Yep that's basically what I did. I picked the albino burm up this mornin. I went and bought a $2 pair of welding gloves and I already had a medium sized snake hook.

So I got him out the vision with the hook and he was a lil flighty but never realy struck and put him into a rubbermaid.. Took him home filled another large rubbermaid with water and pulled him out no problem he loved the water instantly submerged and cruised around for about 20 minutes. After that I used the hook to lift him out of the water with the gloves on HEHE and then grabbed him and held him near his head and he was realy just trying to get away so I did a quick dry off and into a large rubbermaid where he devoured 3 jumbo rats like no ones business. After his bath and feeding I put him into his new home for the night he was still in feed mode when I was removing him from the rubbermaid but soon as I touched him a couple of times with the hook he saw the hook wasn't alive so relaxed and let me scoop him out and into his new home.. In 3 hours time he has become a different snake he has no scarring and is very bright for his size almost like high white and still has a little orange still on him.. With pink blushings near the face and on sides.. I'm working on getting a camera.

Also I learned some more information on him he was a mans pet as a baby and the man went into the service and left the snake with his wife and she had just been throwin live rats in his cage on occasion and never gettin near him to clean. So basically he's use to the only time the cage open is food. The next day he's soakin in his water dish a jumbo kitty litter box.. I call him he because it just sounds right.. Any tips on figureing out the sex of a 8ft burm without probing? Also, out of curiousity home many of you feed your burms in their cage and how many switch into a large rubbermaid or another enclosure? Thanks for the reply FANG thanks you 2!

Jbugg

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