This was Replied to probably way later than it should of been. This was a question asked a few months ago, it's down towards the bottom of the forum. He was asking about what to use for substrates on anaconda caging and how large the enclosures should be. So, here is my response to it. I figure if I put it as a new post, someone would of actually read it as opposed to posting a month later down there and no one seeing it. Also, i was curious to know how you all are caging your condas, and also how often you feed them. enjoy!



I will take you some pictueres of my setup. It's actually a room built onto my house in north florida. It's completely screened in with concrete floors, complete with drains incase she overflows her waterbowl, it also works great for when I clean the floors. Outside enclosures work great for these large snakes provided a couple of things. 1. it's warm enough all year round to keep the snake outside, if not, please have a backup tank with all the neccessary equipment to house a large anaconda inside. =) 2. it's kept VERY clean. Anacondas are one of the boas more subseptable to mouthrot, and other parasites, especially if it's WC. There's a few pictures of Akasha right now online one on this forum, and she is only about 7' now.. why is her cage the size of a living room do you ask? Well, if you buy enclosures to suite their size for the time being, in six months to a year you will have to buy another one. sometimes earlier for younger species as they grow faster. a nice 55 gallon aquarium with a sturdy water dish, hide box, and I personally use a zoo med undertank heater under part of the tank, and use DRY cypress bark, it's very attractive and won't harm the snake. Branches are great for young anacondas, I had one going over the dish so she could just climb up and check things out whenever she wanted. that and I used to put the thawd rats on it over her dish. hehe. Anacondas like the moisture, but they can also get scale rot which is not uncommon for green anacondas. A little bit of iodine, and a nice warm environment with access to a water bowl would be perfect. Let me know if I left anything out. How are all of you caging your anacondas??? I would love some new ideas.

Light and Love,

~James

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