Yep, they can grow damn fast. My record is somewhere around 18 inches per month for the first 3 or 4 months on some females.



Anaconda head, huh? Sounds odd. The only thing I can think of is if it might be a "bateater" or partial bateater (part retic, part burm). They tend to have a more "anaconda look" to their heads with eyes that are placed higher on their head. Can you get a pic of it? That would help.







>>OK, next question (ha ha.. Thanks to those who replied to my other question tho; I knew Burms grew fast, but not THAT fast!)

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>>This afternoon I visited a college where I was told they had a 14 foot Burmese. I was very excited to see her, but when I first saw her I thought she had been mistakenly identified! Her head was very small for a Burm, very short, and triangular, and looked just like the head of a green Anaconda! Her eyes were tiny (one of them was very cloudy; sadly, I think it may have been blind) and close to the tip of her nose. I could tell from her markings that she was definitely a Burm, but I'd never seen a Burm with a head like that before.

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>>Has anyone ever seen or heard of a Burm with a head like this? It was very cute-looking, actually -- but is it a birth defect? (That would be sad.) Or is it a proven strain that I've just never heard of? If it's a strain, I would like to find a breeder who breeds them -- as I said, she was very cute.

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>>Anyway, just curious . . . I've never seen a Burm like that before, and I was wondering if anyone knew what was wrong with her, if anything.

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>>Thanks,

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• Anaconda-head Burms? - Blue_Fox, Thu Mar 4 19:05:49 2004
• RE: Anaconda-head Burms? - BrianSmith, Thu Mar 4 20:20:18 2004
• Hmm.. - Blue_Fox, Thu Mar 4 21:29:06 2004