Are GIANTS any fun

[dylanb]

Hi everyone I have heard alot of stories about burms and how u need multiple people in the room just to handle your pet, so I was just wondering about some of your experience in keeping these giants. Are they really any fun when they get over about 8 or 9 feet.

[burmer]

It depends on the individual snake. My albino burm is 13' now and is really nice to handle and has never given me a problem. I still never handle her without someone else in the house.

[NewLineReptile]

I have a few Burms my biggest is 14' and i handle them as much as i can

Brandon

[Samba]

I would never handle my snake alone. It's not that I don't trust him, but I am cautious and aware of his potential. My Bandula is a ton of fun. He is pretty social (in snake terms that means he'l curl up on you if you're warm). He's never even tried to bite, and given his horrible beginnings in life, I'm surprised he's so laid back. It's something you have to experience on a day to day basis, not really anything I could express in words. I love my snake as if he were my child. He's a big responsibility though, and it takes a lot of hard work to maintain him. It's all worth it though when we curl up on the couch and watch T.V. (of course, I'm the only one who watches T.V....) =)

[RachelS.]

Burms are super fun! My girl is 9 feet now... a little hard to handle, and will get tougher, but she is a joy to have and to handle. Plus she has an awesome personality!

[Teana]

They are great snakes!! My girl is 15ft. and she's a big baby. She's hard to handle because of her weight, not her temperament. I got her 2 years ago, when she was already 11ft., and I wouldn't trade her for the world!! I wouldn't recommend them as a first snake, but for the experienced herper they're a great joy.

[ReptiZone]

They are real fun when they are babys till 10 feet after that you build a sweet @$$ cage and place them in it just to watch them live there lives take them out from time to time but let tem be most of the week or month.

I just think as they get biger the gap betwean there ribs gets biger and to handel a snake that size and slipe the slender side of your hand in betwean two ribs it must caus some discomfort.

so why risk it.

But I could sit and watch a retic sleep and I would be having fun. so it all depends on the person too.

[creander]

I have many Burms,non of them gave me any trouble.

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[jncoclub]

I'm moving to Hawaii so I can't take my burm with, but I love the idea of bein able to let her loose on the floor or whereever in the same room as me and not have to worry about her going under the couch, or under the basement door. I'd picture it would be fun like having a big dog, but without feet, hair, floppy ears....

[SCReptiles]

Yes, they are fun. Second only to venomous, but you have to be prepared to keep either one. =)

[Samba]

Jncoclub - Have you found a home for your Burm yet? I hope so. I would recommend letting Burms free-roam - there have been reports of Burms attacking people twitching in their sleep. In fact, a CO boy was killed by the family burm who was allowed to free-roam. It is thought the snake thought the boy's twitching feet triggered a feeding response. This is human error, of course, but the burm was euthanized anyways. Horrible story.

[Samba]

The above post was supposed to read, "I WOULDN'T Recommend letting Burms free-roam..." oops. =)

[ReptiZone]

I let my burm free rom a few hours a day just to let them realy strsh out and get a bit of exercise but all my snakes have there respected cages.

[Samba]

Chondro python... that is fine, what I am referring to is letting the animals free-roam 24/7 without supervision. All burms need to get out and stretch!

[jncoclub]

Samba- I haven't found a home for "Clyde" yet, thanks for your concern. I found my "last resort" for them (a respectable reptile rescue) but I would love to find them homes that I feel comfortable with.

What I meant in my post is that I'd love to have my burm chill with me in the living room just while watching a movie or something- not let her roam all the time, but while we're in one room for a few hours. Right now she is small so we have to keep an eye out at all times, but if she was at her max size, I think I would be able to look away more confidently more often.

[Scales Zoo]

Have to agree most big burms are difficult to work with due to size, not attitude. Any snake pushing 100 pounds requires strength and skill, mixed with varying amounts of luck from time to time. In our experience so far, it has been the retics and rocks that were troublesome due to attitude, combined with size and strength. Often it has been better to outsmart them into a catch box for hands free contact. When we do need to get our hands on them, we work with our biggest, strongest unafraid friend to secure the snake. Three people can manage, but quickly get tired. More people would likely only be in the way, although it would be good to have a "stunt double" to jump in when things go snakey