New Burm! "Dexter " the Pearl Burmese python progression thread

[Valyrian]

So cool! The night drop temperature kicked in on my thermostat and he was DEFINATELY out cruising for rats lol. Its amazing how food-driven they are.Very neat to talk to the owner of his brother, small world! I often thought it would be neat to have a database from a clutch to see where they all end up.....almost like an ancestry site for snakes! I plan on 7 days between feedings for at least six months, and then examine his size at that point to determine if I should then bump it to two weeks (as suggested by CALM). Some of the healthiest looking adult Burms Ive seen are on 3-4 week feeding schedules once they hit the rabbit stage so I want to do that when he's full grown. The feeding info is all over the place though, some keepers feed weekly right up into the adult stage....but it seems like you can run into some weight problems if you do that. 3 weeks at adult stage seems optimal....but thats a long ways away.

I actually might start out here doing 5 day increments though because Larry was maintenance feeding him Im sure to keep a bunch of Burm hatchlings from outgrowing the rack space. Thanks for the suggestion!

The growth rate on these guys is no joke. Here's my girl when I brought her home on December 17th 2017:


I've been feeding her a rat weaner once a week.

Here she's is now two months later, it's ridiculous lol:

[KevinK]

The growth rate on these guys is no joke.

Thats awesome! Its actually exciting because as much as I love my Jungle Carpet girl, the growth rate is SOO slow and she is fed very well. I bought my Burm for a few reasons but size is one of them! Cant wait!

[Valyrian]

Me too. I was going to get a boa because I thought a burm would be to much but when I saw adults in person I just had to have one

[Reinz]

Wow, Kevin that growth is insane!

[Slicercrush]

The growth rate on these guys is no joke. Here's my girl when I brought her home on December 17th 2017:


I've been feeding her a rat weaner once a week.

Here she's is now two months later, it's ridiculous lol:

Jesus, you're right, they do grow quick! I can see why they became such a problem so quickly when people were releasing them into the everglades... Im glad there are people out there who are willing to do the research and take care of these guys, because even though they get big, they are quite beautiful.

[Valyrian]

Wow, Kevin that growth is insane!

Was that message for me? My name's Jamie lol.

[Reinz]

Was that message for me? My name's Jamie lol.

Oops , sorry Val, had a Blonde Senior moment.

[Valyrian]

Oops , sorry Val, had a Blonde Senior moment.

lol

[Momokahn]

The feeding schedule you are aiming for sounds really good. The 5 days in between feedings are almost over here for me. Just like yours, mine needed just a tad of a boost. Probably will go to a 7 to 9 schedule in the very near future with mine. As long as Loki keeps shedding every 3 to 4 weeks I feel he is at a healthy pace. The database you refered to would be pretty cool and I agree it is a small world.

[KevinK]

I convinced the little guy to eat his first frozen thawed rat pup with me tonight!

He was on live pups from the breeder so I figured it was going to be a little bit of a challenge to make the transition. Well, he would approach the pup on the tongs super fast like he wanted it....but then he wouldnt strike. After about five minutes I wasnt having luck so I tried something that used to work with BP hatchlings I had years ago....annoy him slightly. It doesnt always work, but sometimes ....it does.

Rubbed the rat slightly against him.....aaaaaaand? Presto! He gave a lethargic bite to it, gave a slow wrap around it and took it! Almost as if to say "Well its not what I wanted but it will work". Get used to it pal, live feeders arent very convenient for me ....but I love ya lol