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OKReptileRescue
at Wed Oct 8 09:47:50 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by OKReptileRescue ]
well... We sort of dove in head first...
We were just checking stuff out at a petstore- didn't really plan on buying anything.... little dingy girl was trying to water a tank of baby burms who were striking at her... I went over and pulled the mouthy burm out and watered them and went to put the mouthy burm back in--- manager came in and said that I could have them if i wanted... they were skinny, they would eat- they just hadn't been fed "because we can't pick them up to seperate them" (as I'm holding one...)... so I took home 3 baby burms... FREE BURMS... glad I wasn't 12...
Anyway... 3 weeks later the same petstore had a 12 footer that they were scared to death of... he came home with us too and was VERY tame... so in less than a month we went from zero burms to 4 ...
depending on what you end up with- baby or adult... get a hook... we have a huge hook from midwest tongs- they're like $60 on the website, but we got one at the arlington show last year for $30... WELL worth it! We use it all the time- its 5 foot long so we can make sure the snakes are "awake" before my hand goes in the cage... I've never been bitten by a burm (knock on wood) but the hook makes me feel A LOT safer!
~Beth
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RE: aggression - OKReptileRescue, Wed Oct 8 09:47:50 2008