Quote Originally Posted by serpents-prey View Post
quick question i am thinking of getting a baby burm this coming spring and i would like to know if any one has advice on caging, substrate, usual temperment, unusual temperment, and average growth per year. that's alot. . . if some one could answer all of these in one post i will be amazed
can you tell i want to be prepared
Now I have more time to give some advice-
caging-start with a 10 gallon, move to a 55 flipped on its side (make sure top can be secured) then they can move into their 6 foot permanent enclosure
substrate-we use newspaper-quick easy clean up
temperment-babies tend to be nippy and will usually bite, after handling they usually calm down although we have a couple that just do not want to be bothered and still tend to strike
average growth-there really is no average, depends on fedding and the snake-we have 4 one and a half year olds-one is 8 feet, one is 9 feet, one is only 6 feet, and the last is 12 feet-also depends on male or female-males tend to be smaller.
feeding-start right away with rats-do not give them mice-too hard to switch and baby burms can eat rat pups from the beginning-we switch to rabbits as soon as they will take them (we can get rabbit kits and they are the size of large rats)
As far as taking them out-we do not usually take them out in public-most people are frightened and we would not want anyone to get bit-we do take them outside in the backyard in the summer for brief periods of time when the temps permit.
Hope this covers some of your questions.

On a personal note-I love burms-they are great and we have had some of ours for years.