yellow anacondas

[bubba]

What's the largest yellow that you have seen? The books say females will get 13 feet. I've had a female since 97 and she is only 8 feet and still not real girthy. She seems healthy just not long. Gee, do you think the books could be wrong. Thanks:rolleyes:

[Piers]

Iv'e seen 11-12 foot ones, but I think 8-10 is more the norm.
most males Iv'e seen are 6-7 feet.
Iv'e found that getting boas and yellow anacondas up to 8 feet is fast and easy but each additional foot takes a long time (almost as much as the first 8feet).
piers

[NewLineReptile]

Very True Piers,

They seem to take a long time to get any bigger then 8'. But with the proper care it will grow in time. I have seen some about 11' And know a friend that has a pair at 12'. Mine is only 4' right now

Brandon

[creepiecrawlie]

Yeah I have a little baby male. I have had him for a year and I know that is not a lot of time to grow but other boas grow real fast and he has not even grown a couple of inches.

[dfr]

` Here are a few pix of large Yellow Anacondas. They are both young adults. The male is almost 10 feet. The female is around 13 feet.
` The male.
http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v30/dfr49/Dscf0526.jpg
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` Another of the male, full of rats.
http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v30/dfr49/Dscf0556.jpg

` Both of them.
http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v30/dfr49/1-4-3-1053488976.jpg

[creepiecrawlie]

Awsome pics! You know I have seen those same pics on the net.

[bubba]

nice pics! Thanks for the info. My anaconda always goes off feed for a couple of months every winter, even though the temps. stay the same. Any one else experience this? My Boa eats all year long.

[dfr]

` I haven't had that experience, as a regular event, with Anacondas. Mine eat all year. They also eat when mating, ovulating and gestating. My adults are fed 5 to 7 times a year. Sometimes one will go off feed, and skip feeding, or two. It doesn't seem to be a regular habit, however.
` I do provide a regular photoperiod. Using timers, my lights are set for regular cycles. They don't need light for vitamin/mineral assimilation, but they still need a stabile photoperiod to regulate their metabolism.