be the right technical word, what I meant was I think they are overweight when they start look like the sausage in too tight a skin, or when they appear plump/fat to the eye as compared to the great majority of others of the same species - especially when compared to healthy wild specimens.
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-Are people starting to think I am okay with overweight snakes? Well I am not, if you read my posts above I did mention that an obese snake was not a good thing. All I had mentioned was that I have seen far far more thin ones in comparison. I myself have never had to worry about my snakes being overweight. I have all of them on there feeding plans and so far I have never had a problem - with my breeder stock.