I had a Yellow Anaconda for about a year. It was completely
tame, never even hissed. It was a very cool snake. He seemed
smarter and more aware than a boa, and I've had a number of
boas.

He learned how to open the sliding door on a Vision which none
of my other snakes have ever done. To me, he seemed more like a dog or cat, a pet that needs more attention than just a regular
boa. He would have been a good pet if I had just one snake and
not 6.

The other thing is that keeping a water container clean
in a cage can be a lot of work, the larger the container the
more work, and the greater the stink if you don't constantly
change the water. They also seem to have a faster metabolism
than boas, that means they poop more and require more
maintenance.

These are things to consider. I prefer boas, they're easier to maintain. I know this will probably sound harsh, but after a
while I started to see yellow anacondas as ugly, plain looking
water snakes, whereas boas are always gorgeous to my eyes.

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• CANT DECIDE! - reptidude324, Tue May 31 21:26:55 2005
• LOL, ask the boa forum - boa or anaconda....duh....BOA. np - rainbowsrus, Tue May 31 22:57:20 2005
• RE: LOL, ask the boa forum - boa or anaconda....duh....BOA. np - StonedReptiles, Tue May 31 23:46:24 2005
• RE: LOL, ask the boa forum - boa or anaconda....duh....BOA. np - phiber_optikx, Wed Jun 1 01:21:29 2005
• RE: LOL, ask the boa forum - boa or anaconda....duh....BOA. np - ssdd666, Wed Jun 1 02:55:54 2005
• RE: Anacondas do fall into the boa category, so........ - callmedaddie, Wed Jun 1 03:09:26 2005
• RE: LOL, ask the boa forum - boa or anaconda....duh....BOA. np - rainbowsrus, Wed Jun 1 14:49:21 2005
• LOL A cage for people - StonedReptiles, Wed Jun 1 19:30:27 2005
• BOA!!! Definatly - casey31179, Wed Jun 1 08:22:33 2005
• I've had both... - tcdrover, Wed Jun 1 12:10:23 2005