Anacondas as pets?

[stangs13]

I gotta buddie that keeps several condas. Greens and yellows. And LOTS of retics and alot of balls, he said his favorite snake is still the greeen anacondas. I have grown a love for them...I LUB giant constrictors......They can ....belevive it or not become picky eaters!! He has an anery green annie that is just now taking food. Ill pull his site up.

[stangs13]

Read his site!

http://web.mac.com/anaconda_guy/iWeb/News/Home.html


He will be getting a new one soon.....

[uro1001]

annies make great pets for the advanced keeper and are nothing like burms which are easy to keep aside from size(this isnt pointed at anyone but i hate it when some one says "should i get an anaconda or a burm?"). i own 2,both greens male and female breeding pair when they are older(male-9ft fem-13ft) at our shop(not for sale) . yellows and greens they are both the same(basicly) greens can stay as little as 9ft to 25(rare) and yellows can go from 6-15 ft(i have seen a fem yellow this size but its large and somewhat rare) all care requirements are the same. now back to topic with the right keeper they do great in captivity

[Shelby]

Do you have any pictures of your greens? Someday I want to add a male green to my collection.. I have always loved E. murinus.

[uro1001]

sure ill be back at the shop tomorrow and seen if they want to be friendly today lol

[Cady]

I just wanted to add my two cents. Contrary to belief condas do not need full room enclosures, nor do they need huge soaking tubs. They are however only for the advanced snake owner. They require very high levels of humidity and have a reputation of being very picky eaters. These snakes are also very dangerous and can not be trusted under any circumstances. All of our condas are as docile as a puppy dog, but ben and I never risk handling them alone.


They thrive in a captive environment if in the hands of good owners.

[Shelby]

nor do they need huge soaking tubs.

So do you not have tubs large enough for them to soak in? My younger two soak a lot, but the older one only occasionally crawls into his tub.

[Ben_Renick]

No, we don't have huge tubs for them to soak in. I spoke to Kelly Haller about this a long time ago, they aren't needed like most people think. As long as you can keep up the humidity in the cage, they do absolutly fine.


Ben R.

[Shelby]

Very interesting. There aren't many conda keepers out there, so there aren't as many people for me to learn from.