Burmese python size

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

It all sounds perfectly feasible . I just know he's a lovely temperament and still very small at under 5' - just like his parents and he's a pet as I don't breed. As regards your last point I'm in the UK so I really can't tell if you mean anywhere or just the US .


Somebody told me that there is no such thing as a Dwarf Hypo Burm and yet mine and his dad are both Hypo and under 5' long and his mum was a 7' Hypo .

It's all very confusing :)

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Not sure about the UK but in the US there is no dwarf burm morph. There are different coloring though in dwarfs. Some are 'light phase' and some are 'dark phase' although from what I've read, its not a genetic thing that can be bred. It's just dumb luck. So yours looks like a light phase but its not hypo at least not in the technical term. Unless yours and the parents are really full size burms that were maintenance fed. I have no idea really though. Its probably one of those dumb luck things like how Gene the retic is 50% mainland and only 5.5' where as Caesar my retic is 31% mainland and is just a little over 5' at 10 months old.

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Well mine is an F2 which I think refers to both his parents and their parents all being Dwarfs .

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to clarify F1, F2, etc:
It stands for 'filial generation'
F1 is the offspring of an original pairing
F2 is the offspring of those babies when they are bred together.
F3 is the offspring of those babies, etc etc
It notates interbreeding, breeding siblings together, which as we understand in reptiles is generally not genetically bad for a few generations.

If you bred an F1 to an unrelated snake, those new babies would be F1s from that pairing.
I hope that helps!

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I'm clearly no expert on morphs but it certainly looks like a Hypo to me to be honest .... It's identical in colouration to my full sized Hypo but this one is still under 5' and nearly 3 years old .

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

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I'm clearly no expert on morphs but it certainly looks like a Hypo to me to be honest .... It's identical in colouration to my full sized Hypo but this one is still under 5' and nearly 3 years old .

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;_; I want one.

Thanks guys .. He's like a big Royal really!

He sometime does the typical Burm hissing when he's touched or disturbed in his viv which I kinda like :)
Thankfully he NEVER strikes or shows any aggression . He's also Relic like in his inquisitiveness . Oh and what an appetite !! Currently on a large rat every 3 weeks...

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Not sure about the UK but in the US there is no dwarf burm morph. There are different coloring though in dwarfs. Some are 'light phase' and some are 'dark phase' although from what I've read, its not a genetic thing that can be bred. It's just dumb luck. So yours looks like a light phase but its not hypo at least not in the technical term. Unless yours and the parents are really full size burms that were maintenance fed. I have no idea really though. Its probably one of those dumb luck things like how Gene the retic is 50% mainland and only 5.5' where as Caesar my retic is 31% mainland and is just a little over 5' at 10 months old.

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Are the temperaments of the dwarf retics improving as well?? This is very exciting for me. I feel I can handle a 6-7' snake... but 10' plus is too much.

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Originally Posted by Hypancistrus

Are the temperaments of the dwarf retics improving as well?? This is very exciting for me. I feel I can handle a 6-7' snake... but 10' plus is too much.

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Well . .... Oddly enough I have one of them as well - although mine is a Super Dwarf - Purple Albino Retic from very small SD parents .

Maybe I'm just lucky but he's just Iike Burm I described above ! Calm and friendly as the breeder promised :)

He's expected to top out at 6 foot , just nice and slender .

Your drawf retic looks great. My I ask where you got him from?

Sorry for the double post.