Hello I need help to settle an argument I have a friend that thinks if you
keep a burm in a small enclosure it will grow at a slower rate but I think
the burm will grow at a normal rate based on the condition it is kept and
the amount it is fed no matter the size of the enclosure can some one help
me with this thanks

Keeping any animal in a too-small enclosure and failing to feed it properly will stunt its growth and make it aggressive and susceptible to illness. If it is fed properly, it will grow, but will still be one miserable and unhealthy creature. How would you feel if you spent your entire life barred in a closet? Sorry, but that's an issue that shouldn't even be considered.

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I give up! I've officially lost count of the critters...

I agree. That old "it will only grow to the size of the enclosure!" bit is nonsense, usually promoted by an unscrupulous dealer who is trying to sell you something that you are NOT capable of dealing with as an adult. Growth is controlled by temperature and how the animal is fed. The only thing you will accomplish by keeping the python in a too small enclosure is to make it aggressive and unpredictable. In a small enclosure they feel cornered with no place to run. So they BITE!
And just in case your friend gets the idea of controlling the snake's growth by not feeding it, this too will make it aggressive because it is constantly hungry.
So guess how it will view that nice warm hand coming into the cage.

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my friend doesn't have any snakes I have the burm and plan to give him all the room and food he needs for a healthy life I just needed some one else to say the same thing about the sizes of the enclosure would not make him smaller if all other condition where good thanks for you reply

[quote=Merlin]I agree. That old "it will only grow to the size of the enclosure!" bit is nonsense, usually promoted by an unscrupulous dealer who is trying to sell you something that you are NOT capable of dealing with as an adult. QUOTE]

It will grow to the size of the enclosure.....and the next enclosure, and the next enclosure. And the bigger they get, the stronger and more capable they are of escaping. They like to try to escape no matter how nice their set-up is.

If a person does not want to deal with a snake that grows to an enormous size, rather than attempting to stunt the growth of the animal, it would be simpler and more reasonable to choose a species that doesn't grow to such an enormous size. There are various species and sub-species of smaller snakes like King snakes, or Corn snakes to name just a few.

Ok I think some of you might have missread what I said because no one is
trying to keep the burm from growing I simply needed to settle an argument
that keeping it in a small enclosure would not stop it from growing just
make it very uncomfortable the snake we were talking about belongs to me and I have had them in the past and I know they get very big in no time I
have lots of space available when it is needed please don't think I would harm
the animal because I'm not, I just needed to settle an argument thanks for your replies

VERY glad to hear that KC. Sorry for sounding harsh, but questions like that concern me greatly. Tell your friend to pop on here and have a read!

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I give up! I've officially lost count of the critters...

Indeed It did sound like someone was contemplating that action.
And it would not be the first time I have heard of that.
Unfortunately it also probably won't be the last!

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