I just bought my 12 y/o a 5 month-old albino Burm. Although we've had other pets, this is our first snake. He was purchased from a reputable family-owned pet store that we have bought other animals and supplies from for well over a year. When we asked about a good snake for a beginnerr, we were told by one of their employees, who raised this Burm and many of their other snakes, that the Burm would be a good one to start with. Since I've always had an outstanding relationship with this shop, (I even volunteer there periodically), I trusted the employee's recommendation of the Burm as a good beginner snake. However, everything that I'm reading on the internet says that Burms AREN'T good beginner snakes. We were told that he would get to be around 12', which I think we can handle. We were also told that if he got to be too big, we could always sell him or give him to a zoo. Again, based on my reading, I'm finding out that this is NOT the case.

Have we just bitten off more than we can chew? At this point, I'd rather disappoint my son and possibly strain an otherwise wonderful relationship with the shop than be forced to deal with a snake that we aren't yet experienced enough to handle.

Please help!
Melissa