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burm or retic?

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  • 01-21-2006, 11:21 PM
    joepythons
    Re: burm or retic?
    I have a albino burm and we had a retic.The retics are hunters to the max and ours would stalk me from the other side of the room:O .She was more snappy then any other snake i have ever had.So she had to go as i will not put up with a aggressive snake.Get a burm(reg or albino or your choice) they are very docile.Our female has never even acted like she wanted to bite us.Now if you do not keep them feed properly then you could be in trouble:hungry: .
  • 01-24-2006, 05:02 AM
    BiGBaLLiN
    Re: burm or retic?
    wow that sounds nasty. haha. i have seen subadult retics and they were tame as a puppy. i guess its all in the snake and different personalities. i think retics are great. im leading more towards the burm tho.
  • 01-24-2006, 05:10 PM
    OhKnows
    Re: burm or retic?
    What do you even feed those 10'+ snakes?
  • 01-24-2006, 06:27 PM
    BiGBaLLiN
    Re: burm or retic?
    rabbits, pigs, some even feed goats. but mostly pigs and rabbits.
  • 01-24-2006, 06:34 PM
    Shelby
    Re: burm or retic?
    Yep.. rabbits can keep a male burm happy. Large females sometimes get the pigs.
  • 01-26-2006, 11:15 PM
    BiGBaLLiN
    Re: burm or retic?
    ok i need some info. i heard that normal murms will live longer than albinos and other morphs. is there any truth in this? i like the granite, albino and green as well and i am trying to decide whether to dish out a few more hundred to get a granite or just stick with the normal or albino. maybe even the green. is there a difference in longevity and general health between the different types of burms?
  • 01-26-2006, 11:33 PM
    Shelby
    Re: burm or retic?
    I haven't heard of the longevity issue with morphs except with the green burms. For some reason, it seems, most green burms only live a couple of years at most then succumb to chronic RI and die. I would not get a green.

    As far as the other morphs, just get them from a good breeder. You don't want an inbred animal.
  • 01-27-2006, 02:02 AM
    BiGBaLLiN
    Re: burm or retic?
    wow greens only live a couple of years? thats not good. shelby is your burm tame?
  • 01-27-2006, 09:42 PM
    Shelby
    Re: burm or retic?
    My burm is taming very well. He has never bit (I've had him 4 months) but he does hiss a lot when I take him out of the cage. He quiets down when he's out for a minute though.
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