I may buy a yellow

Yeah, because I am that crazy. Thing is, the female yellow annie at work is pregnant, and I don't think I can resist buying one of her babies when they're born. The female is 10' and her size doesn't intimidate me. They are awesome animals, and I think I could handle it.

Just one, slight, problem. I'm not entirely sure my mom will go for the idea. 'But mommy, it's just an amazon water boa!' ;)

She doesn't mind my approaching 6' hogg at least..

Ha ha...I would go with 'amazon water boa'..... people sometimes hear anaconda and get a little freaked.

I like yellows....do you get to handle the yellow annies alot at work? I have not heard too much about them as far as behavior is concerned.

No, unfortunately. But, my friend/co-worker has one and he says it's dog tame. If handled frequently when babies, most turn out to be pretty civilized.

Thats good to know ;) Be sure and post some pics when you get a chance to take a few.

yellows are nice looking,m ive always been more of a green conda fan though. nothing tops a burm though :)

Greens are illegal here.. as are burms. I like condas and burms equally.

The law here is until it reaches 12 ft. no permit and such is needed. But once they hit 12 ft. you better get a permit.

Out of all the big snakes......Retics are my favorite......but I still think condas and burms are awesome too.

Yeah retics rock. I love how their eyes look. They are also illegal.

Yet one of the pet stores in my area sells retic's. That a statewide issue, or a local one, Shelby?

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No, unfortunately. But, my friend/co-worker has one and he says it's dog tame. If handled frequently when babies, most turn out to be pretty civilized.

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Out of the two we recieved from the closing of the Long Island Reptile Museum is very easy to handle, the other is not too bad, but I don't yet trust him not to strike for no reason, a bit harder for me to read then the female.
Sadly I don't know much of their history, beyond some abuse reports given by some former employees of the museum. But I can assume they were not handled properly, if at all.
I really have a special respect for the yellows. I find them to be a great species to work with.
A hint of advice if I may, get a good filter....lol I have burnt through way too many canaster filters with these two. I can't stand it. And you just don't want to smell the smell of unfiltered conda water.
Keep me updated on the big girls clutch / birth.
Thanks
Rusty

Actually Schlyne, they cancelled the ordinance that banned large constrictors in my county, so I'm only subjected to the state-wide law which is 15'.

Rusty, I thought I'd just have a big old water dish and clean it out every couple of days, do they constantly foul it up?

How can you guys talk about purchasing these massive animals so casually? You guys make it sound like you are getting goldfish. It just blows me away that you guys are able to take care of such huge animals. I love retics, condas, and burms, but I am not willing to convert half my house to a snake cage. Do you guys live in palaces or something? Not to mention the amount of money it takes to feed these monsters.

i dont live in a palace but when i get my pair im gunna build them 8ft long by like 4ft wide cage hopefully that will be as big as i gotta go.... but who knows i love the look of yellows... plus i live in maine and there a buyers/seller book that comes out every thursday called "uncle henrys" and people are always sellin rabbits so food isnt a problem.. but who knows :)

How hard is the care of the yellow anaconda anyways? I could see myself getting one of those, but not the other huge ones.

Smellati.. chill. :) A HUGE yellow would max out at 15'. We're talking usually an 8-10' cage with a male not needing so much. I'm willing to make that room, and no I don't live in a palace either.

Rabbits don't cost a fortune either. I mean, they're rodents afterall. I'm going to end up raising my own anyway, and the numbers are something like 60 cents a pound to raise a rabbit (I've talked to meat rabbit producers). That isn't going to break the bank.

What about burms and retics? There is such a great demand for them, and they seem common. Of course not as common as bp's and RTB's, but still pretty common. There are even people caring for more than one of these beasts, which is just amazing! How do these people live? I imagine people living in remote areas with many acres of land, or some poor guy in a small apartment who, he himself, lives in a cage and has given the rest of his space to the snake. I just find it crazy that they are bought so casually. It's like me buying an elephant like it's no big deal. But mostly I'm freakin jealous! I wanna anaconda! I wanna burm!!! And I wanna retic!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I would have to turn my life upside down to house just one of them.

Well, there ARE plenty of people who really shouldn't own them. Often, some guy buys the little snake not realising what it is, then they have to try really hard to get rid of it when it gets to be 10' long.

Those who have many of them will use the stacking cages. You can stack 3-4 cages high. Some people use their basement, others have a separate building for their snakes if they breed them professionally.