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I've had my male green just over 4 years old and he's betwen 11'3" and 11'9". I feed him a 450-600 gram rat once per week, and I'm hoping this isn't too much.

Browsing through a book called What's Wrong with My Snake, I found a passage in which the authors say a sign of obesity in large snakes is their scales creasing when they coil. My male green's scales crease, and then I realized I may be feeding him too much. The rats are much less girthier than the snake is, so I assumed I wasn't overfeeding.

Anyone know a feeding model for greens, for particularly the males?

Thanks!

That sounds like a big male.
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1.0 Amel Retic
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1.0 Green Ananconda
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Yes, he's pretty large for a male (he has the very prominent spurs and a slender head--slender compared to the big blocky heads females seem to have).

He also has what appears to be a spur-like arrangement of scales at the tip of his tail. Has anyone seen this? I've meant to ask about that on this forum.

Sorry, I was not questioning if it was a male, or to prove it, just sounded large to me. Have no clue about the question you asked though with the tail.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
1.0 Amel Retic
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
1.0 Green Ananconda
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa

Oh sorry! I didn't mean to sound like that!

I'm fascinated by anacondas, and it's so tough to find out about the little things concerning them. Hopefully we can learn a lot more as more people keep and breed them.

Oh no need to say sorry, I just did not want you to think that I was, saying "Are you sure its a male", hahahahaha, sounds like we are on the same page.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
1.0 Amel Retic
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
1.0 Green Ananconda
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa

Adult male greens in the wild tend to run between 7 to 9 feet, and rarely over 35 lbs. I have noticed that with the better diets in captivity, adult male greens tend to run 8 to 10 feet, with some exception individuals getting well over 10 feet. To assess the weight condition of your male, it would be best to get a weight on this snake. A male of this size in good condition would weigh around 50 lbs. The creasing you are seeing could also occur on a snake of average weight.

Kelly