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I have a 3ft. albino burmese. We feed him 1 adult mouse every 4-5 days. He has eated 4 mice and still no defacation. We put him in warm water last night and he went to the bathroom a little bit, but not 4 mice worth. His cage has proper temperature: 90 - 94 degrees in the basking spot 85 degrees in another and 80 degrees in the far cooling spot. He has a large water dish in his cage that we clean and refill daily.

I have found mixed responses on this issue. Is this normal? is there anything else I need to do?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank You!!

DAN

Just my opinion, but if you do not eat enough, you will not "go to the bathroom" either. I am not saying that you are starving you burm, but the food that he/she, sorry I could not remember, is being absorbed by the body and used for growth. That may be why there is no "poop". Personally, when my burm was about that length, he was eating small rats and giving me regular defications(sp?). I just believe that most, if not all, of the prey item being offered is being used by the body for growth and that may be why there is no defication(sp?). Maybe someone else here like Damon or Rob can help you better, but this is my personal opinion.

Jason

Yes, the younger burms seem to absorb more of the food when they are younger, but also, these seem like small meals, even for a 3 foot baby. Have you measured this guy at 3 feet, or are you guessing? Because I have seen HUGE discrepancies when people guess in both ends of the size spectrum. I have had people tell me their burmese was 8 inches when in fact it was closer to 24 and then I have had people say that their snake was about 2 feet and it was closer to 4 feet. It's often hard to judge. But if your little guy is in fect 3 feet he/she can easily take down medium to medium large rats. I start off my 2 ft hatchlings on small rats or jumbo mice. These guys are designed to take down large prey items. Once you are feeding him/her more I'm sure you will see a nice little cycle of eating and defecation with relative regularity.

By the way,.. I am Damon

>>Just my opinion, but if you do not eat enough, you will not "go to the bathroom" either. I am not saying that you are starving you burm, but the food that he/she, sorry I could not remember, is being absorbed by the body and used for growth. That may be why there is no "poop". Personally, when my burm was about that length, he was eating small rats and giving me regular defications(sp?). I just believe that most, if not all, of the prey item being offered is being used by the body for growth and that may be why there is no defication(sp?). Maybe someone else here like Damon or Rob can help you better, but this is my personal opinion.
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>>Jason
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I have measured him. He is 3 ft. long maybe an inch or two longer now since I measured him about 2-3 weeks ago. I have heard differnet opinions on feeding him. Some people say feed him once a week and some say twice a week and some say more than that. He is in good health, as I just took him to the vet. I figured every 4 days is a happy medium as that is when he seems to gets hungry. When I first got him he would deficate after every time we fed him. This is why I was concerned now. We are feeding him large adult mice. Maybe it it time to switch to rats? I thought the rats might be too big for him though. I appreciate the input and if you have more to add please do so. Thanks!!

DAN

Here he is.

DAN

you are STARVING that snake! Feed him like brian smith said. What ever careshee/book that you read to feed it an adult mouse is wrong. you should feed it a prey item that is the width of the widest part of the burm. I feed my 18inch BP 1 mouse a week, if you can't get FT rats feed it like 4-5 mice at one feeding.
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