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I currently keep

1.0 Normal Burmese Python (6 feet) 21 Months old

0.1 Normal Ball Python (17 1/2 inches) Around 3 Months

0.0.1 Green Inguana

0.2.0 mice ( Pets)

0.0.150 Mice (Feeders)

0.0.66 Rats (Feeders)

0.0.25 Frozen Large Rats

Alright now to the main part of this The temps in the snake cages are 90 Degrees during the day and drop to around 84 at night and the humidity stays around 70- 75% all the time is this good for the Burmese and ball?

-- I also dont use nightlights anymore because i was told the snakes are sopossed to have a temp drop

-- They Both are eating great dont hold back on anything and are very docile,, I say they are very docile and vert tame because i have mad a very big mistake 2 times now and was handeling mice and feeding them and cleaning there cages and i went in to take my big burm out and he did not do one thing I know he had to have smelled it.

Another thing i was curious about is that i heard from one ones site that they leave there burm around there dog and cat and the burm has never done anything i want to know how this is possible? And is there a way i can do it ?

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~~~ I know i posted stuff in here about a ball ~~~

Thanks, Lee

First, your temps sound fine. You will find folks like Brian Smith who keep his burms at a steady high temperature and have been successful with it. I, on the other hand, like to provide a great thermal gradient whereby my day temps will range between 80 degrees F. on the cool side to the mid 80s on the warm side with a basking area that reaches 90-95 deg F. Night temps only drop slightly for my boas/pythons (in the 80-85 deg F range). So, if you are having success with your current regimen, stick with it. Your humidity could be increased a bit with the addition of a cool air humidifier (I like to shoot for 80-88% for burms).

As far as your "stupid feeding errors" (happens to all of us!) you definitely want to shore that area up; you cannot afford to take those kinds of chances when your burm is 16'.

And, last, in response to keeping burms around pet cats and dogs...well, in my opinion that is as stupid as those folks who allow their burms to roam loose in their house; eventually, something really bad will happen. Hope this helps.

Rob Carmichael, Director/Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
City of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation (IL)

Alright well i have a cool mist humidifier and it keeps the humidity up at 70-75 % if i keep it on all the time is it alright to keep in on all the time ? Its hard to keep humidity up in a 260 gallon tank even having more than half of the screen covered

instead of the screen top use pegboard. when your burm gets bigger it will be able to push though the screen.

can u give me plans like examples on building the cage like the measurements and what to use for everything? so i can have a better cage

I am just responding about the dog thing. I know people who pet their dog and cat and then handle their snake when it is little so it gets use to that smell, but I agree I would never let my burm around my dog. My dog is 120lbs and my snake is about 5 ft now and I will never let them around eachother. One if the snake strikes now my dog will tear it up, plus the damage the snake can do if it nails her on the nose. When I bring my snakes out I block the dog off from the room I am in. Its a good thing to, when my dog went in the snake room the other day my burm came out of its hiding place and shot out at the glass did not strike but thought food was coming. So, as the person before me stated not a good idea its trouble.

Most of my snakes know the dog as well as they do me.
From hatchlings , if i get them that young, I start to put them nose to nose with the dogs.
One person hold the dog. One hold the snake.
If he seems like he's pulling back into an "S" to strike , I just grab hold of him and pull him back out strait.
i do this every time we take them out for about 20 minutes.
Anymore we dont even worry about it. The dog doesnt pay any attention when the snakes crawl by , and the snakes dont pay not attention to the dog's.

>>I am just responding about the dog thing. I know people who pet their dog and cat and then handle their snake when it is little so it gets use to that smell, but I agree I would never let my burm around my dog. My dog is 120lbs and my snake is about 5 ft now and I will never let them around eachother. One if the snake strikes now my dog will tear it up, plus the damage the snake can do if it nails her on the nose. When I bring my snakes out I block the dog off from the room I am in. Its a good thing to, when my dog went in the snake room the other day my burm came out of its hiding place and shot out at the glass did not strike but thought food was coming. So, as the person before me stated not a good idea its trouble.
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Seth Mason.
Do lesbian frogs think they taste like chicken too ?

To get my burm "used" to my dog-I keep her (the burm) in her cage and allowed to dog to smell her and her to smell the dog through the screen. When I let her out to roam, the dog doesn't get to be in the room. I think that the burm should get used to the smell (so they dont think your doggy is food) but I dont think you should let them roam together, the snake could strike and hurt the dog or the dog could tear the snake up. My dog is a 91 lb mutt (chow/golden ret. mix) and my burm is 6 1/2" long, I don't think a fight between them would be pretty. My burm is used to my dog coming in and sniffing at her in the cage, she doesn't even pay him any mind. I guess just supervise them if they have to be together.

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