#body condition

Homeownership is a scam, but it's worth it to have her looking so happy and healthy

It’s less about weight and more about body condition. It may be an average, but you really can’t make a blanket statement because a 5, 6, or even 7kg Maine coon could have a totally acceptable body condition score, whereas a 4kg cat with a naturally small stature could be very overweight.

not bad for 7 huh

My partner took some stacked photos of Luca for the Embark Dog Obesity Survey. He still weighs 7kg, but he doesn’t feel fat to me. I think he could still lose some in the waist, but I do wonder if he has put on any muscle. Hard to know when you have a heavily coated dog.

Styles body condition 7/9/18

An analysis of body condition is the best way to determine if a ball python is over or underweight. A healthy ball python should be rounded with a slight spinal peak, an obvious visual difference between the head and neck, and an evenly tapering tail. An overweight ball python will be sausage shaped (entirely round, no spinal peak), and slight bends in the body will form rolls. An obese ball python has a spinal indent, and may begin to form "hips" as most people refer to it- where the tail does not appear tapered as they should be. The neck may also lose definition, and also not appear tapered as it should.

Body condition shots: Dakota 9/9/17