7 Foot Burm isnt 7 feet

The burm that was in my post "Small Burm?" is actually 8.8 feet and weighs 24 pounds.....I got him home here saturday and he is just settling in still. I have some pictures for yea's........they do him no justice :(

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...uttercup22.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../Buttercup.jpg

I hate his bedding and im just waiting for him to settle in to change it....its so light he just shoves it around with no problem.....I also changed his water dish after I took that picture this afternoon.....the metal bowl sucked......i bought him a big round deep plastic dish...HE LOVES IT!!! he swims through it, then takes a drink....then swims through it...and takes a drink.....lol hes so cute.....anyways i will post some more pics another time...I have to wait for my batteries to re-charge :)

He's gorgeous!


On a side note: Can you please re-size that top picture...it is way too big and messes up the thread. Thanks. :)
EDIT: Fixed....thanks :)

He's very beautiful. 24lbs sounds more like it. ;)

what kind of beeding?

im sorry what do u mean by "what kind of breeding?" you mean CB ? or what sorry?


What do you guys think of his size for being 6 years old....this picture clarifies his real size a lil bit...like he doesnt look malburoiushed??? I dont think so but im by far no expert

He wants to know what bedding, not breeding.

It's some sort of wood shavings.

He looks healthy certainly, but he is on the small side.

To my admittedly inexpert eye...he looks like he could gain a little weight...but he certainly doesn't look malnourished or severely underfed.

He really looks like a young burm.. like maybe 2 or 3. He looks like he's still in the lanky stage.. like he's not filled out yet.

Hehe..."lanky" is a good description. Whatever you call him though, he sure is puurrrrdy!

pine shavings sorry...i read that post to fast lol!!!....im going to change it to "jungle earth".....I find it keeps the humidty better and it doesnt get pushed around so easy....also after he would go for a swim and then go exploring the shavings got stuck to his face like a beard lol.....I think his color will stand out more on the dark brown wood to


My bf is starting to get used to him...when we went to look at him and check him out he held lower half....its the first snake he's ever touched...EVER......Will yea give him a congrats for me lol??

Pine is very very bad get that out right away and put newspaper down or something., the oils in it is very toxic to the snake.

Yeah andre is right.. newspaper in the meantime is great. I use newspaper for everything.

Pine is killer for snakes.

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Originally Posted by Lucifers_Mommy

My bf is starting to get used to him...when we went to look at him and check him out he held lower half....its the first snake he's ever touched...EVER......Will yea give him a congrats for me lol??

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Oohhhh! :clap: Congrats to Lucifer's Mommy's Boyfriend!!! :clap: It's really awesome when we can overcome our fears and learn to love something new! Really, the worst danger you're in is to be at risk for serious herp-addiction! :P

Congrats on the new "Kid". He's gorgeous! Get some rabbits in him so he can look like a "manly" snake, enough of the kid stuff! LOL!

And congrats to the BF!!! That's a big step!

oh wow what a gorgeous snake!

I thought it was cedar shavings that were toxic???? I looked it up and no offence I cant find anythign that says anythign bad about pythons and pine....I did not know this...the snake has been kept on it its whole life....Implanning on changing it anyways but i want him to settle in first....if he lived on it his whole life i think he will be ok a couple more days....BUT they will be removed from hsi cage dont worry!...thanks for the info tho

Cedar is worse, but both woods have aromatic oils (make it smell good) that have detimental effects on snake's respiratory systems. I have read this many times in many places about snakes.. lots of care sheets mention this important fact.

I would not wait.. I'd put him on newspaper asap.

The difference between cedar and pine is like the difference between unfiltered and filtered cigarettes. They're both bad for you, but one will kill you quicker than the other. And like cigarettes, it isn't a right now thing, it's a cumulative loss of health.

Way to go, boyfriend! It doesn't take long to win them over. ;) Hehe :devilish:

Congrats on getting him, he's very pretty!


You might want to use newspaper for a month anyways. One, to get him off pine which is damaging to him and also to keep an eye on any possible bugs he might have brought along for the ride (you'll see them faster with the newspaper).

We use a bedding I mix myself for our big BCI Rauri. We get a huge bag of Cypress mulch from Home Depot for under $5.00. It's great other than it tends to be damp so I do dry it in disposable aluminium pans in the oven (very low heat, couple of hours). It dries it plus it makes sure no bugs came along in the bedding to my house. I just toss some Cypress mulch in and a bit of aspen to soften it plus I love the color combo of the dark cypress and the light aspen against the snake's colors. It ends up being very nice for the bigger snake...he can burrow a bit if he wants but he doesn't pile it up so much as it's heavier substrate.


~~Jo~~

wops i almost forgot about this post lol sorry.....

the pine is out and the cage is half newspaper and half reptile bark ...changed it the other night...

wish i woulda knew that pine is toxic....almost everysite i went to recommened it so i never even thought to double check with everybody :oops:

Thanks guys

oh and well said moneywrench!