Please don't take offense- your use of the term maintainance diet imo implies a Burmese that has reached adulthood and can be maintained. As for the diet itself, well, there are many different opinions on what is a suitable diet for a Burm and many Burms that throw some opinions out the window- but the term itself doesn't describe a diet that supports a growing Burmese which is what I was referring to. The original post was about a two year old female that is only ten feet long and the poster showed hesistancy to feed her anymore.

Slightly on a tangent- but related- I've noticed a large number of people feeding mice to baby Burmese and waiting five to six months to switch to rats and feeding rats until Burmese are two years old or longer. A few years ago, it was common to hear about power feeding and force feeding to get giants big fast. Seems like the current has gone the other direction but neither method is healthy. I don't know sometimes if we are talking about maintaining optimum health or maintaing a grip on the expense of an appropriate Burmese diet. That is not related to my comment above or to your post but it came to mind just now as I was writing and thought I'd get it out.
At any rate, I'm sorry that I haven't seen your photos. I don't often have the time to look at photos so I just read a few posts now and then. If the diet you are feeding is supporting your snake then it is a good diet for her. I will look forward to photos of you Burmese when I visit.
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Marcia Pimentel
Tango River Reptiles
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