burm or retic?

[BiGBaLLiN]

i finally have the means of keeping and maintaining a burm or retic. now... which one to pick... i really love the colors of a normal burm and i heard that retics are a little harder to take care of. i definitley want a male cause they will grow smaller than a female. any suggestions? shelby you have the granite right? how is it taking care of it?

[denisthemenace]

i would go with a nice albino burm

[Shelby]

Definitely go for a burm over a retic as a first giant. Burms have SUPER AWESOME temperaments on average, while retics can sometimes be nasty. A male burm will grow to 10-15' long and up to 100lbs or so.

A burm will never refuse a meal on you (unless you're doing something wrong) and are really great snakes. An adult male will need a nice 8' cage or a 10' as an adult.

[olaf]

Don't retics get longer? Austin Stevens Snake Master had a "man-eating snake" episode and he said that retics can get up to 33 feet or so. He also said that they are he longest snakes in the world.

[Shelby]

Yes retics are normally the longest snake species. They don't tend to be as heavy bodied though.. but that's just relative!

[amg20102006]

what would you keep a 30 foot snake in any ways? im asking as like what do adult retics need because with that size it seems like they would need their own room.

[Shelby]

I don't really know. I'd imagine a 15-20' cage.. or it's own room. lol

[BiGBaLLiN]

yeah i knew that retics will be harder to take care of. but man the retics are nice... i still have to decide on which to get. a burm sounds really good. if i do get one, its gonna be a male so they wont grow too large. im gonna be building a 6 ft cage and an 8 ft cage soon so the giant will do good in the 8 ft for a while.

[Shelby]

Baby burms are nervous.. start them in a secure small tub... around 10 gallon tank size.

[Karma]

Burmm!!!!