That is a good thing to keep in mind - having money set aside for unexpected health care costs. I do have some money set aside, though I admit its not specifically for my burm, but generally for any emergencies.



About the size of my burm's head - while I do question whether his head is small in relation to the size of his body, I don't believe that it is tiny. From the photo in my post which you were referring to, you have to consider perspective distortion of the picture on account of the angle it was taken at. That is, while his tail end was close to the camera (and so looks larger), his head was a good distance away (and so looks smaller, relatively). After all, he is over 11 feet long!



Thanks for bringing up the matter of having extra $ for emergencies,

- Mark

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>>As an animal health tech I always take the vet point of view. From your set up it sounds like you have a very happy, healthy snake and you probably will never need to see the vet until your burm gets senile.

>>On the other hand, through factors that we can (environment) and can't control (disease, cancer, ect) an unexpected vet visit may be necessary. This of course is true for any pet. Some sort of savings or empty credit card should be set aside for any reptile collection. This should reflect what your would be willing to trade your pets life for. Literally, as lack of funds is the #1 reason for euthanasia.

>>So ask yourself, is your pet worth $500, $1000? If treatment were likely to be successfull but required a trip to a specialist in another state would that be possible. All things to think about PRIOR to the need arrising.

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>>ps, excuse my ignorance (burms are illegal in my province) but your burm has a very tiny head in the pic, is that normal for a young animal?

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