burm in the bath!!! - Page 4

Fangio · #31 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turkish_666

ok an everglades burm may never in its entire life set its metaphorical feet on dry land it eats, sleeps, and c**p's in water. how do you class that then, is it not semi aquatic? if not fully aquatic?

I class that as a case of "have to" as it was dumped there. From what I understand they haven't found evidence of them breeding there. It's not it's natural land so will have to adapt if to thrive, and will probably evolve over time to be more aquatic than it previously was when introduced (assuming they'll breed happily over the years).

*shrugs*

I could of course be wrong. Like I said it's all how you define it. I'm not saying they're not comfortable or at home in the water, just wouldn't go that far is all.

turkish_666 · #32 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 07:57 PM

i guess we'll agree to differ on that i guess it depends on how you look at it. burma, indonesia, thailand, and china which is where they originally come from are all very very wet places. and just like crocs they sit in the shallows waiting for an unsuspecting meal to come down for a drink and wham lol in my head thats not much different from a conda apart from the birth bit obviously

bronzeyis200 · #33 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 10:11 PM

For there to be enough of them loose there to cause concern about the food-chain I would presume they have been breeding.

Surely, if there was only pets that had been released living there, there wouldn't have been a high enough population to cause an impact.

Saying that, all we can really do is speculate until someone does enough research to show otherwise.

Found this link which says that they have been breeding and if you look at the first link that they have, it says there has been 200 snakes(estimate) found in the last couple of years, to me this surely shows they are breeding for there to be this amount of snakes found and removed with plenty still living there!!!

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/m...ite/Python.htm

notnearlythere · #34 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turkish_666

i guess we'll agree to differ on that i guess it depends on how you look at it. burma, indonesia, thailand, and china which is where they originally come from are all very very wet places. and just like crocs they sit in the shallows waiting for an unsuspecting meal to come down for a drink and wham lol in my head thats not much different from a conda apart from the birth bit obviously

probably not as clued up as you might be, and dont want to offend, but just because a snake dwells in a damp environment, it doesn't make it semi-aquatic. this said, i've read that some burms in the everglades live anaconda like existences in the swamps.
my burm loves having a nice long soak in the bath, but yet goes no-where near his soaking tub (cat litter tray) in his viv!

Fangio · #35 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fangio

From what I understand they haven't found evidence of them breeding there.

I could of course be wrong. .

Quote:

Originally Posted by bronzeyis200

For there to be enough of them loose there to cause concern about the food-chain I would presume they have been breeding.

Surely, if there was only pets that had been released living there, there wouldn't have been a high enough population to cause an impact.

Saying that, all we can really do is speculate until someone does enough research to show otherwise.

Found this link which says that they have been breeding and if you look at the first link that they have, it says there has been 200 snakes(estimate) found in the last couple of years, to me this surely shows they are breeding for there to be this amount of snakes found and removed with plenty still living there!!!

Everglades Burmese Python Project

Seems I was wrong on the breeding point then! Didn't realise there was quite that amount there!!!!!

Thanks for the link

bronzeyis200 · #36 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fangio

Seems I was wrong on the breeding point then! Didn't realise there was quite that amount there!!!!!

Thanks for the link

Glad to be of service

marty.twigs · #37 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 11:51 PM

are burms had to tame or are they not that bad agression wise?

retri · #38 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marty.twigs

are burms had to tame or are they not that bad agression wise?

they have a reputation for being hissy, but most hiss likemad and then shut up when you pick them up, mine will go mental when you reach in and touch him, hissing like mad, but once you have him in your hands he shuts up, appart from the hissing never seenany actual aggression from him.

Although none of my snakes have ever shown 'agression' as such, its usualy a case of I have done something wrong to upset or scare them

marty.twigs · #39 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 10:13 PM

hehe good to know

Starshine Tara · #40 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 10:29 PM

Burms are breeding prolifically in the everglades and are currently competing head-to-head with the American Alligator for the title of 'top predator' out there.

This is considered a major threat to the natural ecosystem.

They seem to be doing very well in the wet environment - indeed, they appear to positively thrive in it.

Is Burma and Indo not warm and wet also?

When mine grow I might consider making them a little pool!

Just to make them feel suitably invasive and semi-aquatic!

Tara xxx

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode