burmese..

[Moreliaman]

Last time we took them out to be weighed & measured the female retic was 27ft, i think the male was around 21ft.

[boa]

I think you might have been measuring them with an elastic ruler

[slim6y]

Those granite ones look crossed with a spotted.... Are the spurmese or burmotted?

I think I'd like to order spurmese - at least they're half local!

[Moreliaman]

Originally Posted by boa

I think you might have been measuring them with an elastic ruler

Well there were 15 people there to witness it ( 8 to hold her down ) & i havent included the TV crew that were there filming it, the 2 retics & 3 anna's that are in the enclosure are taken out every year to be weighed & measured.

[eladidare]

Originally Posted by Moreliaman

Well there were 15 people there to witness it ( 8 to hold her down ) & i havent included the TV crew that were there filming it, the 2 retics & 3 anna's that are in the enclosure are taken out every year to be weighed & measured.

you were saying boa.........

[boa]

Sounds like almost as many people who were witnesses when the 46 footer was measured recently

[Moreliaman]

Boa is correct to some extent, large snakes are very hard to measure accurately, so even though the longest length we recorded was 27ft, ( bearing in mind she would have been extending her muscles to pull away from the people trying to hold her) i wouldnt say that was her 100% true length.

Where's the 46fter story boa ?

[boa]

I know the famous Cassius at Knaresborough Zoo was the largest ever in the UK at 27 feet I hadn't heard of a recent animal approaching that size. Just pulling your leg, you know me

Originally Posted by Moreliaman

Well there were 15 people there to witness it ( 8 to hold her down ) & i havent included the TV crew that were there filming it, the 2 retics & 3 anna's that are in the enclosure are taken out every year to be weighed & measured.

[krusty]

sounds like a very nice sized python,wish i had one that big.

[Colin]

Theres usually a few on Petlink for sale

[zulu]

Dam thats a lovely colour colin,onley seen a few baby normal phase burmese in NSW collections,mostly the various types of red tail boas seem dominant and of course the boring old corns.all legal of course.LOL

[Armand]

how come burmese r legal now.. they arnt native to aus are they??

[boa]

There are people in various states that have permits to legally keep exotics and there are 100's more who don't.
That is a beautiful Burmese in that photo Colin.

[Dabool]

one of the great things about the herp comunity in aus is that the proliferation of native reptiles in private collections has help secure alot of species from becoming rare or extinct . this has been helped by having strict control over exotics , that my five cents worth. any way that burm is awesome.