This is from the proverbial horses's mouth guys. I own this animal and have had him here for about four years now. He came in from Guyana as a hatchling, with the umbilical slit still visible. A month later a female showed up, no doubt a sibling caught in the same area. She managed to grow to ten feet and was real stocky. But she got a skin fungus that killed her in a New York minute and there went my quick shot at producing albinos. They would have been brother to sister, so that might not be so good anyway. That cost me a pretty penny, as you can imagine. I keep him dry six days and flood his cage one day a week only to avoid the same fate as met his sister. If I only knew then what I know now... Story of my life!
Regardless, he has done well and I hope to breed him this year. He is NOT the animal that was in Reptiles Magazine years ago. That animal perished in some sort of freakish shipping incident long ago and it was not the same in appearance as this snake at all.
I hope this answers the questions regarding albino anacondas. He is totally gorgeous and I hate to get rid of him; but after 35 years in this business I want a little time for other things that have fallen by the wayside over the years...
Stan Chiras
