Most books, and, certainly herp shop managers, who probably have a limited amount of biological backgrounds, are not basing their advice on any sort of scientific evidence, from field work working with this species, that supports their advice. Too many people make the mistake of following a formula rather than really taking the time to know their animal (which also means to know when they are hungry); most people in the hobby and even profession, have never developed those instincts where they can read their animals. The schedule you mentioned below will work for some burms and not for others. Some will get obese on that schedule while others will be constantly cruising their cages looking lean on this schedule. Why? Because every single burm is different (just like people). They may be hard wired similarly but they are also very much different from each other.



>>Well rob i am basing my info on a book called pythons and my local Herp shop manager....he even gave me a feeding schedule as follows....

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>>hatchling to 30" 1 mouse every 5 days

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>>30"-3ft. 2 mice evry week

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>>3-4' 1 small rat a week

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>>4-5' 1 medium rat a week

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>>5-6' 1 large rat a week

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>>6-7' 1 jumbo a week

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>>7 and up an appropritae size rabbit every 2 weeks........

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>>i think this schedule is very good fro burms...dont you??? Also a little more on the technical scale a hatchling burm until it is 6 months old should get 12x its weight every year.......6 months to a year should get 8x weight a year....1 year to 18 months should get 6x its weight and byt the timew a burm is full grown it should only eat double its weight a year...for example a 7' burm at a little over a year old...and say the 7' snake weighs arounf 10 lbs.. it should get about a 2lb rabbit every 2 weeks.......by 10 ft and almost fully grown for a male.....its hould get maybe a 4 or 5 pounder every 2 weeks.....ROb i would actually like your comments on this info please respond...thank you

>>Jake
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Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm

Lake Forest, IL

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