"Dwarf" Burmese

A friend of mine got a "dwarf" burmese through a trade a about 3 months ago. We dont know much about her other then shes a little over 6 months old and still weighs less then 100 grams!!! Shes been eating 2 x week since he got her. How exactly does one tell if it truley is a dwarf? And are "dwarfs" just runts. I will try and get pictures of her up asap.

wikipedia (not always the best source for reptile info, but the first stuff I found to quote):

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Breeders have recently begun working with an island lineage of Burmese Pythons. Early reports indicate that these "Dwarf" Burmese have a slightly different colouring and pattern than their mainland relatives and do not grow much over 2.1 metres (7 ft) long. The "Dwarf" Burmese were first captively reproduced by Beau Lewis of Arizona, USA.

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I can not answear any of your questions.
But, if in fact there is such an animal and they don't exceed 6 or 7 feet,

I WANT ONE!

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...dwarfscale.jpg
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You might want to take her to the vet and get a fecal exam done to check for internal parasites.
Do you have any paperwork.
And just out of curiosity what was traded for the "dwarf", they are not exactly a common snake?

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Originally Posted by BigLu

A friend of mine got a "dwarf" burmese through a trade a about 3 months ago. We dont know much about her other then shes a little over 6 months old and still weighs less then 100 grams!!! Shes been eating 2 x week since he got her. How exactly does one tell if it truley is a dwarf? And are "dwarfs" just runts. I will try and get pictures of her up asap.

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That sounds very small, even for a dwarf Burm. What exactly are they feeding her? From the looks of her she could probably handle an adult mouse.

One thing that I've heard is that the wild caught males will breed readily but the wild caught females are difficult so many if not most of them are NOT pure dwarfs but rather a cross between a true dwarf male and a normal burmese female. Also, there are NO known mutations of this race so if you get one that's a 'het' or a 'morph' it's not a true dwarf but has been crossed with a regular sized burmese.

Shes taking hoppers right now and they still make a bulge in her belly everytime she takes one down. An adult would be to large imo. She has shed about 4 times since he has had her, and she is currently in shed right now. What are tell tale signs of internal parasites? she seems extremely healthy. It was traded for a work truck.

There are a couple of breeders working with the dwarf burms right now. There have been a few dwarf to normal breedings-producing the half dwarf burms. I have a pair of green het granite half dwarf burms produced by our partner Jim Mason.

The dwarf burms do look different from a normal burm, they have a distinctly different more chaotic pattern, their heads are shaped somewhat different and they have a short stockier body (they look like little torpedoes to me). They also tend to be "flighty", they are not usually biters they just tend to be more active and high strung.

hey buddy I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the snake in the tub on the scale is an african rock python