Burm sizes

[Weather1]

After reading many care sheets on burms, I am alilltle confused on there adult size. Some say 12 feet others say 22+

I was wondering the size of the members of ssnakess adult burms are. Male sizes and female sizes.

Thanks for the help
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[J_Riley]

Females as a rule get far larger. Most males max out at about 12, but I have seen one 18' and 180 pounds. It would not be out of the ordinary for a female to hit 20' and 225 pounds.

[snakemann87]

My herp friends have males from 9-12', and females up to 18', I can't help you with any member burms cause mine is only 4 months old, and 30''. He has a while to go

[SpongePat]

On average, a female burm will reach about 18 feet or so, although ones well in the 20's is not unheard of.

[Andy]

I dont think on average you can expect you burm to get 18 ft. An 18 ft. burm is big and not all that common. A 20 ft. burm is going against the norms. 15 or 16 ft. is a much better average size for a burm.

[Jurliki]

I agree with Andy, a 20 ft. burm is a big burm. The most of the people I know had never seen a burm of this lenght. My two burms are:
female 4'23 meters
male 2' 58 meters.


Jurliki

[snakemann87]

Yeah, thats true jurkili and sponge, but you could easily make it reach 20'(if your that stinkin crazy).

[jason h]

well my male is 14' and my female is 16' they are both around 4.5 years old

[Jurliki]

Originally posted by snakemann87 but you could easily make it reach 20

it depends of the snake, not only of the food. Anyway, I know I will not resist the temptation of give lots of food to the female in the future, when I have a bigger house. Even I don't want to risk her healt given her more food that she can eat (That's impossible..... she can´t stop eating!!!!!! ).


Jurliki

[Andy]

Originally posted by snakemann87
Yeah, thats true jurkili and sponge, but you could easily make it reach 20'(if your that stinkin crazy).

Not so, If a snake is going to reach 20 ft. (way more likely a retic than a burm) it will reach 20 ft. because of its genetics, not what you feed it. Overfeeding/powerfeeding doesnt increase the overall size of your animal it just makes your animal reach that size quicker.

[snakemann87]

yeah, they have a good chance of reaching around there

[Jurliki]

Originally posted by Andy
Not so, If a snake is going to reach 20 ft. (way more likely a retic than a burm) it will reach 20 ft. because of its genetics, not what you feed it

Well, genetics aren't all. It's the most important, obviously, but the feeding has a good part. It not only makes your snake grows qickly, it helps the snake to groeing more. If you have a "genetically giant burm" and you don't give it the proper food, it won't reach its "genetically marked" size, belive me.
food is not all what makes a snake a giant, but it's important.


Jurliki

[Andy]

I agree, but I was reffering more to powerfeeding vs. a normal healthy diet. Powerfeeding wont increase a snakes overlength.

[snakemann87]

how is that andy? overfeeding cause rapid growth, and can give more time to grow slower after maturity.

[Andy]

Powerfeeding just makes you get to the overall length quicker, but it wont make the snake longer, that what genetics are for