First off, I love the names of your pets

Secondly, welcome to the burmese forum.

I would think that you and your boyfriend could handle the snake together at 8 feet, but I would add another person into the mix after 12 feet. You should go over safety precautions and develop a plan on what one of you would do if the other one were being bitten or constricted. That way if it does happen, one of you isn't just standing there dumbfounded while the other one is being attacked. It's unlikely to happen, but it could, so you both should be prepared far in advance.



As for the cage, I reccomend building one that has a front-opening door rather than a top that you remove to get to the snake. My burmese has calmed down considerably since I moved her from the 55 gallon tank with a top to a much much larger cage with drop-down front doors.



I'm not sure if there is a difference in temperment between the females and the males. I have a confirmed female, and an unknown (a rescue that I want to get in better health before subjecting to probing). The unknown is VERY aggressive, but it's probably because of its past. My girl, Pixil, sometimes hisses when you go to get her out of her cage, but then she is fine. That wasn't always the case though. When she was younger she was aggressive. She bit and wouldn't calm down, even out of her cage. She's still very young, and she gets "tamer" every day.



I have yet to meet a nice baby burmese. They're paranoid and bite out of fear. They hiss loudly. I worried that mine was an evil snake that would grow up to kill me, lol, when I first got her. But she grew out of it with time, handling, and a new cage. So if you get a baby that acts like I described, don't worry, just work with it.



Oh- and I reccomend frozen/thawed food for it. I'm treating a burm with rat-bite wounds right now, and I'm sure you don't want to go through that... neither does the snake.



Hope I've helped a little.
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