Quote Originally Posted by McGurk View Post
Thanks for the defense sweety, it is a male thats why i said i wanted it around 11 feet if it was a female id expect to get in the 18-20's range. And actually the rule is true for goldfish, they wont outgrow their tank and theyll do just fine if taken care of properly, and i know this from experience. And i said i was AIMING for 11 feet it he acts irritable and needs to be fed more i will feed him more.
I'm lost... why in the world are you aiming for anything here? You have ZERO control in how large this animal gets. You cannot aim for 11 feet and hope he stays that small!

Sweety, I think you mistunderstood what Mini was pointing out.

McGurk stated
Ive read that you can control how big a snake gets by how much you feed it thats what i was talking about.

That is false and that is what everyone here, including Mini, is trying to point out.

Then he clarified further
And i said i was AIMING for 11 feet it he acts irritable and needs to be fed more i will feed him more.
By what McGurk considers "controlling how big" is starving the snake to prevent growth, because that's just about the only way you can prevent any animal from growing is by not feeding it, or not feeding it enough.

Please, Mc, explain exactly what you mean here. From what I've gleaned, you intend to control how large this animal grows by not feeding it properly. Is this what you intend on doing? Or is that what you were told, because neither of those notions is right or humane for the animal.

You honestly sound like you shouldnt have taken this animal in to keep for yourself. The way it's reading to me is that you have very little concept of how burms grow and need feeding.