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  • 01-17-2011, 09:41 PM
    Muddyredneck
    Re: Multiple burms per enclosure?
    i am truly sorry u where able to aquire these animals.. a few things should be cleared up because im assuming these are your first snakes..

    1) when you have someone asking if they can house two of any snakes together its bad.. especially a burm.. sorry noone is "butthurt" your talking potentially deadly animals.. not hamsters..

    2) your reason was one of the poorest iv seen.. you didnt get two balls.. or corns.. again u got two very expensive animals and when u start looking for ways to cut corners again that is a red flag to the experienced who have posted..

    3) your all around attitude like said is the reason youv gotten some of the responses.. you would have seen a huge swing in attitude if we wherent talking about burms or a large boid.. because imo if you get them you should already know these basic husbandry things.. like when a new keeper asks for proper retic temps.. or if they should free handle a hot to tame them down.. these just arnt things that should need an answer if your taking on an animal like this..

    so if i where you i would get each its own enclosure and do alot.. ALOT of reading on these types of snakes and dont stop learning and please for the love of the snake dont shoot down the advice of people who know what they are talking about because unlike the goverment and media they tell u the truth and arnt "fear mongering" like u seem to feel
  • 01-18-2011, 12:54 AM
    reptilegirl07
    I am not sure if i should enter this debate but I will post what I have seen/experienced.

    I have always housed my burms separately.

    I have housed baby boas together for a few months with no ill effects (under a year old). I would remove them during feeding time.

    I have housed ball pythons for years together with no ill effects... once again, i separated during feeding.

    I know of people who have housed burms same size together with no ill effects.

    I know of people who housed 6 boas all over 4 ft together in a huge enclosure with no ill effects.

    With my burms, I have preferred to keep them in a tupperwear while waiting to purchase a larger enclosure (which is usually a very short amount of time) because they are so large and if an accident ever did happen, i couldn't pull two 10-11 ft snakes off of each other... PLUSSS if something was to happen they are my pets #1 and I would be sad to lose them, #2 they cost me a lot of money, and #3, I don't want to have to rush to the exotic vet which is even MORE money.

    Personally, if you had no choice I would separate them and put them in big tubs (which are very cheap at walmart) until you can afford an enclosure... after-all, wouldn't two 6 ft enclosures cost the same as one 12 ft enclosure? In my area, you can find 4ft visions for 80-150 and 6 ft ones for nearly the same price. Keep your eyes open for deals. You don't don't need to take short cuts to save money, you just have to be a savvy shopper.
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