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at Sat Nov 5 11:33:08 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HighEndHerpsInc ]
The other poster pretty much nailed this one, but I still have a few thoughts I would like to add to it to maybe help explain *why* it is best to not overfeed.
As is already posted it is better to be patient and raise your burmese correctly and breed at an otherwise natural breeding age (similar to what it would be in the wild, 3-4 years & up) than to power feed them to grow at unnatural rates in order to breed a year or two sooner. And here's why: Although massive sizes can and often are achieved by breeders and enthusiastic herpers seeking only great size, it is not natural. The reason why it is thought to be potentially harmful is due to the fact that the snake's vital organs are overworked in order to digest the incredible volume of food required to achieve those great sizes. It is also commonly thought that perhaps these same vital organs are incapable of growing at the same rapid rate that the body of the snake is capable of growing. So the end result may be overworked, yet undersized, heart, lung, kidneys, etc. So potentially the vital organs may be too small and weak to support the demands of the mammoth, oversized snake. And early death as the other posted alluded to is not only possible but perhaps inevitable.
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RE: Feeding ,Breeding, and Genetics - HighEndHerpsInc, Sat Nov 5 11:33:08 2005