First, your temps sound fine. You will find folks like Brian Smith who keep his burms at a steady high temperature and have been successful with it. I, on the other hand, like to provide a great thermal gradient whereby my day temps will range between 80 degrees F. on the cool side to the mid 80s on the warm side with a basking area that reaches 90-95 deg F. Night temps only drop slightly for my boas/pythons (in the 80-85 deg F range). So, if you are having success with your current regimen, stick with it. Your humidity could be increased a bit with the addition of a cool air humidifier (I like to shoot for 80-88% for burms).



As far as your "stupid feeding errors" (happens to all of us!) you definitely want to shore that area up; you cannot afford to take those kinds of chances when your burm is 16'.



And, last, in response to keeping burms around pet cats and dogs...well, in my opinion that is as stupid as those folks who allow their burms to roam loose in their house; eventually, something really bad will happen. Hope this helps.



Rob Carmichael, Director/Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center

City of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation (IL)

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