Albino Ball Python vs Burmese

[Burzurk]

Burm!!!

[Dave Green]

Hmm. One of our members of our local herp society just bought a Tiger Retic from BHB a few months back. Michigan to South Dakota. Are you saying this was an illegal transaction?

A Reticulated Python is different then a Burmese Python. Research The Lacey Act.

[Willie76]

I KNOW the difference. I do find that sooo bizarre. Both are big snakes and of the SAME class and order. SO any dealer can only sell Burms to in-state customers?

[OctagonGecko729]

Yep, google "federal python ban" and im sure you will get hits.

[Willie76]

*Add*:
I was just having some fun at work...not a breeder...just an enthusiast. No need to go off the deep end. If the Burm WAS local, I have a good friend who could have adopted it as he has a lot of experience with big snakes and owns currently owns 3 and is actively looking to add another. SO the BURM would have a great home.

Thank you for correcting me....I learn something new every day.

[ChristianD]

Definitely a burm bro.

[Pythonfriend]

Also, i disagree and am a bit disappointed with all the people that hastily suggest getting rid of the snake. The new laws crushed and destroyed the market value and demand for these magnificent creatures, and you suggest just giving it to a sanctuary or to a breeder? i dont know about the situation in the USA, how the reptile sanctuaries are doing, but i know my local one in munich, and their biggest issues are: aquatic turtles, land turtles, giant snakes, and alligators / giant lizards. These are the ones that come in and never go away, noone takes them.

So now you know my bias, here comes my biased recommendation: Just relax for a little and try it out, try if you can keep the burm healthy. Is it a pet or a burden? you decide. Get in touch with reptile sanctuaries, but not with the intent to get rid of your burm ASAP. Just check out how it goes, how many giant snakes they have, if the numbers are increasing or decreasing. And just try to be open to keeping the burmese, the costs will be considerable, maybe around 80-150 dollars a month for a full-grown adult. If you can keep 10 BPs happy, with the same resources you can also keep one full-sized adult burmese happy. Also, try to talk to people that have giant snakes, a lot. You will see that they love their giant snakes and dont see them as a burden.

You posted this in "General BPs", and here you have all the mini python lovers, a third of which would strangle a burmese to keep 10 more ball pythons. If you cannot handle the snake or economically cannot make ends meet while having it, by all means, try to find someone who takes it. But consider rising to the challenge. I mean, deep down inside you, wouldnt you like to have a giant snake as a pet? If you could? And i think it wouldnt be bad for you or the snake if you try to give it another few months, or a year.

By the way, its possible to breed hybrids of burmese python and ball python

Best regards, and dont let the negativity towards your burmese in this thread overwhelm you.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Also, i disagree and am a bit disappointed with all the people that hastily suggest getting rid of the snake. The new laws crushed and destroyed the market value and demand for these magnificent creatures, and you suggest just giving it to a sanctuary or to a breeder? i dont know about the situation in the USA, how the reptile sanctuaries are doing, but i know my local one in munich, and their biggest issues are: aquatic turtles, land turtles, giant snakes, and alligators / giant lizards. These are the ones that come in and never go away, noone takes them.

So now you know my bias, here comes my biased recommendation: Just relax for a little and try it out, try if you can keep the burm healthy. Is it a pet or a burden? you decide. Get in touch with reptile sanctuaries, but not with the intent to get rid of your burm ASAP. Just check out how it goes, how many giant snakes they have, if the numbers are increasing or decreasing. And just try to be open to keeping the burmese, the costs will be considerable, maybe around 80-150 dollars a month for a full-grown adult. If you can keep 10 BPs happy, with the same resources you can also keep one full-sized adult burmese happy. Also, try to talk to people that have giant snakes, a lot. You will see that they love their giant snakes and dont see them as a burden.

You posted this in "General BPs", and here you have all the mini python lovers, a third of which would strangle a burmese to keep 10 more ball pythons. If you cannot handle the snake or economically cannot make ends meet while having it, by all means, try to find someone who takes it. But consider rising to the challenge. I mean, deep down inside you, wouldnt you like to have a giant snake as a pet? If you could? And i think it wouldnt be bad for you or the snake if you try to give it another few months, or a year.

By the way, its possible to breed hybrids of burmese python and ball python

Best regards, and dont let the negativity towards your burmese in this thread overwhelm you.

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[Inarikins]

He's already said he's looking to rehome it, that he's not capable of taking care of it properly, plus his wife doesn't want him to have it. If fed properly, this burm has the potential to double in length and without going into that fully prepared for the consequences, it's a bad idea to keep it. He got the snake and assumed it was a ball python, not a burm. I don't think anybody on here is being negative towards burms, they're just giving OP some advice as to what to do with the snake now that he knows what it is and that he doesn't want to keep it.

Also, it's downright offensive to suggest that a BP owner would strangle a burm for 10 ball pythons. People here own snakes because they love snakes and I seriously doubt they would kill a burm just because it's a burm and not a ball.

[Pythonfriend]

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