Calm down rememeber you came to this site asking for help if your cousin knows so much about keeping snake why don't you give it to your cousin, just because the snake is free means you have to take it for some reason he maybe just don't wanna pay the price to get the permit so he can keep a snake in areas that don't allow snakes. But you have to remember you asked why is this snake the size it is no more information so Shelby is just telling you the truth and she knows what she is doing with almost any snake of this size and she has alot of snakes that get as big if not bigger than a Burm. P.S. Even the President of the United States could have lived on his own at 15 and worked 4 jobs and still wont be ready for a snake of this level. Sorry just had to add that in!!