If you are unfamiliar with burms, I would recommend starting with either a baby or a small rescue animal. Burms are very docile animals for the most part, but things can get out of hand quickly with a large burm, especially if you unfamiliar with their body language. We recommend having at least 2 people when handling or removing a big burm from their cage. NEVER handle a big burm alone.

We have several large burms, our biggest is 15 feet and about 100 pounds. All of our animals are hook trained, we never go into the cage to remove them without at least first touching them with the hook. If we are feeding, we do not use the hook. This way, they understand that if the hook comes into their cage they are not going to be fed.

As newborns, we start them out on fuzzy rats, but our biggest girl eats a 7 1/2 pound rabit every 10-14 days. Our newborn burms are kept in a plastic shoebox in a rack. Our biggest girl is kept in a 7 foot by 2 1/2 foot cage. We are just trying to show you how much things change over the years.

I think it is great that you are asking these questions before you purchase a burm, so that you can get an understanding of what is to come for you down the road. Educated customers keep big burms from ending up in a rescue situation waiting to be rehomed. We have a great respect for those who rescue burms, but we think if people were more educated BEFORE they purchased a burm, there wouldn't be so many that need to be rescued.

Burms are our favorite type of snake, they are one of the most docile big pythons out there. They have been termed as gentle giants, and this is very true.

Here is a picture of our 15 foot 100 pound albino green. To give you perspective, I am 6 foot and 270 pounds. What you don't see is that there is about 5 feet of her body that is draped down my back. She is a handful when I have her completely on me.

Talk to you later.

Randy





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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

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• I think I want one - tomorrow264, Sun Dec 23 00:18:35 2007
• RE: I think I want one - OKReptileRescue, Sun Dec 23 10:17:38 2007
• RE: I think I want one - ArtInScales, Sun Dec 23 13:22:31 2007
• RE: I think I want one - burm_daddy, Mon Dec 24 13:53:49 2007
• RE: I think I want one - deon123, Tue Dec 25 10:06:04 2007
• RE: I think I want one - ArtInScales, Tue Dec 25 22:30:49 2007
• RE: I think I want one - HappyHillbilly, Sun Dec 23 19:57:53 2007
• Thank you - tomorrow264, Mon Dec 24 10:46:06 2007