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  • 08-04-2004, 01:44 PM
    Smulkin
    The difference is anywhere from 10-15' (say 3-5metres) and who knows how many kilos.

    You might want to do a bit more in depth research before you buy lol.
  • 08-04-2004, 02:14 PM
    Hoomi
    The Ball or Royal Python will reach a maximum size of just under 2 meters. Typical adult size is close to a 1.5 meters. For food, it will never require anything larger than a typical rat, which many captive bred Ball Pythons will readily accept pre-killed ( no worries about the rat deciding to chew on the snake instead).

    The Burmese Python is one of the "Giant" species of snakes, reaching sizes of 3 to 5 meters (as already pointed out). Adult Burmese require much larger prey for food, and a full grown Burmese can be difficult to handle if it decides to get moody. Typical safety rules are that a 5 meter Burmese would need a minimum of 3 healthy adult humans to keep it under control if it starts to be a problem.

    If your parents are afraid of snakes, a Burmese is NOT a good candidate for instilling a love of snakes into them. It would be akin to asking someone who is afraid of spiders to handle a large tarantula.

    If you've never kept a snake before, I would recommend holding off on an Albino Ball Python, which can cost upwards of $3000 U.S. or more. The normal colored Ball Python can be obtained for easily under $100 U.S., and is still a beautiful and interesting pet. It isn't any more tragic to lose an expensive pet to inexperience than it is to lose an inexpensive one, but it is much easier to hand an inexpensive pet over to an experienced keeper if you realize you cannot properly care for it (or your parents decide they won't tolerate it in the house any longer). If, however, you have several thousand dollars invested in a snake, you may find yourself wanting to try and recoup that cost, and the delay in finding a buyer may end up a tragedy for the snake, and a financial loss for you.
  • 08-04-2004, 02:51 PM
    Ozone
    In preparation for contests after this month...
    thanks all for this informations i will search more more before i buy.
  • 08-04-2004, 03:23 PM
    Ozone
    breeding rats for food.
    why ball pythons cost too much and burmese pythons not too much?
  • 08-04-2004, 03:33 PM
    Marla
    Albino burmese have been available a lot longer, their clutches are larger (more eggs), and there's less deman for the ones that do hatch.
  • 08-04-2004, 03:39 PM
    Smulkin
    She nailed it - much bigger clutch size.
  • 08-04-2004, 11:53 PM
    Ozone
    can albino burmese be dangerous when is 5 meters and hungry ?
  • 08-04-2004, 11:54 PM
    Anonymous
    No doubt. You need atleast two people to handle a giant.
  • 08-04-2004, 11:57 PM
    led4urhead
    Definitely dangerous. Having said that, i firmly believe every animal is what the keeper makes of it. I still wouldnt handle a giant without someone else experienced around.
  • 08-05-2004, 12:31 AM
    EyeLashViper
    I saw an albino BP at the IRBA show back in May that was going for $800.00
    it was really beautiful, but no way do I have that kind of cash to spend on a snake as much as I would like to - but it was a really nice specimen, nice and thick and about two feet long. I would really love to have a high end BP but I am lucky I have my four normal coloration babies...but I DO drool over some of the morphs that I saw on the NERD site a few nights ago....

    EyeLashViper
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