Rescued burm need some advice

[Dianne]

Congratulations on your new burm and thank you for taking in one that needs extra care. I’ll second the advice to feed every 5-7 days to put some weight on her as well as getting her on rat pups or weanling rats at the earliest opportunity. The albino burm I had was started on mice and was difficult to get switched...multiple mice per feeding is a pain. Your girl is probably pretty hungry and may not be as picky right now.

I’ve had two other snakes that were rescues (ball python and Colombian rainbow boa) that I received in poor condition- dehydrated, severely under-weight, etc. Both of mine were seen by my vet who prescribed a supplement to dust onto their rats due to their poor condition. Not sure what that product was any more since that was over 20 years ago, and may have been unnecessary, but my bp in particular was in very poor shape and we both wanted to give him every opportunity to recover and thrive. I’d say it worked because I’ve had him for 26 years.