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− | [[Image:Burmese_python_240x180_border.jpg|250px|thumb|right|'''Burmese python''' ©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved]] | + | [[Image:Burmese_python_240x180_border.jpg|250px|thumb|right|'''Burmese python''' (© RVC)]] |
| ==Introduction== | | ==Introduction== |
− | The Burmese python (''Python molurus'') is a python (family Boidea). Their life span may be 10-15 years. | + | The Burmese python (''Python molurus'') is a python [[Boidae|(family Boidae)]]. Their life span may be 10-15 years. |
| ==Morphology== | | ==Morphology== |
| Burmese pythons have an intricate pattern of markings of irregular brown blotches on a yellow background. The Burmese python is widely bred in captivity and comes in a number of mutant forms including albino. They can grow rapidly, attaining 2 metres in length in their first year and perhaps reaching 8 metres. | | Burmese pythons have an intricate pattern of markings of irregular brown blotches on a yellow background. The Burmese python is widely bred in captivity and comes in a number of mutant forms including albino. They can grow rapidly, attaining 2 metres in length in their first year and perhaps reaching 8 metres. |
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| *Humidity – A humidity of approximately 60% is preferred. | | *Humidity – A humidity of approximately 60% is preferred. |
| *Diet – A variety of prey can be fed and includes mice, rats, rabbits, chickens, and guinea pigs. Feed once to twice every 10 days. | | *Diet – A variety of prey can be fed and includes mice, rats, rabbits, chickens, and guinea pigs. Feed once to twice every 10 days. |
− | *Reproduction – Burmese pythons are relatively easy to breed in captivity. They are oviparous and | + | *Reproduction – Burmese pythons are relatively easy to breed in captivity. They are oviparous and usually lay between 30-50 eggs (up to 100 recorded). The female incubates the eggs by curling around them and "twitching" her muscles. The young are 45 to 60 cm at birth. |
− | usually lay between 30-50 eggs (up to 100 recorded). The female incubates the eggs by curling around them and "twitching" her muscles. The young are 45 to 60 cm at birth. | + | *Veterinary considerations - Common medical problems include diseases associated with low cage temperatures such as respiratory infections and necrotic stomatitis, anorexia, obesity, and, possibly, inclusion body disease. |
− | *Veterinary considerations - Common medical problems include diseases associated with low cage | + | |
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