It takes a lot of nerve to make statements like these here in a seemingly blanket accusation aimed at all involved, and I resent it. You make it sound here like we either intentionally misled the guy, or were so self absorbed that we didn't care. Neither are true. We are all here to help, including Rob. He was just having an irritating day I think. We all do.



As for me, I took the original post as questions regarding the temps of the environment and I addressed those specifically. I saw where he wrote that he fed it "3 or 4 times a week" but I took it as likely exaggeration or a ballpark figure. I think he was trying to stress that the snake was/is well fed to demonstrate that it was/is well cared for.



Also, there are SO many variables on feeding and there was SO little information in the original post that we can't make assumtions that the snakes are grossly overfed. We can't assume things in order to fill in the gaps so we can come here and make an incitefull post like yours here. You don't know if he's feeding them pinkies. You don't know if he's feeding them small mice. You don't know if like I said above he added a little to it and maybe he feeds more like 2 times a week. You've got a lot of nerve taking this one sentence of "they get fed 3-4 times a week) and assuming that he's pounding them with large rats and that all us dumb other guys in the forum chose to ignore this and feeling that it is your duty to expose us all for the dumb a$$es that we are.



Why didn't you take the time to post and ask him exactly how big the meals are and EXACTLY how often they are really fed, before you come on here and make blanket assumtions and accusations stating that his grossly overfed snake and all other overfed snakes will die in 2 years. Statements like this are preposturous!



Yes, you should be ashamed. But not for any of us. For yourself. You took an iota of information and built it up from the mole hill that it was into a mountain of assumption,.. all to try to make yourself look better than the rest of the "wise guys".



"Tis better to be thought the fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."











>>I feel so ashamed of some of you. This forum is to educate and help people, to ask questions etc...

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>>This thread has over 20 posts, and not one states the obvious, apart from myself, followed up by Tod. This should have been the very first message put out.

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>>Overfeeding, especially in large pythons is such a common misconception and a deadly habit. As Tod said, he knows he is power feeding his burmese, and he is doing it twice a week to gain a year on breeding. I would suggest that young burmese be fed once a week, and as they age a meal every 10 days, 2 weeks, and finally an adult male every 3 weeks.

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>>If you continue a regime of 3-4 times a week feeding, I doubt the snake will live for more than 2 years old, probably less.

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>>This advice should have been available in the first message, and I am not directing my anger at you completely, more to the other guys who are supposed to be helping.

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>>I am quite disgusted and I only hope that you will follow my advice on feeding, regardless of what any other 'wise guy' says to you.
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