Posted by:
RobertPreston
at Wed Oct 17 13:46:03 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RobertPreston ]
I got my burm as a rescue in the summer of 2000, I believe. He was around 6 feet long and very skinny. He's over 15 feet now and fat as a cow, and he goes off feed every year. He quits eating around October and won't eat again until the middle of February or March. He usually sheds once in the middle of his fast, and again at the end. After that late winter/early spring shed, he's ready to eat again. One year, he quit in late September, another year he quit at the end of October, so the actual time he goes of feed varies by a few weeks. I fed him a couple of weeks ago, and he's in shed now. He's probably through for the year, though I'll try him one more time to see what happens. If he does eat, it will be his last time until spring. Interestingly, I have a ball python and a small retic that are unaffected by the seasons.
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