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hi to all big python keepers im quite new on here,i find this forum much more informative with no piss taking,unlike another forum i dont use anymore due to being riduculed for asking novice qwuestions.Anyway my burm is a striped normal,4mth old small for his age .thin from not eating.ive managed to get him onto f/k,but i wantto get him onto defrost asap.also when i got him out he was so aggressive,striking when i got near.he clmed down after a while why was he like this? not used to me yet? ive only had him 3wks

when I first got my burm, she was very pissy. She would huff and hiss at me everytime I would open the door, flinch away from me everytime I would try to pick her up. Just always acting sooooo irritated.

I've asked that many times on here, it seems they are very snappy when they are young, especially trying to adjust to a new home. You've had yours for a few weeks, so just give him some time to adjust. Keep handling him. I use to use an oven mit to pick mine up, and once in my hand, she was a sweet heart. Now no problems.

About the food, I'm still feeding live. I'm guessing try warming up the f/t food by keeping it in a plastic bag, run it under warm to hot water so it can have the live or f/k body temp and smell. Good Luck

Richard

Yeah, i have a baby burm that is about as docile as they get but my baby suriname boa on the other hand is quite a hisser. I can't wait for my burm to get around 7-8 feet. I'm a boa person but i think burmese are probably one of the most beautiful snakes. To me they look like a dinosaur's snake, if that makes sense.

Very young burms are just excitable. That's all there is to it. Think about it from the snake's point of view - the whole world is new, huge, and your hungry - very hungry, and always hungry (because you're growing so fast). Life at that point is all business. For them, by nature, it's a point of surviving. Though it shouldn't take long to get the idea to them that you are "friend", or at least not "enemy" or "food". My burm (now about 9') calmed down completely well within being just two months old. I hope yours comes around soon. Plenty of handling is probably a good idea, just remember that too much is likely to annoy and piss him off.

As for this forum, I'm surprised you like it. This forum has definitely had it's share of pissy people; well and enough to drive away some of the regulars. I'm a tolerant person I guess, so I still stop by from time to time; though I generally keep to myself now, opting not to get involved in anything that isn't at least helpful or informative. I hope you find better experiences here.

And, if you are still with me here, I just want to make one note in reference to one of the reply's below to your post from someone who is looking forward to the day his burm gets to 7-8 feet - it happens, yes, it happens fast, and it doesn't stop there. I'm looking forward to the day my burm STOPS growing! It's not that I don't want him to grow up to be a big boy, it's just that I'm amazed at how fast an animal can grow. It has to stop sometime! Just kidding - I think he's great just how he is.

Oh, about the frozen/thawed switch for your burm. I agree with the other post below - thaw them in warm/hot water so the prey is more like a warm bodied, living animal. It should be more enticing that way. I actually thaw my food items in a plastic container full of nearly hot water. This keeps thaw time down (which is good to avoid spoilage during the thaw), it warms the items up (another bonus), and it wets the fur of the prey in addition to partially water-logging the items, which helps to make the item easier to ingest, and easier to digest (yet another bonus).

Have I been rambling again? hmmmm....

- Mark

>>hi to all big python keepers im quite new on here,i find this forum much more informative with no piss taking,unlike another forum i dont use anymore due to being riduculed for asking novice qwuestions.Anyway my burm is a striped normal,4mth old small for his age .thin from not eating.ive managed to get him onto f/k,but i wantto get him onto defrost asap.also when i got him out he was so aggressive,striking when i got near.he clmed down after a while why was he like this? not used to me yet? ive only had him 3wks

That other forum wouldn't have been bob clarks was it.

Patrick
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hi thanks everyone for replying to my post looking for advice cheers .yes it was bob clarks forum howd you guess? ive heard a few other poeple say the same.i asked questions an id get the piss ripped outa me im in uk a limey as the us say! heh heh.anyway the litle burm still refuses defrost no matter how wartm it is.weird eh? only intrested in f/k.im really hoping he/ll change over.i might try the chick express,tying a rats head to thre chicks legs with dental floss,then he aint got no choice eh? what do you think.i dont like feeding chicks tho cause the [bleep] stinks big time!!.ha ha. soorry to go on oh got a new snake a suriname red tail 0.1.very nice,will try an get pics of all me boids.vcheers

are you implying that there are pissy people on the Bob clark forum? Its the best forum online, A HELL of a lotter better than this forum is