It is not ever a good idea to get any giant species used to eating outside of their cages. This practice spells eventual disaster. It would just be a matter of time before a large burm or tic would have a feeding response due the regularity of being fed outside of its cage, and it grab a person. And to me, the worst case scenario is not really this in and of itself,. but the likelyhood that some morons might feel that the only way to get the snake off is to kill it. Hopefully Rob will duck in today and expand on this. He always lends a lot of insight on this subject. And I feel that it SHOULD be brought up frequently and never forgotten. It's good for all new herpers to know this.



Sure, it's the burm forum,.. but inside every burm-keeper is a retic lover too, so I'm sure that references to retics are just fine with all the members here. I personally don't have any yellowheads. I only have morphs. The closest thing to "regular retics" that I have is a single adult female that is het for albino. She is a stunning beauty (from Mike Wilbanks) and will throw some incredible albinos next April or May. Well,. she'll toss eggs resulting in that,..





>>Feeding in the cage or out of the cage. I was at the swap this morning and I was talking to a guy about my burm and its issues and he said I should not feed her in her cage. I use to feed both my boa and burm outside the cage but then I read and read whtat people said and have been doing it in the cage. Brain with your million snakes where do you feed them. Oh ya I fell in love with a yellow head today. Shes was 6ft and slender, hahahahhahahah and blond, just like I like them. I think if I had the cash on me I would have walked away with it. I know this is a burm forum but I am sure all you have several of each.
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• I know this subject comes up but I must ask again - Rottenweiler9, Sat Jul 5 10:57:12 2003
• Always IN the cage,... - BrianSmith, Sat Jul 5 16:46:12 2003
• DITTO.....MORE.... - Carmichael, Sun Jul 6 08:52:46 2003
• DITTO.....DITTO.....DITTO.....What they said. np - JohnLokken, Sun Jul 6 12:12:17 2003
• Add another Ditto. n/p - tango, Mon Jul 7 07:34:49 2003
• RE: I know this subject comes up but I must ask again - Thomas j, Sat Jul 5 19:05:01 2003