Our new addition (and awesome craigslist score)! PIC OVERLOAD!!!

So, my husband always tells me stories about his first burm, a 10.5 foot albino burm who used to sleep with him on a heat pad.

Now, I can't say I want a burm in MY bed, but I happened upon a little baby albino burm on craigslist. He was listed with a kingsnake (my husband's favorite type of snake), and I managed to score the burm AND the kingsnake, delivered, for 75 bucks.

Right now the burm is just a lil one (about 2.5 feet), and here's the pics we snapped this evening. He's very calm and loves to be 'pet'.

Sorry I went a little nuts with the photos:

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm9.jpg

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http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm7.jpg

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm6.jpg

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm5.jpg

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm4.jpg

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm3.jpg

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm2.jpg

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/...girl/burm1.jpg

What? No love for the kingsnake? :P LOL Nice looking burm! Congrats on the new additions!

cute little burm! gratz on the pickups! :D

Yeah i was looking for pictures of the Kingsnake also!! Come on now!! Be Fair!

Nice looking little burm. Can't believe your husband used to sleep with his old burm.

You guys are too funny!

I haven't gotten any pics of the kingsnake yet, but I will take some today. He's a lot less willing to stay still for shots then the burm was, that's for sure!

I will say, that even though I am not very into kings, this guy is a real looker.

Your husband slept on a heat pad?

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Your husband slept on a heat pad?

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no the husband slept on the bed the snake slept next to him on a heat pad :P

HA! Yes, the heat pad was at the foot of his bed.

Back in his "single years", he would let the snake have free run of his bedroom.

Sadly, the snake was STOLEN from him :( I think he's pretty bonkers to have let a snake sleep with him, but he's a pretty big guy, and I'm sure the snake didn't want to eat him.

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Originally Posted by geekypythongirl

I think he's pretty bonkers to have let a snake sleep with him, but he's a pretty big guy, and I'm sure the snake didn't want to eat him.

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I'd be more worried about the snake peeing and pooping in the bed. :O They're not exactly discriminatory about where they let loose. Same with having a giant snake loose in my bedroom. Just....eww. LOL

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Originally Posted by JLC

I'd be more worried about the snake peeing and pooping in the bed. :O They're not exactly discriminatory about where they let loose. Same with having a giant snake loose in my bedroom. Just....eww. LOL

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Oh I agree. Its gross. But then again, single men tend to be gross too, hahaha!

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Originally Posted by geekypythongirl

Oh I agree. Its gross. But then again, single men tend to be gross too, hahaha!

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~thoughtful flashback to the dating days...and his bathroom~ Uhhhhhh yeah! Much truth in that statement! :rofl:

I love their faces!! I just got my first burm, too, a rescue that I took in from a fellow in Florida who did not get the appropriate permits in time. He's a normal, but I really love the albinos, too... but my lady has put a limit on the number of burms in the house, so my normal will have to do. :-) They grow fast once they start going... we've had our guy since August and he was skinny and rather runty. We've got him on medium rats since and he's really taken off.

I always get so jealous in posts like this. I would LOVE a burm, but I am just too concerned about managing their size with just myself as the keeper. These are beautiful, beautiful snakes, and if there were a way I could own one comfortably and safely, I would. I really love the hypos too.

Huge congrats on your gorgeous new addition!:banana::banana::banana::banana:

Nice coloring.

From the pictures his skin is semi loose in spots pointing me towards slight dehydration. Few soaks and fresh water daily will fix that.

I'm not too certain the care he got before. I got them from a guy I had actually dealt with about 2 months ago (sold him a crested gecko), and back then he told me that his wife basically hated any and all snake and reptile, and was trying to make him get rid of everything.

Sadly, AFTER we got the snakes from him, he sent me an email telling me the crested gecko he got from me 2 months prior died weeks ago from 'unknown reasons'. I'm glad we got what we could from him, in hopes to save them, and give them happy homes.

Well apparently her complaining endlessly worked, because he was selling his whole collection off a few months later. My husband actually told me he brought the snake (an hour drive) in his pocket. We've got him in quarantine right now for a few more days, and soon we'll try feeding him. He's got a nice big water dish, and a hide which he seems to love.

Wow, he's really nice looking, congrats on he pick ups! He may well be my favourite albino burm to date, with his nice dark oranges.