Adopted snake, need help IDing.

Exelightning · 01-20-15, 05:17 PM

Hello, first things first. I have owned many ball pythons, and corn snakes in my life, and feel the time is right to make the jump I've been waiting a while for. Anyways, I recently adopted this "Burm", but they told me it was two years old, and only about 4.5 feet long. Is it possible that a Burmese python would only grow to that size in two years if it wasn't fed enough/had a large enough aquarium? Anyways, I'm including some photos and if anyone could let me know if they thinks this truly is a Burm, or a ball python, I would be very grateful.

reptiledude987 · 01-20-15, 06:26 PM

Looks like an albino retic to me. Clearer head shot would help. As far as size goes if I'm right that its a retid could be dwarf or SD to explain size.

SnoopySnake · 01-20-15, 06:34 PM

Its definitely an albino burm, but I'll let someone more experienced with them chime in on size. It could be younger than you were told or it could've been underfed.

reptiledude987 · 01-20-15, 07:16 PM

How is it that you know burm and not retic? Just curious...

Cmwells90 · 01-20-15, 07:28 PM

I would also say a albino burm.

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Originally Posted by reptiledude987

How is it that you know burm and not retic? Just curious...

I say burm over retic because of the morph, I've never seen a morph like that on a retic, but I have for burm. I did a quick google to be sure, but it looks burm to me.

reptiledude987 · 01-20-15, 07:30 PM

ok i was looking at head shape and heat pits not pattern. Im sure someone with several of each will chime in on this one. Either way really nice looking snake!

SnoopySnake · 01-20-15, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by reptiledude987

How is it that you know burm and not retic? Just curious...

Patterning and head/heat pit shape. Neither of these pics are mine, but here's an example.

Retic:

Burm:

reptiledude987 · 01-20-15, 07:42 PM

Ok from those pics clearly a burm. thanks for those thats helpful

Exelightning · 01-20-15, 07:55 PM

Wonderful, thank you all very much!

I will be feeding her properly and will update with pictures when she grows

. I'm so happy to hear that she's a Burm and not a ball!

Exelightning · 01-20-15, 07:57 PM

There's a headshot for you, best I could get at the moment

metalcopper · 01-20-15, 08:37 PM

Definitely a Burm. As long as it's not a dwarf, a Burm should be around 5 to 8 feet in its first year, depending on exactly how much it has been fed. So a two year old at 4.5 feet is stunted in my opinion, probably due to the amount it was fed. Males will be smaller though also.

reptiledude987 · 01-20-15, 09:26 PM

Is there a visible difference between a dwarf and normal retic aside from size?

Exelightning · 01-20-15, 10:18 PM

Is it possible to help her recover from stunted growth?

reptiledude987 · 01-20-15, 10:29 PM

Not completely all you can do at this point is keep him on a good feeding schedule and have good growth from here. Unfortunately he wont reach the full size he could have had he always been on a proper feeding schedule. But I'm sure hes in better hands and will be a happy member of your family.

Exelightning · 01-20-15, 11:29 PM

Very true. I'm glad she will be taken care of properly now

. What a shame people think it's okay to buy one and not understand the responsibilities. Also he had her in a 30 gallon tank -.-

She ate her first rat a couple day ago and had no problems at all, and is very docile, so I think she will be good from here out, but I plan on bringing her to the vet soon to get checked up just in case.