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Hi All,

I just hatched another great clutch of Albino Burms and about 5 of them have this crazy pattern. Has any one ever seen this before. This was from 2 regular looking Albino burms and the male breed several female and none of the other hatchlings looked anything like this.

Wow wow wow! That is so original. Very cool indeed.

Most likely you could got that pattern on the brum from tempature fluncuation. The question i have was curious of a cb burm could eat a wild rabbit if i caught one.....

I want to compliment you on that baby, its beautiful.

For the burm eating the wild rabbit, I would really not. You will be exposing your burm to so many parasites that its body is not even remotely prepared to deal with. It is a huge risk to take to save you a few bucks. And in the long run it will probably cost you a fortune in anti-parasitics from your vet.
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1.0 Albino Green Burm
0.2 Normal Burm
1.1 Java Retic

Well maybe but I use a high-end incubator that has both temp and humidity controls. The temp never changed more than a 1/2 of a degree over the incubation period. About feeding a wild rabit the burm has no idea it's wild. If you are going to do that you need to freeze them first that will kill all the bugs the rabbit might have.

Happy Herping!!!

Feeding any wild caught animal to your CAPTIVE BRED ANIMAL IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. I hate seeing misleading information if you dont know what you are talkin about please avoid giving people advice.. Freezing a wild caught animal will sure kill all the EXTERNAL parasites but not the internal.. You must not realize that pests and bugs are not the only dangerous thing being carryed by a wild caught rabbit. Who knows what the rabbit has came in contact with in the wild or in your backyard. Anti-freeze, rat pellets, pesticides sprays on the yard or in a field.. Parasites are not the only thing to worry about.. ILLNESS AND DISEASES ARE THE MAIN THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. Rabbit can look clean but realy be carrying something that can harm/kill your snake u payed your good money for.. Just my 2 cents ...

Well your right and wrong!!!

Freezing will kill both external and internal parasites. No you don't know where the rabbits been or what it has been eating. How much do you know about the rabbits and rodents you buy at a pet store? I would be willing to say not much and every one you buy is full of parasites. I don't feed any of my collection wild animals that's because I breed my own rats and have a family member that raises rabbits for the meat trade. If someone took the right steps with a wild rabbit I still don't see the difference. Alot of the rodents you see for sell are from medical labs, I'm not saying all are but a good number of them. Just think what they injected into those and people buy them every day. And just for youe info I do know people that feed wild prey with no harm to any of there snakes.