Do green anacondas need a lot of water?

[Reticsrule]

i was just wondering because i have seen articles that said they need a large water source and other articles that have said that all they need is a drinking bowl. i know that they live in water in the wild but i was wondering if anyone has kept them successfully with just a water bowl. i figure you guys would know.

[anaconda]

I have a pair, 12 foot female, 7 foot male, have had them about 3 years, only use water bowls but spray their enclosures to keep humidity up. Of course given a pool they would use it, but it is too much to keep clean.

[Reticsrule]

that was my reason for asking the ?. i would hate to have to clean out a huge pool every month.

By the way how are your anacondas temperments?

[anaconda]

Same as all my snakes, completely handleable, and non- aggressive. That's my female in my avitar.

[Reticsrule]

thats cool i always wondered what the temperment of an anaconda was lol

[CARLiTO_]

Originally posted by Reticsrule
that was my reason for asking the ?. i would hate to have to clean out a huge pool every month.

By the way how are your anacondas temperments?

If u had a pool, u would have to clean it more frequently than a month. They urinate and defecate in the water.

[Reticsrule]

yeah that would have been another problem but if i didnt ABSOLUTELY need a pool i wouldnt have one

[anaconda]

Reticsrule, when I said my anacondas were tame I did not mean that all anacondas are like that automatically. It takes a lot of working with them when they are young, but is definately worth it in the long run. I don't want a 200 pound snake that takes 4 people to handle it every time the enclosure needs cleaning. To me, being able to handle all my animals and interact with them is what this hobby is all about!

[Bartman]

Ive read a few times that even "tame" condas are VERY unpredictable. Is this true?

[Reticsrule]

Anaconda: i REALLY know what you mean. i plan to handle the snake a LOT if i ever get one.

Bartman: im not really sure if they are realy unpredictable but i have heard stories.

[Bartman]

I know with the two adult or sub adult yellow condas ive worked with could back up that claim that they are unpredictable.

For the first 2 months of me working where I do, they seemed VERY relaxed. I remember seeing people when they took them out using snake hooks and being very cautious. At first I was worried but I put my hand on them slowly and then I could take them out. In the last 2 weeks, they both have gradually become more and more easily ticked off for no apparent reason. I go in the same way with the same approach and they look like they aren’t mad, but looks are very deceiving with them. She struck at me a couple times but didn’t get me.

So this shows that out of no where they could be kind of dangerous to trust as easily as even a burm imo.

Just my 0.02

[Stockwell]

Large constrictors should never be completely trusted. Yellow anacondas generally have better dispositions than greens, but I've been nailed by them too. Anacondas Do have a reputation of being somewhat unpredictable, much in the same manor as retics.
You should never get a false sense of security with anything over 10 feet, nor should they be handled alone without a spotter or at least a full length mirror in the room as a bare minimum.

[Piers]

The thing with anacondas is they hunt by feel as much as sight or heat or smell.
It's like they can't help themselves, they move along your arm and WHAM! they bite you, and hard!
As for water they will do fine with a large water bowl.
I've found that a hide box with sub straight in it, kept moist ,works well.
Piers

[Reticsrule]

ok thanks for letting me know that they are sometimes unpredictable and that they only need a water dish