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Hey,I figured I should post up some pics of my 5 month old Normal burm. Hes right around the 3' mark. Just curious if his size is right around where it should be for a 5 month old. also, from the pics, what do you guys think I should be feeding him? and how often? right now im feeding him 2 mice a week. also, its a male!
Definitely switch to rat crawlers at least. NEVER feed burms mice.
may i ask why no mice? thing is, only rodents i can get right now are live...and the rats are huge around here..im working on getting a freezer so the g/f wont [bleep] about f/t in our freezer..so im looking for a little one.
also, is 3' a good size for a 5 month male? i feel like i see/hear about others being around 4.5-5' or something.
hes very tame..never struck at me..hes been a good little burm so far
That guy could/should be eating medium rats by now.I would say try one and STAY WITH HIM,as long as he takes it right away and gets it down he'll be fine with those.Once he gets it down completely,there should be a very noticable lump in his gut for 1-3 days,(it will be somewhat noticable for longer than that but should be significantly smaller)if it lasts longer,you may want to scale back a little.If all goes well you could feed him one of those every 14-16 days,and still get decent growth out of him.As for his size now,he looks OK,maybe a little small,but nothing to worry about.Mice for Burms are usually just to get them eating,but even small burms can tackle full grown mice easily.
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