Couple things. Your new burm, is in a new place. So it is not confident and knows it does not know its surroundings, so its going to be defensive. Burms huff and puff a lot, and if you stay away from it then its doing its job. Most of the time its just a scare tactic. Should stop with time.

Second, of course the snake is going to bite you if you stick your hand in. Burms have a strong feeding response. They see somthing warm come in and thinks food. You need to tap it with somthing, most people use snake hooks, especially since its getting bigger. My Burm did that to me at that size because I reached in to get her water dish. Stupid me. I paid. She let go but it was not her fault, nor was she mean.

Third, your friend needs to get rid of all of their snakes. No one should ever let a snake free roam, if the room is not set up for it. That is just stupid, and could be cause for a problem. This is one of the reasons why our hobby is under attack. People like that getting more then what they can handle and then, oh its to late and then they just give up. Its not so much you take on to much, its the quitters that do not find somone to take it. So, thank your friend for cont to help support the people that do not agree with out hobby.
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