General questions about *giants*

[TheaN526]

I can't believe this thread is still going. LOL. Pretty cool though as I have a curious nature.

Can I ask an honest question without anyone getting offended? What is the reason for owning such large snakes? It is just the same as any smaller snake? Do you ever feel your beloved pet will make a snack out of you? I know that many of the snake related deaths have been due to negligence on the keepers part. Are the Burmese Pythons ill mannered or generally pretty docile?

I know that Anacondas can get pretty nasty as well. Is that true? I've read the Anaconda forum quite a bit as well. Is it the greens that stay on the smaller side?

More questions from a curious about large snakes girl..

[RebelYell83]

The Yellow is the smaller of the 'condas,and thats what i own,and she is,,well,,she used to be really sweety,,not shes hit or miss,and unfortunatly,she rarely misses.I like the big snakes,i dont know why i am drawn to them actually,but i always have been,but always swore i would never own a snake over 8 feet,,that lasted 7 months after i got my first snake.Now i own the burm,want a couple females to go with him,and want to get into retics.As for temperment,when i got my burm he was 4ft,and i couldnt go near him without him trying to get me,but as soon as he was out of his cage,he was incredibly calm,and now hes not even as hard to get out of his cage,just need a hook at times.I think part of it for me,is that its an animal that can easily put the squeeze on you,but is so calm and laid back,it has no interest in doing so,its just really awesome,

[Denial]

Burms usually always calm down. And make great pets. No I have never felt my snakes are going to make a snack out of me I know they could if they wanted to but after keeping them for a while you start to get a feel of there boundaries and you know when your pushing it and doing something you shouldnt. Its best to raise a baby up to a giant so your comfortable with that individual snake.

Also there are 4 sub species of anacondas the greens and yellows are just the only ones in the pet trade.

[tigerretic76]

the "giant" snakes make great pet. as stated, get them as hatchling, get them cbb, handle them frequently early on, keep their environment optimal, and keep them well fed, and they make fantastic pets

[dizzy]

Our bigger burms are kept in 6-8 feet Animal Plastic cages. Most burms that get that big usually do not move around a whole lot. Our biggest girl at 17 feet only moves when there is food involved.

I don't know anything about burms but I'm wondering... Is that healthy?
Or natural?

In the wild would a burm that big naturaly not move around very much? Or is that a horrible effect of keeping them in captivity? It just doesn't sound right to me. Although I guess some of my BPs don't seem terribly active... I don't know... It just sounds weird. No offense intended, like I said I don't know anything about burms.

[Patrick Long]

I don't know anything about burms but I'm wondering... Is that healthy?
Or natural?

In the wild would a burm that big naturaly not move around very much? Or is that a horrible effect of keeping them in captivity? It just doesn't sound right to me. Although I guess some of my BPs don't seem terribly active... I don't know... It just sounds weird. No offense intended, like I said I don't know anything about burms.

Burms could be considered one of the LAZIEST snakes on the planet.....take that as you will.

[Denial]

I agree. Burms are lazy they were made to eat,mate, and lounge around and digest

[dizzy]

LOL! Well thank you for clearing that up.

[Neal]

I don't think that they become lazy until they reach a certain length, a friend has a 8ft Burm, and it's not really lazy, then again they have a petstore with a 13ft Burm that is lazy, it doesnt move at all.

[Denial]

I have a rack full of baby burms and I will admit they are not as lazy as the adults I have. The only time my adults move is on saturday and sunday becuase those are feeding days at my house. And they will pace the cage back and fourth. However my reticulated pythons move nonstop. They are alot more active then my burmese pythons or my green anaconda and there digestive system is also ALOT faster then the other two.