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Holy cow, :shock: Can you really keep a Green Anaconda as a pet? It seems to me like thye would be far to big for that, or am I mistaken?

yup, apperentily you can. However they dont get AS big CB......my friend was going to buy one istead of his red tailed boa. Go to your loacal pet and ask to see the snake order/stock form and you bound to see a green anaconda there. Suprisingly they are not too expensive as far as exotic snakes go

Well I wasn't thinking of buying one, i was just wonderin' if they could acually be pets.

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Originally Posted by chong_python

yup, apperentily you can. However they dont get AS big CB......

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This is ABSOLUTELY untrue - Anacondas can & do grow quite large in captivity. Please don't be fooled into thinking they won't grow to large proportions simply by being captive bred.

Anacondas can be unpredictable snakes with strict husbandry requirements that are usually best left to experienced keepers. If you don't have quite a bit of experience from keeping several other beginner/intermediate level species, anacondas are a poor choice.

Here are a couple of care sheets on them:

Green Anacondas
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/CareGConda.html

Yellow Anacondas
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/CareYConda.html

Just wanted to clear that up!

K

thanks KLG :)

Um dude...people keep retics.....why is an anacondo so much more surpriseing? LOL

Natural habitat . . . girth . . . brute strength . . . need a LOT of water for em.

retics, get larger than anacondas right, i know that anaconda's get heavier but dont retics get longer?[/quote]

Dude.... That's almost like comparing bp's to corn snakes. Sure a corn will typically get longer then a bp. But a bp weighs 5 times as much. Thats exactly like comparing a retic to a green conda.

I would never advise anyone buy a female green conda. But a male would be fine. Just as long as the cage is setup right.

Cool, maybe someday far far far in the future I might get one, their markings are cool!

I'll pass on that! I really admire people who can successfully keep and breed such large snakes. But I do not see myself being able to devote that much time and space to them.
I always roll my eyes when I go to the pet store and some bragging guy says "Oh, I have an anaconda, a couple retics, etc." Yeah, they're probably less than four feet long, and will most likely end up at Rusty's reptile sanctuary when their size becomes inconvenient or they eat the family dog. :(
I am not saying that people should not be allowed to keep them as pets; legislative laws take away too many of our freedoms already. I just hope that anyone who gets one, is prepared to keep it in good health until it dies a natural death.