Burm question

Hi all, hope your weekend is going well.

What would i be looking at to feed one adult burm a month?

Also would one "hide" as much my ball pythons do?

Thank you

If it's a decent sized adult, anywhere from 2 to 3 rabbits a month. As far as hiding, not really. Once they get so big, I quit using hides.

not bad, that may be doable.

This hobby is starting 2 engulf my entire life (inna good way)

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Originally Posted by Abby_The_Python

not bad, that may be doable.

This hobby is starting 2 engulf my entire life (inna good way)

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Omg I love normals too!(your siggy) And no hiding isnt an issue cause they arn't really shy like Ball pythons.

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Originally Posted by ptate

anywhere from 2 to 3 rabbits a month.

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Thats good that I would actually be able to view it at some point, Whats the best way to go about getting 3 rabbits a month? I think they are $40 each in the pet store...

frozen rabbits online

Depends on the age, length and size.

You're 16 foot 150 pound burm will be eating some 15-20 pound pigs, or multiple rabbits, about twice a month.

A 10 foot 50 pound burm will be eating 5-10 pounds rabbits/pigs about twice a month.

Age is a big factor too. Older they get, the slower their metabolism is. If that 16 foot 150 pound burm is 10 years old, you may only have to feed it once a month.

They will hide if you can provide them with one. A lot of times you will not seem them hiding because who has a big hide in their animal plastics cage for a 10'+ burm? Give them a big cage and some hiding spots and they will hide. Now, as much as ball pythons? No. Ball pythons live in burrows dug up by other animals in the wild. They constantly hide.

A buddy of mine gets his rabbits at Livestock Auctions very cheap. Look for a nearby one.

okay thanks RKO, just trying to get a long term food source into works for what one burm would need without going broke.

$30 a month for my 3 ball pythons already & I anticipate more with a burm.

I have alot of free time for these snakes, but breeding my own food for them like rabbits would not be an option at this point.

I hear people feed them chickens? That might be cost effective as well. I will keep looking to finding that loophole to make this possible.

Some people will feed things suck as chickens and quail every once in a while. I hear it cleans out their digestive system or something like that.

i have a biologist friend who feeds f/t turkeys or maybe its chickens.....its rather hilarious

I used to have a burm when I was at school, she got to over 3.5m.
I fed her rabbits, guinie pigs and chickens, we had a chicken farm up the road.
Chickens tend to make there poo smell worse, anyone else experience this?
And when they're big, they make alot of it... rivalling great danes...

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Originally Posted by Abby_The_Python

Thats good that I would actually be able to view it at some point, Whats the best way to go about getting 3 rabbits a month? I think they are $40 each in the pet store...

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before buying rabbits from the pet store go on craigslist people on there usually have them for much less because they want to get rid of them as soon as possible.