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I have never been a large boid fan, never liked retics or burms or rocks....that is just me, I keep Hogg island boas and high end ball pythons. That being said, I was looking through some classified adds and one was for a pair of large burms, one was a morph, one normal. They wanted over $500 for the pair, now my question is, who is breeding burms anymore, especially normals and albinos, seems like refuges are full of them, even morph burms get like 16 feet, just like normals. I think it is cool if someone has a huge enclosure and just always loved the way a green burm looked, and finally bought one. But breeding a snake that 99% of the owners eventually have to get rid of just makes little sense to me. Especially one that has around 50 eggs. If you do breed burms, do you do any follow up, like 2, 3 4 years later to see if they still have the snake?

David Reid

I have a lifetime trade in policy on all giant python species. If at any time the customer wants to trade it in for a smaller python of the same (current) value, they can. I put this into effect simply because I never wanted to be one to contribute to the neglected and abandoned burms rocks and tics.

By the way, I respect that you prefer smaller species. And one of my favorite boa species is the hogg islands. I have a trio of Betty and Larry's kids coming in two weeks. I am getting first picks. I'm sure you know who Betty and Larry are if you are heavily into hoggs. If you are interested in any babies of this line post your email addy here and I will hook you up with the breeder.

>>I have never been a large boid fan, never liked retics or burms or rocks....that is just me, I keep Hogg island boas and high end ball pythons. That being said, I was looking through some classified adds and one was for a pair of large burms, one was a morph, one normal. They wanted over $500 for the pair, now my question is, who is breeding burms anymore, especially normals and albinos, seems like refuges are full of them, even morph burms get like 16 feet, just like normals. I think it is cool if someone has a huge enclosure and just always loved the way a green burm looked, and finally bought one. But breeding a snake that 99% of the owners eventually have to get rid of just makes little sense to me. Especially one that has around 50 eggs. If you do breed burms, do you do any follow up, like 2, 3 4 years later to see if they still have the snake?
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>>David Reid
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The fastest way to achieve great wealth is by living more poorly for much longer.

My 9 yr old trio is from the "Betty" line, and they are amazing snakes. My females are around 6.5 feet, and have bred for me 6 yrs. I gave them this year off, just did not bulk back up as much as I would like. My male was VERY bummed, and just started eating again. Mine breed like clockwork, mate in December and have the babies in July I leave mine togather in a very large cage year round. They love to climb!

Dave

What size were your adults when they first started breeding?

My females were in the 4.5-5' range, and male probably right at 4', and more slender. I bought them at supposedly 2 yrs old, and they bred that December, about 6-8 months after I got them.
They were bulked up nicely, but never power fed.

Dave

Thanks. I had a Hogg about three years ago that had babies when she was just under four feet! Seven babies and one slug.

>>What size were your adults when they first started breeding?
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The fastest way to achieve great wealth is by living more poorly for much longer.

I was asking about his Hoggs.