I just put Zoe and Baby together last night

[Sherry Howell]

Zoe is over 13' long and weighs over 105 lbs. Baby is about 9 feet long and doesn't come close to Zoe's weight. Zoe has been, uh, well, wanting....Baby has been, well, uh, ...wanting. Last night I talked hubby into putting Baby in with Zoe. Baby looked pretty big until he got in with her and then I think he sucked his hemipenes up to his throat. She's a big girl! This is the first time I've put a pair of burms together to mate. I thought they were going to destroy the cage. Coils being tossed around. After about half an hour, Baby decided he could toss some coils at Zoe, too, so then I thought they were going to break through the glass. They finally settled down, I finally went to bed and when we got up this morning, they were cuddled up...I think Baby's still breathing. :smt008 I've bred boas and corns but this is my first foray into breeding burms. The action going on in that cage last night reminded me of how strong they really are. :lol:

[Beardo]

Just out of curiosity, why are you trying to breed Burms? There are already too many out there that don't have good homes, which is evident from the amount of homeless Burms in rescues, why would would you want to add to an already oversaturated population?

[Ian]

Just because she is breeding them doesn't mean she is actually going to hatch the eggs.
I know a few people who breed their normal burms every year and dont hatch the eggs.
Though, I do agree with your point, I work with two local rescues and we have too many normal burms, I wish that the breeding of them would slow down a bit.

[captainmorgan]

hell, go catch one in the florida everglades...I hear they're breeding and expanding down there...any truth to that you southerners???

[Beardo]

Maybe its just me, but.....what in the bloody hell is the point in putting an animal through the stress of breeding if you're not going to hatch the eggs? Thats just assinine in my "humble" opinion.

[Omar]

stress thru breeding? What did I miss? lol :smt008

[Beardo]

To me its just pointless to A-breed Burms period and B-put an animal through the process of breeding for no reason at all. Its not like snakes HAVE to breed. Once again, just my humble opinion.

[Ian]

No, snakes do not HAVE to breed, but you can agree that animals that do everything they can to get with a female, should might as well be placed with a female.
One retic in particular has torn his head up many times trying to get out of his cage to get with a female. He did it for 2 months, until he was placed with a female for a few weeks, and has not done it since. They still have the urge/drive to breed, and it is not like you can neuter them.

[Outback Bill]

Gee I see more boas and ball pythons in rescues then Burms. I love getting big burms in rescues. I have people that call all the time looking for them mostly for educational shows. :smt017

[Sherry Howell]

Out of curiosity, Beardo, would you have asked that question of Kevin? I haven't just gotten into snakes, although I keep a low profile, but I've been keeping and breeding snakes for several years. And, like Bill said, I have more balls and boas turned in to me by neglectful owners than I've had burms turned over to me (one boa that came to us was thrown from a car by her owner). I also am very particular about who gets a snake from me. I will not hesitate to say no to someone I don't regard as a responsible snake owners and I don't care if it's a ball they want, a kenyan sand boa, a rosy boa, corn or a burm.

[Beardo]

Out of curiosity, Beardo, would you have asked that question of Kevin? I haven't just gotten into snakes, although I keep a low profile, but I've been keeping and breeding snakes for several years. And, like Bill said, I have more balls and boas turned in to me by neglectful owners than I've had burms turned over to me (one boa that came to us was thrown from a car by her owner). I also am very particular about who gets a snake from me. I will not hesitate to say no to someone I don't regard as a responsible snake owners and I don't care if it's a ball they want, a kenyan sand boa, a rosy boa, corn or a burm.

It is merely my personal opinion that Burmese Pythons are a species that there are too many of out there....I think its great that you are particular about who gets an animal from you, that shows you assume responsibility and really care about the animals. :smt023

[Sherry Howell]

Thanks. I didn't mean to offend you with my reply so I hope I didn't. After I posted that and dug back into work, I remembered a beautiful baby albino burmese whose owners tried to flush it down the toilet during their eviction. The owner of the property was able to get the snake out of the toilet and contacted Donnie and I. We named the snake Lucky and we've kept him with us. Since I try to network, I've also been able to help owners in other states find someone who can take the burm they can no longer keep for whatever reason. You are right, there are a lot of snakes out there that find themselves in the wrong hands. I do what I can for them anytime I'm asked.