Lots of good info in this post. I'm glad to see you doing your homework. Hillbilly is always has good info, Laurafl has come a long way in the last couple of months and Josh is coming along also and I mean this as a compliment to all of you.



The only thing I wanted to add was perspective. If you look at the pic I posted above on "prey items" you will see what a baby will grown into. I'm not saying anything bad about her. She is a great snake and I love to handle her, but she is a handful. She is about 15 ft and 100 lb. I'm 6ft and about 270. If enough of her tail is on the floor with her around my shoulders she can push me around the room.



Burms grow to be big, strong animals, but like Hillbilly said, they are gentle giants. I know it's been said that you never handle a big snake alone and I agree with that completely, but you have to have someone there that knows what to do if the snake does attack. Calling 911 isn't the answer. I was bit by a 14 ft burm on my hand several years ago. The guy that was with me was more concerned about getting me a towel for the blood than helping me getting the snake off of me. I had to tell him every step until we got her off me. He then wanted to get the towel before we had he secured in her cage. If she had me around the neck and I couldn't talk I don't know what would have happened. By the way, she was hungry and only thought I was food. She didn't bite me out of agression. Snakes are easily unwrapped by starting with the tail, not the head like most try to do. I have to laugh when I hear stories of 5 firemen to get a 10 ft burm off someone.



Ok, sorry for the negetive side. I'm not trying to run you off or change your mind. You seem to want all the info you can get. I love burms, they are by far my favorite type af snake. They are usually active, curious and very mild mannered. When I walk into our Burm room they all watch what I'm doing and I have to say hi to each and every one of them, even if I just rub on the glass.



I will say everytime I've been bit it was my fault. Not paying attention to their body language.
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