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[Dragndoor]

sad to say they are both almost 3 yrs old. I got them from a friend who wanted to slow there growth and was only feeding them one rat a month.. They should be a great deal bigger then the 6ft(male) and 5.5ft (female) are, but, i have them on the right track now and they have grown a great deal in the 5-6mths that i have had them. They were original purchased to be breeders, but then he gave up for some reason. But they are in good hands now.

[bonheki]

oh thats sad to slow their growth your supposed to feed them once every 2 weeks not once every month and are you talking about the bp or the burm

[ADEE]

wait, feeding once every two weeks?! Who feeds theirs on that increment.. the balls here get ged every five days.
even if your talking about the bermese its suggested to feed them every 10 days

Drgndoor, good job for taking them in and caring for them! I wonder more long term just how stunted it will make them. Do you plan on breeding them eventually?

[bonheki]

[QUOTE=AshleyB;672799]wait, feeding once every two weeks?! Who feeds theirs on that increment.. the balls here get ged every five days.

im not sayin that i feed my snakes once every 2 weeks im saying instead of once a month once every 2weeks is better right ?

[ADEE]

oh thats sad to slow their growth your supposed to feed them once every 2 weeks not once every

I was just commenting on what you said (the bolded) we just want to make sure proper information is being given out right.

[bonheki]

hold on AshleyB i got a question
lets say i got a burm and i dont want him to grow fast how often should i feed him?

[ADEE]

If you look under the caresheet section of this forum and select the burmese python care sheet it will outline you should feed the snake on 10day increments, this is for the health of the snake, not for the benefit or convience of the owner.. From what I remember it didnt have a section for "how to slow growth" I do know feeding them on more frequent basis than 10 days will ensure faster growth but almost promises having an obese snake and thats not healthy either. I would suggest posting a thread if your interested in more information we dont want to hijack this thread

[Dragndoor]

As for breeding them, i'm not real certain at this point. I think i want to focus on the BP for breeding.. And just keep my sons burmse for non breeding..

[ADEE]

Thats great I hope to get into breeding balls eventually

[Dragndoor]

thanks. I have the 3 female bp's and my friend has a mojave male,a cinnamion male, and also a spider male. he is gonna supply the males. He is also picking up a female cinnamion shortly . I'll have to get pics of his bp's to post up...