I already have this in the anaconda forum, but I talk to all you so often I want to see if any of you have experience with anacondas. Especially if you own tics too! Sorry for the long post.

Hey all, I have a couple more questions. I was at the herp world expo today and had a great time. Dont worry, I didnt buy a green.. LOL. While I was there my main points of interest was in retics and learning more about greens. I spoke with 4 different vendors about both wild caught and captive bred greens. I spoke with one vendor in specific, he had three different captive breed greens. Two females and a male. He said he has raised his male green from a baby, he is now about 9 or 10 feet, and never once been biten. I held the captive bred male for about an hour while I talked to him and had no problem what so ever. I realize this could have been for many reasons, but I was able to hold him without him being my center of my focus.

My question is are the temperment in greens on a case by case scenario? Is it possible I might be able to seek out a male with an excelent temperment? I am hoping to be able to handle this snake with a similar amount of confidence as my retics. I am new to the large boids but have done my research on tics, hadled the big boys (both angery and tame) etc. So yes I am new but not ill informed or worse yet, not informed.. LOL! The guy I spoke with said that he personally trusted greens more than retics, and owns both.

One thing I want to make clear is that I am not worried about putting in the amount of work. I hold my snakes daily, work with them, and get to know each of them. I can tell if they are having a bad generally and so on. What I am concerned with is more about predictability. I dont want a snake that I hold regularly, put the work into and still get bit regularly. I want to be able to build the confidence that in time, whe he is a big boy, im not still getting drilled regularly.

Lets hear is all!

Thanks everyone!

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• Want your advice on green anacondas - eschmit04, Sat Aug 8 21:21:18 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - ender, Sat Aug 8 21:55:58 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - mjf, Sat Aug 8 22:36:12 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - eschmit04, Sat Aug 8 22:44:35 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - Sarge2004, Sat Aug 8 23:20:02 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - reticguy76, Sun Aug 9 09:35:12 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - eschmit04, Sun Aug 9 11:11:29 2009
• Some behavioral aspects of greens...... - Kelly_Haller, Sun Aug 9 12:44:58 2009
• RE: Some behavioral aspects of greens...... - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Aug 10 09:54:43 2009
• Tom, I completely agree with you in the - Kelly_Haller, Tue Aug 11 22:46:03 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - bigwizzkid, Mon Aug 10 09:16:38 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Aug 10 09:57:30 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - bigwizzkid, Sun Aug 16 11:39:36 2009
• RE: Want your advice on green anacondas - eschmit04, Mon Aug 10 10:09:49 2009