Quote Originally Posted by CALM Pythons View Post
She looks awesome . As far as feeding it isnt unhealthy to feed her every week it is just preference. The thing about Burms is that they grow really fast... Some people rather have them grow a bit slower. When mine were young I fed a lot less (every other week) than todays standards even as a hatchling so it took a couple years to reach 8ft... You can reach that a lot quicker with feeding more frequently. Some also think a slower growth is healthier but I believe that to be more for the smaller Pythons like Balls.
As I'm sure you know a Female can reach 20ft. You can stretch that Growth out for 20 years and still have a healthy snake by feeding a appropriate size EOW and once a adult every 21-30 days.
Ah that's good to hear. I was worried it might shorten her lifespan because I think breeding 'age' is determined by size if i recall. So I wasn't sure if faster or slower growth would accelerate or slow down burm aging - if that makes sense? Lol.

Do you mean 6 months of age or 6 months of being with me? Because the exotics store I bought her from said they think she hatched July/August time (they got her from a breeder). So she would be 5/6 months old now. But looking at the growth she's had with me I would have thought she was maybe younger than that or was fed less often before me?