Feeding rabbits question

[Squirtle]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

I don't care how long it is. How much does it weigh? You somehow think these animals eating a small percentage of their body weight is POWERFEEDING? Do you need the definition of power?

3 pounds is nothing to a snake of appropriate size to eat them.

No, feeding every 3 weeks will not allow your snake to grow any faster. 10 - 14 days is adequate, generally, depends on the size of the snake.

My burm is a bit smaller than Hockenburyj2's burm on YouTube, but they have the same girth. He feeds his 3-4 pound rabbits every 2-3 weeks and his looks healthy as can be. Do you even own burms or retics? Feeding them 3 pounds of food every 10 days IS power feeding.. Burms can easily turn obese and that is what you're suggesting I do with my burm. I'm gonna go ahead and listen to the other people on my thread about feeding every 2-3 weeks an appropriate sized rabbit to maintain my burms growth..

[KORBIN5895]

Well dollars to donuts says that a chicken has more calories than a rabbit.

[ReticMan123]

Squirtle if ou want a specific answer for prey since your burm is 2 years old I would do between 10 to 15 percent every 2 weeks. That's is an adequate and healthy diet for his age. Example if he's 15 pounds then something like a 2 to 3 pound abbot every 3 weeks wold be old if ou want to feed. I like feeding larger prey with longer time in between. Also jthis is oly my own opinion so please o argument I have had many large snakes and I personally cannot kill a poor bunny or even stun me. Rabbits cannot turn their bodies and flip around like rats an it's safer to feed them lie over rats. Although of course there's always the possibility of an accident but I have never even had a small issue. Ope this helps lets see pics

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by ReticMan123

Squirtle if ou want a specific answer for prey since your burm is 2 years old I would do between 10 to 15 percent every 2 weeks. That's is an adequate and healthy diet for his age. Example if he's 15 pounds then something like a 2 to 3 pound abbot every 3 weeks wold be old if ou want to feed. I like feeding larger prey with longer time in between. Also jthis is oly my own opinion so please o argument I have had many large snakes and I personally cannot kill a poor bunny or even stun me. Rabbits cannot turn their bodies and flip around like rats an it's safer to feed them lie over rats. Although of course there's always the possibility of an accident but I have never even had a small issue. Ope this helps lets see pics

Thanks for making my next post for me

I was going to suggest the weight part but the poster has no idea on his snake's weight or they would have answered that question instead of telling me to look up some user on youtube.

Yes, I've owned burms in the past and retics to a lesser extent. I no longer do. I don't speak without experience.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Well dollars to donuts says that a chicken has more calories than a rabbit.

Rabbit has 795 calories per lb Chicken has 810 per lb but that isnt accounting for the organs. Although i doubt much more is to be gained there.

[alexknott]

I had a 13 foot male Burmese that was given to me because he was unhealthy, he ate 5-7 jumbo rats a week but wouldn't touch a rabbit. He stayed thin and died from a uri, had him on antibiotics and everything, very said he most likely had it for a while. He didn't grow at all or even fill out any, I don't know if it was because he was sick or what but it seems to me that they all grow at different rates

[jarich]

I cant comment on the prey size/frequency here as I dont own any giants, but rabbits make better nutritional prey than chickens generally. They are higher in key nutrients and much lower in fat.

[cossiecraig]

Under captive conditions, Burmese pythons will grow to sexual maturity at an amazing rate. Growth rates achieved with females by herpetoculturists under optimal feeding conditions typically show the following growth pattern. By the end of 12 months, growth to a length of 6 to 9 1/2 feet. By 18 months, growth to between 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 feet.
Here was mine at about nearly 3 yrs old 13' and weighing 125Ilbs approx ( female ) she was fed every 14 days on ,rabbits , 2 lg rats & 1 guinea pig , 1 whole feathered chicken , 2 rats & a piglet, and this list of food i mentioned was on a rotation system ,she took them all . i'd like to see a picture of your's if thats possible ????

I guess i should add this aswell ,what you don't see in the pic is 3 grown men in the background should things go pearshaped....."snakes around the neck is in another thread " !