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Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
I have a bit of a dilema, although I know it is probably best to raise one from young. The person has had this 5yr great looking animal which is 10ft right now, and according to the owner has great temperament and health. How big do you think this snake will get, considering it is 5yrs old? I already know the max sizes of burms but that's not what I'm asking here.
Thank you for your comments in advance :gj:
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
well..... I'm guessing since you are aware of their maximum size, then you have your answer :)
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
how is this guy's size for his age?
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i personally think, if what your saying is true...
hed only get like 1-2 more feet on him...
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by drugaria
how is this guy's size for his age?
Any idea on its weight? Does it look skinny, fat, or in between?
How about the sex?
At 5 years old and 10' I'd guess it's a male, considering it's been fed well. In which case, it may not grow at all or maybe a foot tops.
If it's a 5 year old 10' female that has not been fed well, she will grow slowly to maybe another 4-5 feet considering you feed her well.
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well it is an albino male, and as far as I can see from the picture it looks ok for a large snake, it has a decend girth. I do not know the weight but I'll find out. Also the snake has been in this guy's posession for 5yrs and according to him it about 8-10yrs old; healthy and always fed frozen. I as much as I want to adopt it I'm still concerned about it's behaviour since it's not used to me even though I was told he is a sweet snake.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
Why does he want to get rid of it? Sounds like a perfectly good snake to me
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
I'm waiting to hear from him, so would you adopt or raise one from a baby if it was you?
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
I'd raise one from a baby because it would be my first burm :)
Although I do feel like there are a lot of burmese out there that are in shelters/rescues because people buy cute little babies, ignorant of what they will become in the future...
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by drugaria
well it is an albino male, and as far as I can see from the picture it looks ok for a large snake, it has a decend girth. I do not know the weight but I'll find out. Also the snake has been in this guy's posession for 5yrs and according to him it about 8-10yrs old; healthy and always fed frozen. I as much as I want to adopt it I'm still concerned about it's behaviour since it's not used to me even though I was told he is a sweet snake.
It it's 8-10 it's and a male, there's a good chance that it may not grow very much more at all. Maybe an extra foot if you're lucky.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by LizardofOzz
Why does he want to get rid of it? Sounds like a perfectly good snake to me
Could be getting too expensive to feed, not enough time for it, doesn't want it anymore, having a kid and doesn't want to risk anything, doesn't have the room for it, may live in an apartment and the landlord doesn't want it in there etc.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by drugaria
I'm waiting to hear from him, so would you adopt or raise one from a baby if it was you?
Me, I'd have to know a price first. if the price was good, sure. But that's me, I've had experience with large pythons before. Burms are not that hard to care for as people say they are, you just need money for food. Most people will stay away from them because of their size. I love them because of their size. I don't like the dwarf burms all that much. Fine for someone who wants a bum but not the size of one, but they're expensive. I'd rather drop $40 on one that'll be bigger.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
Our burm was nearly identical...albino, 5-6 years old, a little under 10', good handle able attitude, healthy if a bit small for his age. We jumped at the chance of having a healthy animal. =)
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by RKO
Me, I'd have to know a price first. if the price was good, sure. But that's me, I've had experience with large pythons before. Burms are not that hard to care for as people say they are, you just need money for food. Most people will stay away from them because of their size. I love them because of their size. I don't like the dwarf burms all that much. Fine for someone who wants a bum but not the size of one, but they're expensive. I'd rather drop $40 on one that'll be bigger.
The guy want's $200 for it and it's large tank, to cover somewhat what the snake food has cost him over the years, seems reasonable but I'm still wondering and waiting to pick up a better cage first.
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i was facing that same problem so i bought a baby i wanted to make it grow cause of me i wanted to to the work i didnt want someone to do it then i come in and finish it off... hope this helps
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If it's an actual TANK/Aquarium/Terrarium, that would be a turn off for me. The price including food is a bit greedy. And if he only spent some $200 feeding it throughout 5 years, I'd say there is an underfed snake.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
ok so recently we adopted a 12ft female burm. albino. she is amazing and no regrets. she is so sweet ...like I said NO regrets :D.
I have had snakes from babies and I have had snakes from 16yrs. and I guess it just depends on what u want at the time . Have u had this large of a snake before?
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
It seems to me that you could get Burms for a lot cheaper. Just like Iguanas, people buy them when they're small then once they get bigger, drop them with no remorse. I bet someone would love for you to take one off their hands. But at the same rate, if the snake you're looking at is healthy I guess health would be a better value to think about.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by Warocker's Wife
ok so recently we adopted a 12ft female burm. albino. she is amazing and no regrets. she is so sweet ...like I said NO regrets :D.
I have had snakes from babies and I have had snakes from 16yrs. and I guess it just depends on what u want at the time . Have u had this large of a snake before?
No, this would be it. I've dealt with burms somewhat but never had one in my possession. My big boa is my largest one.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
Ok, I got the largest vission cage I could find 72x36 and I'm going to check that snake out within the next two days.
Since you guys are experts I wanna ask you is there anything in particular with burms that I need to look for and in general what should I be ware of?
As far as the age of this guy is there a way to determine his age by the looks of the snake or any morphological characteristics?
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
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Originally Posted by cassandra
Our burm was nearly identical...albino, 5-6 years old, a little under 10', good handle able attitude, healthy if a bit small for his age. We jumped at the chance of having a healthy animal. =)
I saw the burm today it seemed a bit thin but otherwise healthy and his face l had no scars like other burms that I've seen. The owner said he didn't fed it too much since he didn't want a very large snake. What is a reasonable price for this snake? I'm gonna try to get this squared away this week the new cage is all set up.
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Re: Adopting a 5yr male Burm or buying a baby that's the question.
please delete this thread
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