anyone ever had a problem with feeding thawed mice?

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Sylvias said:
Disagreeing with facts is just willful ignorance.... There is not question as to whether snakes get fat or not. They DO. Maybe it is not always from over feeding... but I can't think of a single example where the cause wasn't over feeding....
A retic in the wild may eat something of HUGE size.. say a wild pig... no problem... but it likely wont eat again for months after that. A retic in captivity is just as capable of eating a pig but it may receive that size of a meal every month from someone who is over feeding.... this will cause obesity....
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If I remember correctly, there was a zoo in Australia (?) that had that problem; their reticulated python was massively overfed & overweight and had taken on a rather nasty disposition as a result.
 
Don't ever power feed boas. That's only an option with burms and retics. But IMO not an option at all anytime. Boas don't grow like those two pythons.

Try power feeding an ETB, or GTP and see what happens. Try feeding them something big enough to even make a lump in them. Careless. Sylvias is dead on accurate on this one.
 
Just to add my 2 cents , yes one can overfeed a snake , thy can get overweight and be more of a couch potato like some people can,depending on the species each has its own recommended feeding schedule.

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