im kinda intrested in the LABYRINTH BURM!

ok well i have my eyes on a bunch of snakes and my mom said maybe instead of getting a chondro just to looking into other snakes you intrested in if they dont have the kind of chondro you want get the other option soo i liked this kind of burm since i saw one (at my local reptile shop) and i looked up info on burms and carsheets and stuff you need to know like that so i would like too see some pics of your burms and some head up and does any one know a good site to get a good (less then 400$) labarinth burm?
thanks-:salute:

can anyone help me?

Going from a chondro to a burm? Thats about as different as two snakes can be. I have 4 burms, they take up a lot of room and get very large. A decent cage for an adult would be about 8' X 4' X 2' They are rewarding snakes to work with but are not for the inexperienced. When they get to a certain size, you need two people around to work with them for safety reasons. If your situation changes and you find yourself no longer able, or no longer wanting to take care of them, it can be very difficult to find new homes for them. Don't expect to resell it, expect to give it away. A labyrinth may be easier to find a home for, but it still wouldn't be a sure thing.

Mark

thanks and yea some do get big and some get real big i really like the lab burms soo im real intrested the chondro i all ready have one soo my moms like dont you want a differnt snake and what if they dont have the sorong you want get a back up soo i might get the BURM OR THE CHONDRO DEPENDS on what is avaleble i would like the burm cuz its a new experience but the chondros some times can be a pain in the but with the misting consatnly

If you think that misting your Chondro often it a pain.....then I doubt you can handle a burm.

I have a Chondro and two burms (among other snakes).

If you can't handle a little misting (or are bothered about it) you will have a harder time pulling your 10+ft even 6-8ft+ burm in and out of its cage to clean it. And they Pee a LOT! So it's not like a bi-weekly chore but a few times a week.

Not to mention the $$ spent on cages, feeders, heat elements, hides, water bowls, and the snake itself.

Just a thought.

Mike

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If you think that misting your Chondro often it a pain.....then I doubt you can handle a burm.

I have a Chondro and two burms (among other snakes).

If you can't handle a little misting (or are bothered about it) you will have a harder time pulling your 10+ft even 6-8ft+ burm in and out of its cage to clean it. And they Pee a LOT! So it's not like a bi-weekly chore but a few times a week.

Not to mention the $$ spent on cages, feeders, heat elements, hides, water bowls, and the snake itself.

Just a thought.

Mike

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um i definetly have to agree with you. its like everytime i clean, walk away and turn around, theres new fresh urates for me. its not small neither :P

labyrinth burms really are beautiful. too big for me to ever get one though.

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Originally Posted by 8b8ll

If you think that misting your Chondro often it a pain.....then I doubt you can handle a burm.

I have a Chondro and two burms (among other snakes).

If you can't handle a little misting (or are bothered about it) you will have a harder time pulling your 10+ft even 6-8ft+ burm in and out of its cage to clean it. And they Pee a LOT! So it's not like a bi-weekly chore but a few times a week.

Not to mention the $$ spent on cages, feeders, heat elements, hides, water bowls, and the snake itself.

Just a thought.

Mike

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im not specificly saying the spraying is a pain in the but it just that they need more attention then other snakes do thats what i meant to say and i could buy a vison cage (a big one for when he gets big and just leave him in their his whole life or i can get a 20 gal then build my own cage where i live theri like 100 sluaghter houses soo i can get pigs chickens and quails and rats at my local reptile shop for water bowls i just use huge dog water bowls as they get older at least for them to soak in when they get a little bigger oh i have some questions if you feed your burm 1 every two weeks how big would it get in 3 years ?

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labyrinth burms really are beautiful. too big for me to ever get one though.

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thats a bad thing about burms theris also dwarf burms

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um i definetly have to agree with you. its like everytime i clean, walk away and turn around, theres new fresh urates for me. its not small neither :P

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my kingsnake allways does that to me i add new newspaper he poops soo its like ughhhhhh but it takes me like 30 min to spot clean all my cages i just add water in them get paper towls
and just clean the cage up
every now and then i change from newspaper to mulch depending on how much money i have and when i want to decorate up the cage

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This burm was hell to get out of the cage! It was only myself and my friend (pictured) getting him out, but this thing was heavy. My friend lifts weights, A LOT, so he didn't really have a problem holding the snake. Then you pass it on to me and I was struggling. About half of the snake was around my arm and waist. The rest was coming around my neck and head area with his tail wrapping around my leg. These things are pure muscle! Not to be :cens0r: with. You want, no need, to get some hands-on experience with them before purchasing one.

yea thats a nice snake and yea my dad said yes but he said to wait around 5-7 months that gives me a bunch of time to get may experience ,money,cages and all that good stuff and how tall are you im 5,8 so just wondering by the tikjme i get the snake i should be 5,11 soo anyway i do have experience and im gonna get a juvinile when i do purcase one soo thanks fotr the pics

I'm 5'8", my friend holding the burm is about 5'10".

You'd be betterr off going with a baby than a juvenile. With a baby, you can learn a good portion of its actions and know what it's going to do before it gets too big. With a juvenile, you don't know its actions and a slight misread can be very painful.

can any 1 give me a good website for burms?

www.albinoburmese.com

They own the burm pictured.