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Ok. The main thing I want to look into before gettig one is feeding it. Space isn't much of a problem. If I'm correct with my assumption a male is smaller than a female like alot of species, right? 15'-18' wouldn't be a problem, and a male would probably be smaller than that, right? But what about food? I can grow my own rabbits and rats if I need to. But if I'm going to need anything bigger than a large rabbit I could run into problems. So are there any tips or advice I should have before I make my decision?

Males do normally stay smaller then females, and large rabbits should be fine for them their entire lives, you most likely wont have to feed it anything more then multiple large rabbits.

Are we talking 2 every two weeks or 3 once a week? Most of the caresheets I'm seeing deal so much with "please don't get one because they look cool and then ditch it because it's so big." (which I can understand) but I'd like to know a little more than how big they get.

Usually meaning, 3,1 RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.

Stan

how about multible large rats?

first off I am not going to ask you how old you are because I am not wanting to start that thread over again, but more importantly how much reptile experience do you have. What other species have you owned. How long have you had them. I have to admit that I am not overly impressed with your questions so far. It is just that the questions being asked is all the same basic stuff. How big do they really get. Man that info is everywhere and with pics to boot. If you need to ask all this [bleep] then there is no way you are ready to get a snake with the capacity that a burm has. Now not to make this all negative, A male burm can be fed large rabbits (usually 2-3 a feeding) once every 2-4 weeks depending on the actual size of the snake and its particular needs. If you have an exceptionally large male or a female then you can get feeder pigs from your local coop or most local farmers markets have them pretty cheap. A 20-30 pound pig will last a large burm for a month or two. Anyway, please assess your situation and determine if you are really in a position where you are able to care for it properly. Make an honast assessment of your abilities and your experience levels please. Thank you, Todd

I actually have about 20 years of of expierence (I'm 28). All I keep are boas and pythons. Information is available everywhere but it's vague. "You will eventually have to feed your Burmese python very large prey items - i.e. big rabbits. Take the time to find resources for bigger prey items so that you may take into account the acquisition & cost of feeders prior to your Burm reaching adult size." That's straight from N.E.R.D. That's great, and that's exactly what I'm trying to do. But is big 2 6lbs. rabbits or one 8lbs. rabbit? It sounds simple but finding a feeder pig in the middle of Newark or Manhattan can be a little tricky. What I'm looking for is "One thing the caresheets don't tell you is..." or things like that. The things that woking with them for 15 years teach you that you won't find in books. I don't wanna to be one of those ***holes that gets into it and then realizes I can't get a pig within 80 miles of here.

Sounds like he's got things taken care of to me.

alright, I apologize for the harsness of my initial post. You just can not realize how frustrating it is sometimes when you are asked the same questions over and over again and it is always the same people responding to them (both good and bad advice). Well, if you have to stay on rabbits then two to three jumbo rabbits (10 plus pounders). Also if you have a large freezer space available you can order large rabbits from many different rodent sources such as rodent pro. A company by the name of monster diet also sells frozen pigs.
As far as the size goes you must understand that their are variations. Every individual is different. But 10-12 feet is an reasonable average for a male. However a fully mature male could exceed 15 feet and weigh well over 100 pounds. I hope this was a little more informative. Todd

You also have to understand that when people are talking about feeding pigs and goats, you almost will never have to do that unless you have an enormous female. Someone I know had a 19' female weighing in at 250 and only fed her 2 goats a year. So in the end the biggest you will likely have to go is large or jumbo rabbits which you can order from many online places like rodentpro.com. Goodluck.

I have plenty of room to house a big snake. I'm pretty sure I can feed one. I can have someone watching my back when I have to work with it and it's huge. I'm guessing a male tops out around 10'-12'. I can't find any pictures of people with full grown males for a reference. Everbody in the photo gallery either has 2 year old males or massive females.

I would add in a couple things to consider. First, you cannot handle a large burm, anything over 8 feet really, by yourself. Do you have someone who can assist you in cage cleaning, handling, etc? Remember, you have to handle your snake often to keep its temperment. Also, Burms have a tremendous feeding response. You need to look into get tongs, snake hooks etc. to deal with this. You definately don't want to be dropping rabbits into the cage of a hungry 10 or 12 foot burm.