Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post
i just know its being done successfully by keepers and breeders of retics and burms, breeders even discuss how to make the scedule so that the snake will produce heavy clutches without getting a heavy body too fast. on http://www.youtube.com/user/prehistoricpetstv they talked about it several times when it comes to retics.
Anyone can stunt their snake's growth if they neglect them enough. You can try the same on a BP and it won't get longer than 3 ft. Retics in specific are programmed to grow if given the chance- they're a prime examples of opportunistic feeders. What they talk about is how to avoid power feeding them so you don't get 20+ foot snakes, but by no means should you feed miniscule amounts expecting to have a small snake. Nonetheless, the snakes they talk about are retics. Retics have a higher metabolism than Burms, which the OP has. When fed too much, Burms will grow extra big and obese, while Retics put more into general and faster growth. (It isn't impossible to make a fat retic though.)