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I just recieved a baby albino burmese from a friend this morning. Apparently, he was evicted from his apartment and had to get rid of everything. This guy is very docile, and looks like he just ate (although it had to have been around Thursday of last week). I hope the bulge is due to what he ate, and not an intestinal bacteria type of thing. He also has one eye that is much smaller than the other. I have kept carpet pythons for a yeaor so, and have had a corn snake for about 4 years. Do they need anything special outside of what I do for my carpets?

My albino does not have the high intensity white on him, like the one in this picture. I do not know a whole lot about albinos, but you want them to have the high white color contrasting with orange when they are babies, right? I borrowed this pic so you can see what I mean...

http://market.kingsnake.com/image/97432.jpg

First, color doesn't matter; albino burms come in many color/pattern phases and as the old saying goes "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". As far as one eye being smaller than the other, it sounds like a bloodline that endured too much inbreeding (a real possibility with many of the "designer" herps out there).

In terms of husbandry, you can treat the burm similar to your carpet python....just make sure you keep the cage somewhere between 80-82 deg F on the cool side upwards to the mid to upper 80's on the warm end with a basking area that reaches 90-94 deg F. Additionally, you want humidity levels to be in the 70-85% range. And, of course, be prepared for getting a very large enclsoure at some point in this snake's life. Rob Carmichael

Room, Food, and News Paper. Lots of it for a burm. I keep my humidity at 50%-60% (every one is different), but the temps are the same as above. And I totally agree, the color, does not matter, if you like it then thats all the matters. And the more you handle it the better, it will get a lot bigger than the carpet so you want to be able to know it well. Congrats, I love my burm and so when room permits will get another, Plus if you ever have a question people in here are very helpful. Plus reading past posts can help.