Ive been considering a Burmese Python for some time now. I like their shape, size, temperment, it all sounds great. However, I am very used to ball pythons. Big jump from ball to burm.

Originally I had hoped to Make a Blue Eyed Ivory Burmese Python the Center piece of the massage studio Im planning on opening up in the future. Along with the right decorations it would have a very natural zen feel to it, and it would be run out of my home, so taking proper care of it would be simple.

I held a baby albino burmese at a reptile shop I visited recently to pick up some larger mice and I fell even more in love with the idea. So I started doing a lot of research on their husbandry, maximum size, eating habits, etc and I ran into a 50/50 split about whether it was safe to have a burmese python as a pet.

From what I can tell, the only people who were attacked by their burmese are people that either 1)Handled them irresponsibly and the bite/attack was completely their fault, or two they let it wander the house of its own accord 23/7 and someone got attacked in their sleep. or 3) They poorly secured their enclosure, and the snake escaped then proceded to attack them in their sleep.

All of which seem like the owners fault to me. So I wanted to ask you guys with big old burmese of your own. Whats been your experience with these snakes? Would you recomend them as pets? Are the fears founded, or just people being pig headed worry worts?

If you made it this far thank you for reading = P I love burmese pythons and I want to beleive I can handle having one as a pet, but any input you could offer is greatly appreciated.