How About Anacondas! Does anyone her keeps any?

[Boa_Keeper]

Anacondas Rule!

Specially if you find a mellow specimen...

I will be posting pictures of my late (November) 2002 baby.

She is such a sweety.

Regards, Luis.

[Boa_Keeper]

Here is the pic I promised...

Me and my 'Conda.

Luis T.

[Doug]

Hi,
Don't know a thing about Anaconda's there was an excellent article about breeding them in this months reptile magazine. Very factual info about husbandry they don't need to soak to be healthy and large water tanks actually can make them sick due to contamination from feces and such..
  go figure. cwm25.gif..
 doug

check out Jan 2004 repitles magazine page 71 this was about the green anaconda but useful article..

[Randy_T.]

sweet looking conda :'(

I have considered getting into them, but will wait until my kids are older

[diablo]

When people say that snakes are slimy, I would say that about a Anaconda, They have that look. Very pretty boy/girl you have there. Yellow anaconds arnt bad neither

[Boa_Dan]

now just give him a paintball gun and hes set, that camo color is wicked
very nice anaconda you have, that look is definately there though jon, i see it to, however i bet there really not slimy at all
bye guys
Dan

[Naja]

Is there really such a thing as a mellow anaconda? Could be that my friend just had bad luck with his specimens, but they were all particularly nasty and he's had about every constrictor ever held in captivity.... Do think they are very impressive animals, regardless of their temper!

[Doug]

HI,
Thats a good question about temperment , that mag I read said that their hasn't been a lot of succes capitve breeding so your friends ana's may have been wild caught . They like to catch the gravid females  and then wait for them to drop the babies.
   There has been some recent attempts that have been succesful breeding them in large  Vision type cages with only a  small water dish and they have done fine.
  THe problems in the past seems to be nasty soaking ponds in the cage that lead to RI, Gastritis and other things and this caused high mortality in neonates or babies.
  doug  >:(

ps everyone knows these guys are probably the larger than the average BCI   ::) ::) ::)HEHE
 http://www.mccarthyboas.com/Anaconda01.jpg

http://www.mccarthyboas.com/Anaconda02.JPG

[Randy_T.]

NIce large pics, where is it you found them at?

[diablo]

those people sure are perty, Thats one big anaconda, Sadly they are going to eat it!

[Boa_Dan]

i find you truely very vey strange cwm25.gif

[Doug]

HI,
here's the link to the pics about large snake,
 Hey that boaphile breeder is on that page to he"S has that huge BCI over the shoulder, if you right click it tell you species and the pic owners..
 

http://www.mccarthyboas.com/BigSnake.html


check out the bci on the stair sh'e bigger than most BCC..
  holy snake poop... ::) ::)..

[Randy_T.]

Thanks for the link. McCarthy has put alot of big ole snake pix on that site.

I need to look at it again. (haven't looked in about 5 months or so.)

Later

I really need to get a pic of the girl my hypo is going at with in cleveland! She dwarfs most of those bcis on that page! She's ==8.5ft and I cannot lift her up on my own. She is SOLID. I'll be there for the holidays. Ill get some pics of them then.

[El_Pirata]

  THe problems in the past seems to be nasty soaking ponds in the cage that lead to RI, Gastritis and other things and this caused high mortality in neonates or babies.I wonder if using a water filter similar to a fish tank would work for keeping the water clean and thus keeping the snakes healthy.

[Da_Mac_Man]

I think that sounds lik a good idea. I have been looking at Anacondas, but what do you do when they get HUGE? I mean, if I had a plan, I think I could see getting one.