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well the albino (patternless) burm i kinda rescued i would say from the pet store has shed. im SOOOO happy! she had so many scars and cuts from rabbits and bite marks and she had a mite problem (little) not to bad. well i awoke at 5am to go to PT for work and i went to check on her as usual and saw a big bundle of shed in the corner i was like "WOOO HOOO" and woke up the family :P but anyways her black scales are gone, her bite marks and others are pretty much gone. you cant even notice unless your really close up on her. her skin is soooo soft and shiny. 1 piece shed again ftw. the pet store that had her never got a 1 piece shed off of her. actually i got her and she still had alot of shed stuck on her that wouldnt come off *if you remember from my 1st post on her*.... well im so happy today im on cloud 9 cause i just wanted her to shed her old life away and get ready for a new life that will be great with me :) i guess she's happy 2 cause she left me a present with her shed... about 4 jumbo rats worth of poop and urates... OMG if you never owned a bigger snake and had to clean their poop..... its worse then a dogs :P

Congrats! Any chance we could see some pictures? =)

I loooove the feeling of freshly shed snakes....their skin is like butter....

Agreed, pictures would be awesome..... You dont want to tease people around these parts. ;)

will post soon as i get off work :P thanks for comments

wow thats bad @$$... :carrot:

Thats awesome. I love it when rescues pull through.
Congrats , and I can't wait to see pics. :)

well the pics that are requested. sorry went picture happy seeing how she's been in quarantine and under my personal Intensive Care Unit :P her 1st pictures so i was happy :P thanks for looking


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Dude killer looking burm.

Great what you did man...rep points!!!

I also rescued a burm recently who is doing just great and putting on some serious weight.

Reminds me of my alb. green.

Def. won't get tired of seeing her around!


Mike

How did you actually rescue it?

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Originally Posted by bjfoste1

How did you actually rescue it?

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how? well there WAS a exotic reptile store here. they went out of business due to illegal matters and their care. as soon as you walked in it would smell strong of poop and pee from rabbits to snakes to rats. rats were running around the floor all over. the cage he had it in was a 4 foot wide by 4 foot wide base that was about 7 feet tall. in this cage was my burm, anaconda, retic, BP's... okay i said 4 x 4.. all these snakes were in there. thing is the others werent baby's either. 1 retic was 13ft, 1 was 6 ft, annie was 9 ft, and balls were about 4 feet to 2 feet each. there was no base to this cage. only floor with a little bit of coconut bark that was soiled in urates/poop. no water dish or nothing. feeding time was... grab a rabbit about 2 to 3 times the width of the snake and throw it in there so all his "friends" could watch in aww. my snake i got was underweight.. kinda still but she's gaining it back. also i asked him her feeding schedule. he said that she eats large rabbits but she hasnt ate in about 3 months. when i picked her up she had blood on her that had dried under her shed. she looked as if she had shed and the humidity and temps werent up for her so she flaked off 1 4in piece and that was it. she was covered in mites and she had cuts and scrapes. they were deep, you could see her skin had healed but no scales on top of them. well come to find out, she wasnt having a feeding problem. she probably had a bad experience feeding on rabbits that were alive. i mean if i was to eat a rabbit and get cut up and bit all the time by it i would be pretty scared to eat it again and again, especially when you got all the snakes in that tank fighting over them. well they were closing. told him id give him 100 bucks for her. he said sure. i brought her home and i put her in a 55 gal tank. reason was for humidity and such on papertowels. i then began my treatment of reptile relief, and some shedding aid. i gave her a bath almost everynight and then treated her with the chemicals and put her back in her tank. well i bought a jumbo rat, and offered it. soon as i did a RAT.....STRIKE! over and over, ive feed her about 5 times now since i had her and she doesnt refuse a meal. like her pic shows she has shed off her scars *most of them* and she is mite free and looks healthy. now that i got her to this stage i am taking her to the vet for an internal check before im satisfied. it may not be a "rescue" to some but in my book it was. when i saw her i felt she was dieing slowly. only a matter of time. to me when you can help something from that harsh of a life and get them to health and happy.... its a rescue :)

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Originally Posted by 8b8ll

Dude killer looking burm.

Great what you did man...rep points!!!

I also rescued a burm recently who is doing just great and putting on some serious weight.

Reminds me of my alb. green.

Def. won't get tired of seeing her around!


Mike

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lol nice! thanks :)

post some pics of your burm bro, i love burms. so beautiful, big and just awesome snakes.

ill keep up with the pics of her, waiting for a second shed with me and a few meals and a vet visit in her new tank im building.
i got a cabinet made of rose wood or something. really thick and heavy. anyway its about 7ft long 2 1/2 wide and 4 feet high. it was a file cabinet/storage thing. looks like it cost a pretty penny. well i got it cause it wasnt being used and they didnt make me pay anything for it even though its brand new. well i gutted it out, got white epoxy, painted/sealed all corners and edges. now im putting the front together which is a little wood and plexi glass with a couple locks. then im gonna get astro turf and a BIG cats litter pan for water and add a branch or 2 for shedding. ill post pics tonight of what it looks like with just paint. then after. so excited gonna be awesome. then im saving up for another red tail from jimi and i want 2 pastel balls and they are gonna be stacked on this cabinet. then ill be happy :) oh and cant forget the leopard geckos :P

She looks great, with new skin all shiney and stuff. Nice job Chris!!!



ps. great shirt lol.

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She looks great, with new skin all shiney and stuff. Nice job Chris!!!



ps. great shirt lol.

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lol thanks! i was amazed at how they can have so many cuts and black scales from mites and junk and shed it away with time.

lol it get the conversations going when im shopping with the hottie cashiers :P

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What a great story and big kudos to you! She looks great...what a sweet face. =)

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*sniffle*

What a great story and big kudos to you! She looks great...what a sweet face. =)

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*BIG SMILE* thanks alot. means alot. i think the enjoyment was nursing and bring back to health and watching her. i can tell she knows whats happening and its all i need for a *pat on the back* never helped a pet before. when i walk into her room (yes! she does have her own room, nothing but a tank and a storage closet in there and 2 chairs so i can sit and watch her, her room is in my house in the 3rd bedroom :P) she can sense it. many people have went to look at her and she just stays a sleep or just laying down. soon as i walk in there without moving or tapping anything, she springs to life and puts her face right to the glass and taste's the air and just sits there as we look into each others eyes and i talk to her :P i know i know kinda dumb but yes i do talk to her every morning, afternoon at lunch and night :P actually i talk to her and spend more time with her then i do my wife :) well my sig says it "the human tongue hurts more" and my wife's tongue is constantly hurting :P

She looks great.
My hubby has that shirt I wont let him wear it in public tho :P

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Originally Posted by Sinsation

She looks great.
My hubby has that shirt I wont let him wear it in public tho :P

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hahaha! but why? *smile*.. ty for comment

Amazing job, Chris. This is definately a rescue and you deserve this patternless albino without a doubt. Keep up the good work...and get ready for feeding bunnies, piglets, chickens, and eventually small goats if her genetics allow her to grow into the "big" range. :gj:

eh hope never goats hahaha... but in that case there is actually a feed store here i found. about 20 miles away but they sell anything from jumbo to collasel rats to CB pigeons, Full size turkeys, pea:cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:, roosters, chickens, pigs, goats, and anything else ... they are all CB and kept pretty clean for a "mini farm" :P she'll just get 20 rats back to back or maybe i can super glue all 20 together to form 1 Burmese Rat :P