large burm question

skin78 · 04-01-03, 01:13 PM

Hi guys,

My big female burm (near 15 ft ) is not fat but flat.. is this normal or do I have to let her work out a bit more so her body will get more muscular again..

cheers niek

BurmBaroness · 04-01-03, 04:42 PM

Be nice to have a pic.........my female is over 10ft, and she is fat. However, when she is on the warm side where the UTH is, sometimes she will kind of flatten herself out a little, to have more surface contact with the warm floor. If she truly is "flat", then yes, she needs more excercise. I know it's alot of work to let them have some freetime, and weather cooperation is necessary, but my girl gets out at least 3 times a week, not counting cage cleanings and feeding. Also, what is she eating, and how often? Do you know her weight and girth measurement? How is her enclosure heated, and what are the temps?

skin78 · 04-02-03, 01:07 AM

she eats ones every 6 to 8 weeks 5 rabbits .. her cage is floor heated and the temps are really good. I had some contact with an other burm keeper and he said she really needs to get out more so.. i am going to get my burm to the gym LOL no just kidding I have to let her crawl a bit more ..
thanx for the help

Burmies · 04-02-03, 05:44 PM

Try giving her a large rabbit once a week.

Burmies

BurmBaroness · 04-02-03, 10:42 PM

Yeah, I would offer one food item every 7-10 days........that's alot of food for her body to process at once, and could overwork her digestive system. It is much more healthy to give frequent, smaller meals. My 10ft+ girl gets 2 colossal rats per week to 10 days, getting ready to go to bunnies, at which time she will get one every week to 10 days.

skin78 · 04-03-03, 03:26 AM

oke but I think that my feeding program is not that bad at all.. I spoke with a breeder of large constrictors and he has done research on feeding of those animals in the wild and he give his animals once every 6 weeks.. and they are very healthy.. My snake is not that flat I guess cause yesterday night we got down to look how long she really was and she is not that flat,, I really think that she flats her body cause of the floorheating . o by the way she was 4.65meters long thats about 14 ft so thats not bad for my snake

NewLineReptile · 04-11-03, 08:28 PM

I have three Burm's one at 15 feet another at 12 feet and one at 10 feet and i feed them every two week's my Green Burm can flatten her self out when she want's but is pretty fat the rest of the time i too think you should try feeding her once every 7-10 day's every 6-8 week's just dont sound right and maybe that is why your Burm is flat any way's good luck

Mike177 · 04-14-03, 06:58 PM

well i am going to have to second that. even though it is easer i wouldnt wait that long. i mean once a month is a good bit of time but 6-8 weeks is just too long. i would try to reduse to 1 month and if it is hard for you to get a food item every 4 weeks isent that many trips. but ya try to cut down to at least 4 weeks if not less

skin78 · 04-15-03, 02:17 PM

oke i will start her on feeding her every 4 weeks

skin78 · 04-17-03, 10:24 AM

well after she shed I saw that she isn't that flat at all..

J_Riley · 04-17-03, 02:25 PM

Dammit! How much does she weigh?!? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 160lbs., but I think I'm awful light on the estimate.

skin78 · 04-17-03, 02:36 PM

well I don't know how much she weighs.. I wnated o weigh her last time when we measured her but the box that a friend of mine brought was to small for her to fit in

so I hope to know some day soon what her weigh is.. and tell me guys she doesn't look skinny or flat at all or am I wrong? I think she flattens herslrf out to absorb more heat from the cage floor.. SHe hasn't eaten yet but will tomorrow get 2 or 3 rabbits depenmding how big the rabbits are.

ballpython5000 · 04-17-03, 02:36 PM

come on you call that a burm??? that thing is tiny

skin78 · 04-17-03, 02:55 PM

she is indeed "tiny" she only is 4,5 years old now so she has a whole lot of growing to do in the next 20 years I hope she will be the biggest burm ever

ReptiZone · 04-17-03, 04:19 PM

is it just me or could you fit small pigs in there once a month that will put some girth on her and I mean fast but alwas monitor to make shour she is not over wight. I say she is 175lbs but that is just from what I see any way tell me what you think.