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Can someone tell me a good place to get an albino burm for around 100 dollars and it must be a hatchling.

There is not a "good" source for albino Burms for $100. Now I am not saying you can not find them for that price I am just stating that any reputable breeder will not sell them that low. $200 is incredibly cheap for one of the most beautiful snakes on the planet and considering that 10 years ago or so they were over a grand that is an incredible price. You unwillingness to pay even $200 for a quality albino Burm is just another notch against you my young friend. It shows your lack of appreciation for these animals. Also if you are already trying to cut corners and find cheaper animals how are you going to maintain this snake when it is eating $20 rabbits or small pigs and such. Todd

Its not that i wont pay 200...If I had a grand 10 years ago i'd buy an albino its just io only have 120 dollars and it will take me a while to save up 80 since i still cant find a job...But i'll prob just get a normal burm i think there equality gorgeous.

This is another perfect example of why you really need to fully look at the situation you are getting into. You are 15. You do not have a job. You have no money saved. And yet you are going to get a snake that costs as much to feed as a child. Once this snake gets on rabbits it is going to cost you close to $100 a month to feed him. What are you going to do in a year when you still do not have a job and your 10 foot snake needs to eat. These are are real things that you need to think about. Todd

You beat me to it Todd. Very well said. I'm 23 and I am a school teacher and I can see how expensive these badboys are. I went to home depot to yesterday to get some supplies to build my burm a bigger cage and spent $100 on preliminary supplies. Does a 10 footer realy eat $100 a month?
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What does all this 1.1 ball and the like mean?
Anyway I got 1 4 1/2ft ball & 1 4ft burmees!

That might be a slight exageration, however I can tell you that I currently own 3 burms that are between 6 1/2' and 8' and I just bought 15 rabbits from rodentpro. The price of the rabbits isn't really that bad. About $80 but the shipping was like an additional $80 so for me to feed all 3 of my burms for one month it will cost me $150. You can directly divide this by thirds becuase the shipping is still going to be high, so I would say a safe figure is more around $75 a month. Todd

Hey bro,

I am SO glad that you are going to start breeding your own rabbits. Those prices are just ABSURD! As you already know I run a very large rabbit breeding operation and not only does it take me less than 20 minutes per day to maintain, but it is incredibly cheap to sustain. I buy my rabbit food monthly by the ton. It's only 380 per ton. On average, out of between 70 and 75 female rabbits I produce between 200 and 300 rabbits per month. A ton of rabbit food usually lasts me longer than a month, more like 6 weeks, so the average cost per 3-6 pound rabbit is roughly a buck a rabbit. I say "3 to 6" because I dispatch different sized rabbits at different times to feed different sized pythons or boas. The really big girls usually get 10-12lb "retired" breeder females that are regularly replaced with young, fresh females every 6 or 8 months or when they begin producing smaller litters, or are poor mothers that neglect their young.

But yeah, all things being equal, it's cheap as heck to raise your own in comparison with buying them retail. It works out to roughly .30 cents per pound.

>>That might be a slight exageration, however I can tell you that I currently own 3 burms that are between 6 1/2' and 8' and I just bought 15 rabbits from rodentpro. The price of the rabbits isn't really that bad. About $80 but the shipping was like an additional $80 so for me to feed all 3 of my burms for one month it will cost me $150. You can directly divide this by thirds becuase the shipping is still going to be high, so I would say a safe figure is more around $75 a month. Todd
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um...no your still wrong for me its 10 dollars a feeder rebbit from the pet store..if my adult burm will eat 1x every 2 weeks thats only 20-25 dollars at the most a month.

First of all what are you talkign about?
a 12 foot burm only needs 10 pound rabbits which at my pet store are 10 dollars and if i feed him every 2 weeks thats only 20 a month

What you are going to end up with is a 12 foot burm that is always hungry. You do not want that. Todd