this topic comes up every now and then. i run a very successful wildlife center that concentrates primarily on herps and raptors and on average, we take in over 50 burms annually from well intentioned burm owners who just cannot properly care for their "pets" (or get tired of them). Based on our statistics, there is no doubt in my mind that at least 90% of burms (and that is probably very conservative) become abandoned or change owners at least several times during their life. That isn't necessarily bad but it shows that most people are now equipped or are qualified to keep a large constrictor on a long term basis. I LOVE working with burms and have several long term captives in my care and can understand why most people shouldn't own them; it takes a lot of commitment, resources, dedication, maturity, etc. to keep one of these beautiful giants.

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• Survey for current & former Burm owners and trolls - tcdrover, Sat Jun 28 11:13:34 2003
• RE: Survey for current & former Burm owners and trolls - 1snakeman, Sat Jun 28 12:30:18 2003
• RE: Survey for current & former Burm owners - BrianSmith, Sat Jun 28 16:36:47 2003
• I meant to say "Data" of numbers, lol - BrianSmith, Sat Jun 28 16:37:57 2003
• RE: Survey for current & former Burm owners and trolls - RobertPreston, Sat Jun 28 20:01:03 2003
• RE: Survey for current & former Burm owners and trolls - eastlandpets, Sat Jun 28 22:16:59 2003
• How About as Opposed to Retics? - tango, Sun Jun 29 07:09:47 2003
• RE: How About as Opposed to Retics? - RobertPreston, Sun Jun 29 07:58:39 2003
• I agree, it's those evil ret eyes... - tcdrover, Sun Jun 29 13:27:55 2003
• a very valid question - Carmichael, Sun Jun 29 08:09:50 2003
• My experiences . . . - RobertPreston, Sun Jun 29 13:38:41 2003
• Just from what I've seen........(warning...long) - Raven01, Wed Jul 2 15:52:29 2003