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  • 12-22-2011, 06:25 PM
    AquaristGuy
    Is There Something Wrong With This Burm?
    At work we have an albino burm. I'm a little worried about it. It's about 2 1/2' long and does not do ANYTHING. It also tries to bite. All day it sits in the same spot. I go in once a week and its always in the same spot. It eats, flicks it tongue a LOT too. She has a hide in her cage and I am POSITIVE it is not too big. Everything in the cage seems fine. Ambient temp is around 80, hot side 87-90, cool side 76-78. Humidity is always about 45%. Definitely does not have mites. Now about the biting. It doesn't actually bite... But it does try. I handle the balls all the time and I'm pretty sure I'm not holding it wrong... I always thought that burms were really nice. Now here's the weirdest thing... If I hold it it freaks out and starts to panic. If someone else does it just sits there and chills! Is it possible it just doesn't like me?
  • 12-22-2011, 06:52 PM
    2kdime
    Sounds stressed out

    Being at "work", it probably sees some high traffic and vibrations
  • 12-22-2011, 07:43 PM
    heathers*bps
    What do you mean by at work? Like you work at a pet shop or its an "office pet"?
  • 12-22-2011, 08:25 PM
    AquaristGuy
    Oh sorry! I work at a pet shop. I went in today and I'm beginning to think somethings up. It was soaking in its bowl and it was submerged. It took it's head out for a while but it would submerge itself for like 2 mins at a time...
  • 12-22-2011, 08:56 PM
    Misfit
    Re: Is There Something Wrong With This Burm?
    Burmese are a whole different thing than ball pythons, trust me. When I got my little guy he was under three feet and bit, hissed and acted all sorts of grumpy whenever handled. From what I understand burmese tend to be more aggressive as babies, but once they grow up they do "grow out of it." Which my guy finally has. :]

    As for the staying in one spot.. My burm does that too. He uses his hides, then he doesn't. He just.. curls up and sits there for days! I don't think staying put is anything unusual. He also soaks. ;] Even when humidity is perfect, he'll soak and soak. From what I've seen with a burm, those things aren't anything to raise alarm. They're pretty different in personality from balls. :]
  • 12-22-2011, 09:19 PM
    AquaristGuy
    Thanks. I'm used to BPs.
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