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Life with a Burmese?

Junkyard said:
Good point. Actually I am using reagent alcohol. It is 90% ethyl alcohol, 5% methyl alcohol, and 5% isopropyl alcohol. So no it is not 100% ethyl alcohol. Thanks for catching that. Personally I stay away from any alcohol that would be used in the body, I do not allow it in my home. So I use what I have. I am more concerned of the amount of benzene drifting into my home from the neighbors smoking like chimneys from the open windows and fan circulation. (another reason I am moving) Though I did move out here to avoid a lot of pollution from vehicles that just grey out Los Angeles, I was tired of sitting behind mufflers on the freeway for a 3 hour commute one way.

From my experience I have learned that I am better off using the hot water.

I only name the snakes I use for teaching. When I start using my burm I will probably get an albino retic and call them Peaches and Cream(my wife likes those names) Though my favorite name of all my snakes is Wrheaid. Yes that is spelled right. It is spelled in old english, when spoken properly you will end up saying "Red", remember the H is silent. I am awful with names, sorry I am no help there.
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As Jim said in his post, methanol (methyl alcohol) is toxic to living organisms. Even in a concentration of 5%, I would still try and avoid using it.

Like said before, stick to the drinking alcohol (cheap vodka). Actually, if you really love your snakes, you would get a bottle of Grey Goose or Belvedere :rofl:
 
Welcome, Abhishek, it's been a while since I have seen you around. Any chance you can find Danni, after all she is the Burmese queen? I would love to have her post on my thread here.
 
Terese those are gorgeous snakes but of course now I want to hear who everyone in the pic is....
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The young man holding that beautiful albino green is Fauna member Morgan Bracken, Jr. "no1snotsucker". The 3 showing off the labyrinth burmese are (from left), Brian O'Neill (dear friend of Jungle Mist Reptiles and web designer extraordinaire), my daughter Amanda, and my dear husband Steven "MR_Jungle_Mist".

By the way, my spray bottle is full of cheap scotch, not cheap vodka. I'd be tempted to drink the cheap vodka. :)

I tried the hot water trick once, and it had the opposite effect...he latched on harder.

I think that if you've got a big python attached to you and you want to remove it, you'll probably be willing to try every trick in the book until you hit the one that works!
 
I loved your pix Terese, thank you. Gorgeous snakes and nice people.

I keep no liquor in my home, hopefully these guys will not latch on until I get around to going to the booze store (of course, I will not be telling the liquor store clerk WHY I was buying vodka,lol).

If all goes well, they should be here tomorrow!
 
Wow you are jumping right into the XL size! Good luck with them.
 
Well, yeah; but remember I have big boas, my largest is a little over 9 feet. I really look forward to seeing them and of course y'all will get to hear all about them :)
 
My seller was good enough to hold on to my pair of Burmese during the recent hurricane (that is another whole thought, I ought to start a thread about hurricane preparedness for reptiles to see what folks think) and I should be arranging delivery soon.
What do y'all use as substrate for your Burmese?
 
burms are great as long as you handle them often throughout their lives. Most have a great disposition once they realize your not going to hurt them. they can be a bit nippy when they are young, but if you can endure a few days of attitude you will be well rewarded for your patience.
I have 10 burm's ranging from 27" to 15ft and i still take the big girl { Peaches} out 2-3 times a week for exercise on my driveway and beleive me everybody stops and pets her and takes pics she is very tame. BUT, be prepared to feed your burm 8-10 lb., items and 2-3 of those a week.
chickens, rabbits, ducks, pigs whatever you choose, because while they will eat jumbo rats for a long time, are you prepared to feed it 15-20 a week? Well good luck and i hope you enjoy yours as much as i do mine.
 
beautiful lab by the way ms. terese
but to clarify my statement, i meant be prepared to feed your large burms, food items that weight 8-10 lbs. and 2-3 items per week. My large green albino eats like food is going out of style thats why i said 2-3 items per week. After breeding season i feed 1 item every 3-4 days til their weight picks back up. I will post pics soon. having problems with my camera.........
 
I do not think either burm could eat 30 lbs. of food in one sitting. Well, they don't sit, but you know what I mean. Also I do not feed my large snakes once a week.
 
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