Wow, check this site out!

It;s about some guy who keeps giant snakes in his basement. The photo of him and his Burm is worth the visit. I never knew that burms got so big; maybe it is a retic??

http://www.anapsid.org/louisbaby.html

Good grief -- the guy keeps three giants in a single cage and feeds them without a backup person and without separating the snakes? AND he's feeding live chickens? What a shining example of husbandry -- NOT!

Ive seen that pic before, Im pretty certain it is a burm. Gotta be one of the biggest in captivity though.

yeah, I'd keep my 150 pound alligator snapper with a pair of caimen too, why not? lol

The statement at the bottom:

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Anyone want to take a stab at how many feeding errors are demonstrated in the above incident?

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needs to be huge bold italics.

That's ridiculous stuff lol.

thats friggin crazy, you think he would put the chicken on some big pole/tong thing and put it in the snakes cage and feed,but i guess not.

Ive seen that website before, its one of the first i saw when i wanted a burmses python, ididnt know anything about them so i looked them up and found that and then i got my nice SMALL ball python instead

Wow. I think if I got my hand chomped on by a big snake... it would definitely ruin my day. ;)

I couldn't imagine a 20 foot shed. that's insane.

yeah that would be pretty crazy

"Hidden speakers"? "Jungle music"? I get guilty having my stereo on 6 feet from my 3-foot snakes. I can't imagine how stressed these poor critters must be with music blaring at them all the time.

Haha, wow, like Smulkin said...that little bit at the bottom of the story...it's quite an understatement. My hats off to that guy for being able to keep all these animals the way he is and not being killed yet...

And yeah, I'm pretty certain that's a burmese python. I can see the pattern a bit in the dark and poor quality pic, and it matches the burmese pattern by the looks of it. I've seen that webpage a while ago, and didn't know/think burmese can get that big. But you can never predict how big your snake's gonna get, I guess. That's why there's a Guinnes Book of World Records...weird things happen. ;)

Holy mother of ..... dat thing is huge! Hes very lucky to be able to tell that feeding story. Yeah dats got to be a burmese. or maybe a retic.

It is a burmese python 20ft. Long. The biggest Burm in captivity is like 24ft. read the other ones about the killings by snakes...and yet they all happen when you let your snake roam the house freely like a cat instead of a cage! those people are just stupid!

Yeah, that snake could definately eat that guy. And maybe he should, lol. Seriously though, if the guy does get hurt due to his moronic keeping skills, it'll just make the public more afraid of snakes. I hate idiots!

yea thats huge! and bad husbandry just by reading the whole article

That snake is "Baby" she's a 27' 403 lb burmese python, and she's in the guiness book of world records.

Yeah, burms reach at least 20 ft. I've petted a 13 foot long albino burm. It's really amazing to see how pretty the scales are when they're that big.

You know, I don't think I'd want to see the "present" that a 13 foot long burm leaves.

I wish I had the means to keep a burm. They are one of my favorite snakes. But they just get to darn big for me to ever be able to keep.

Yeah, burms are truly beautiful. Pictures do them no justice either. Have you seen the granite morph burms? So cool!

Nope, but I've help a normal baby burn and almost asked my mom to buy me it. He was ti die for! You know, maybe someday I will have a burm. hopefully.

They're truly docile too. I've held an 80lb 8'+ albino burm by myself for hours on end. (not easy work, but the snake was great)

You may consider a male burm, if you don't overfeed it, they usually won't be 20' more like 12-15'. That's still huge though.

Well yeah. But I hope someday to buy a house with a large basement. Maybe there I could make a big enough cage.

Take a look at these granite burms. I think they're awesome.

http://www.bobclark.com/d_learn.asp?id=27
labyrinth burms are also great
http://www.bobclark.com/d_learn.asp?id=31&cat=learn

Great thanks. Now I want a burm even more!
My mom said they'd rather let me have a burm or retic over a Blood. LOL!

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You know, I don't think I'd want to see the "present" that a 13 foot long burm leaves.

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I just noticed this.. Baby's 'presents' are bowling ball size. :)

A burm or retic over a blood? Out of their minds, I tell you! lol I LOVE bloods. I think after I get a boa, a pair of bloods will be next on my list.

Next on my list are:
Kenyan Sand Boa
JungleCarpet Python.

I just got a pair of kenyan sandboas.. about two days ago. They are the sweetest snakes in the world. I'm totally in love with them. :) One of mine is anerythristic (black and white) and the other is a het anery. So when they have babies (in a few years) some will be anery, and the others will look normal and carry the anery gene. Neat stuff.

Cool! I hope someday to buy a nice female for Link and breed them.

When I'm rich I'll get some sort of BP morph as a mate for mine.

When I'm rich.
The story of my life! Look,s like this has turned into a back and forth topic.

thatz bigger and heavier than some anacondas and retics!

lol

Yeah, it has. We're completely off topic too. We've hijacked this thread!

So.. um big burms.. yeah.

sk8er4life, the burm pictured is the world's heaviest snake. Certified by guiness world records, and she's much bigger now than when in the pic.

GIGANTIC!...........................................i want one!j/k

The date for this entry from Guinness BOWR 2005 was Nov. 20, 1998 , so hopefully she is getting good care now!

The heaviest living snake is a Burmese Python weighing 182.76 kg (403 lb.) It is 21 years old, 8.23-m (27 ft) long, and has a girth of 71.12 cm (28 in) Known as "Baby", she lives at the Serpent Safari Park in Gurnee, Illinois, USA.

Serpent Safari Park in Gurnee, eh? Maybe I should look it up and stop in for a visit sometime..I've never heard of it, and Gunree isn't that far away....

If I go, I'll see if I can bring back pictures.

you would expect a retic or conda to have a record for heaviest!

I work at Serpent Safari, so that's how I knew about her. :) She's well taken care of.. same guy owns her, but she has her own habitat now.

I think you are really lucky to work with herps.I'm gonna take biology and stuff so after college,ill be a herper.really wanna find out about anaconda breeding balls.

I am lucky. My job is very cool. One of the neatest things was getting to watch our 350lb anaconda give birth to 70 babies. Very cool.. though the anaconda lost 100lbs having them. lol

You want to find out about what?

uhhh,i havent found out yet. LOL I would study on them and find out what needs to be answered.

Ok now I'm confused. lol

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wanna find out about anaconda breeding balls.

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What did you mean?

isnt there something that people dont know about anaconda breeding balls?(i think it is why they ball up or something opposed to crossing into eachother.)

its like when a whole bunch of males gather around and try to mate with one female!

yeah,i heard that burms can raise their body temp somehow.(off-topic again,oh well.)

go here to see the anaconda breeding ball thing

http://pages.prodigy.net/anaconda/shoes.htm

Oh I see. When I saw the word 'ball' I though ball python. lol

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Oh I see. When I saw the word 'ball' I though ball python. lol

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i did too
i know its off topic, but i figured i'd post so you know someone else made the same stupid mistake

then a while later i was like "ohhhh an anaconda breeding ball"
haha :\