I want to get a berm any info would be great

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by Trollbie

A lot of people aren't ready. I probably wasn't when I got Penelope on an impulse. But he's here, and people here will help him get ready if he does end up getting one.

Not being ready for a snake that might hit seven feet in its whole life is majorly different to not being ready for a snake that could hit seven feet in under a year and carry on up to fifteen feet.

To the OP the main thing is being as sure as you can that for the next twenty five years you have a reliable person willing to be there EVERY time you need to access the viv, change the bedding, feed the snake, handle the snake etc etc.

[Trollbie]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Not being ready for a snake that might hit seven feet in its whole life is majorly different to not being ready for a snake that could hit seven feet in under a year and carry on up to fifteen feet.

To the OP the main thing is being as sure as you can that for the next twenty five years you have a reliable person willing to be there EVERY time you need to access the viv, change the bedding, feed the snake, handle the snake etc etc.

Well my point was that he's asking questions first so that he can be ready should he choose to get one.

[exwizard]

Originally Posted by Trollbie

Well my point was that he's asking questions first so that he can be ready should he choose to get one.

This exactly. Hes asking questions and should get reasonable answers, not "youre not ready". It seems to me that asking the questions is part of the needed research to know what he will be in for.

@OP...

A Burm can get up to about 16' in length and can weigh as much as 200 lbs when full grown. Even then he wont stop growing. He will only slow down his rate of growth as he grows older. The key to having a snake like this is frequent handling when he is a baby. This way he will be much tamer and much more handleable when he gets bigger. As far as Burms go, I would go with the "1 person for every 8' of snake" rule although 1 per 6 is even better and the extra people really need to know what to do should the worst happen.