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I dont have any and have no plans on getting any but was wondering what somone does with a adult anaconda..yellow and green. Seems like it would be tough to house a large aquatic snake....

Thanks Jason

Although they are considered Aquatic, doesnt mean they need a cage like a fishtank. When condas are younger a large water bowl is easy to include for soaking, but has been proven not necassary. You can house large anacondas just as you would a large burm or retic, in a large cage (6x3,8x4) with a small water bowl only used for drinking.

i figured they needed somthing big enough to sit in....i have a 12ft burm and it would take up alot of space to provide her with somthing large enough to soak in....

Thanks Jason

` Old pic of an 8 footer, and an 11 footer, at that time about 65 pounds of serpents, in 21"x12"x6" pan. There's an identical empty pan next to them, but they like to cuddle.

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They are very nice looking snakes.
Are they 65 pounds together or each?
Are all anocondas that fat...(lack of a better word)

` That pic was a couple of years ago, they were not yet adults. I fed them heavily as babies. They were around 65 pounds together, then. Much more, now. Chronically fat adults don't live long. Even though I feed them very lightly, they're now almost six years old, and really putting on weight. I'm worried I'm going to have a 100 pound female Yellow.
` Fat? Well, they ain't garter snakes. lol
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i didnt mean fat as in overweight..i meant big girth i guess...LOL....its easier to tell in the second pic...looked pretty large around in the first....
I know this isnt the place but since you showed me yours i'll show you mine..LOL
And before anyone gets on me about the GP's in the background...I only had her out because i had to move her and she was being good so we got a quick pic of her...and i had a couple other people with me incase she decided to have a bad day

` She's a good looking Burm. I'd like to see a pic of more of her. She sure doesn't look like you've been starving her, either. lol

` Now, here is a pic of a [temporarily] fat snake.

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Nice....they sure are good looking snakes. I was just given a opportunity to get a yellow for real cheap..havnt decided if i am going to do it or not.
I'll have to see if i can get another pic of my burm...thats the only one i have so far....I have been trying not to starve her too much...LOL
How do you like your yellow's??
Is that one in the pic gravid or just full

` He's full of rats.
` Yellows have a very wide range of behavior. Some are the tamest, calmest Boids you can find. Others can be permanently horrible, with no chance of improvement. You've got to be really careful of what you get. I only look for babies, period, and it really helps to know the parents. I have a few rescued adults, and sub-adults who are not the best pet snakes.
` I can't imagine any Boid any more tame than this.

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np

thats pretty darn mellow...
I went and looked at the one i was offered today, its a baby.
It was very friendly and nice and healthy....eats well to from what i am told...I still havent decided on it though
What size cage works good for an adult?

` After a couple of years keeping them in huge cages, I found that healthy, content Anacondas don't move around much, except when hungry. Normally, just in water, out water, on about 4 day cycles.
` I keep large females in 6x2x2 cages. Males in 5 foot cages. I always use cages at least 24" high, though. I give them secure, strong branches to climb on. They seem to like to hang over a branch, with their head and tail on a warm spot on the floor. Sometimes, they stay like that for days. I handle them often. They get very active when out of the cage. Put them back in, they go to sleep.
` For a couple of weeks before feeding adults, they are all over the place, and come out immediately, when the door is opened. It's fun to watch them search the house. Then, they quit that and start to "stargaze". That's when I feed them.

` Big, hungry girl.

` Just before feeding.

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dfr....how did you teach yours to take food from your hand like that????
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Crazy ZooLady

` I don't think I can 'teach' them. I like them to think it's their idea.
` Also, I have several large Anacondas who get fed with tongs, and a very careful toss. They are tame and gentle, but have ferocious feeding responses, so I don't mess with them.
` I find unstressed, calm babies with the right genes. Then pick out the ones which are most calm, least aggressive. Feed them by hand while they are too small to be dangerous. Some adapt right away. Some get used to it more slowly, then quit wasting the energy to strike and constrict.
` I do this while they're babies, and too small to be dangerous. Any who get stressed or won't eat are returned to normal husbandry, immediately.
` Once they get larger, precautions are in place whenever I hand feed them. I'm never going to trust a large constrictor not to hurt me. The pix may make it look like I'm casually hand feeding them. Believe me, that's not the case. I plan not to place on the Darwin List!
` I used to sell 'conditioned' snakes to my customers. It turned out that some folks decided that their 'loving' pets would never hurt them, and got sloppy about feeding. So, I quit that.
` My advice is, don't try to 'teach' your Anaconda to hand feed. You could put the snake back into stress, and it's health could suffer dramatically. You could also have a catastrophe. A four foot Anaconda is much stronger than you would think. You certainly don't want your in-laws to be able to tell you they told you so!
` You can also make incredible progress with them if you let them think handling is their idea, too. You can 'steer' them into all sorts of behavior that you could never force them into.

` This guy is just a very unusual Anaconda. So far, he's not bothered by anything, kids, cats, or hand feeding.

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I had a yellow that would eat like that too.

It seems like anacondas are pretty quick to adapt to prekilled and won't constrict such a meal. It's pretty neat to have one eat out of your hand like that.

>>And before anyone gets on me about the GP's in the background...

What are ...GP's????? I was curious what those little things back there were.
What are they?
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Crazy ZooLady

those are guinea pigs.