The biggest problem I see with you and you ahving a burm (or any animal for that matter) is that you seem to view them as your playthings. I understand that you are young and that you have little experience, but that does not change the fact that these are animals that are dependant on you to provide for them. you took that responsibility when you purchased the snake. Now one thing that you should know is that young burms are very stressfull animals. It is highly recommended that you place your young burm in its enclosure and cover the enclosure with a towel or something and let the little thing acclimatize to its new surroundings. Leave it alone for a week. Ensure that it has fresh water but other then that do not disturb it. After a week try to feed it. If it feeds great. Then leave it alone for 3 days. After that start one or two short handling sessions a day. As your snake starts getting used to you start increasing the length of time you handle it. Once he gets a little agitated or stressed let it be for a while. If it does bite you do not instantly put it back into its cage. Keep it out and for the next few minutes reestablish its trust. If you immediately put the snake back into its cage then it will learn to associate biting you with getting what it wants, being put back into its cage. You do not want this learned behavior with your snake, especially when it gets bigger. I will try to be helpfull but I must state that I am absolutely horrified to know that you have ignored all our advice and went and got another burm. That is like a big f**k you in my opinion. You show that you honastly care less about what opinions information and experience we have and that you know more then we do and therefore you are gonna do what you want. Well I am sorry to tell you that you do not know more and that you are not able at this time in your life to properly care for that snake. unfortunately it is not you that will suffer for your lack of judgement but the snake. That is why I wil try to offer you what sound advice that I can. And I do not claim to be any expert. I am far from that, however I have had burms for the last 17 years and I do have a lot of knowledge. I learn knew things about them daily. So should you if you are willing to research them. And remember they are not here to entertain you and for you to show off to your little friends. They are a lifelong commitment and it is your responsibility to ensure that the animals are properly taken care of. Todd

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