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Originally Posted by marvelfreak
The reason a asked for picture of your set up is i wanted to see how much stuff was in the cage. A couple years ago i read about a breeder in England who was having problems with aggressive Anacondas. so he try a couple things to see if he could tame them down some. The one thing he found that worked best and he swore by his was no hides.
He took all hides out of the cages only leaving the water bowl. He then made the substrate deeper. Where they could cover most of their body. He made it were the top of the water bowl was only a couple inches above the substrate. He found they would burrow more like being in the water with just their head poking out. With in a month or so he noticed they were not as defensive and not as ready to bite. I know it sound backwards from every thing we ever been told about snake sand hides. He said have a few months they all had mellow out and were so much easier to handle.
I wish i could find the thing but the site it was on is no longer around. It might be worth trying just to see if it works.
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Thanks for the advice man, i have heard of this technique being used with other species but never with the condas.
I first read about it being used with WC red tailed racers but never tried using it myself as with being such a shy species you naturally pack the viv out with lots of plants and hides. This did work well for me but i hardly ever seen my girl, always hiding, never really out and about.
I got my 1st mite breakout recently and stripped out the vivs to the bare minimum, paper substrate, a perch and a waterbowl and after a couple of weeks she is now one of the most active snakes i have, always out and about doing something, climbing and falling lol about her viv and she actually let me watch her eat last weekend and thats the 1st time i have seen her eat since i have owned her, have had to leave overnight for every other feed so yea there is definitely benefits from this method.
During the outbreak i had the conda set up the same way, bare minimum, paper, waterbowl and thats it. He tried to shed but due to the scarring on him he cannot shed himself so i had to intervine as he had his head off but the rest just wasnt coming.
I pulled him out, he coiled tightly round my hand and i sat there in disbelief as he let me dip him in luke warm water and peel the rest of his skin off. This whole process took around a solid half hour of me basically poking, prodding and pulling at him and through all this he didnt even attempt to nip me once, it was like he kinda understood what was happening and i thought finally, a breakthrough.
I thought that was the turning point, everything gona be good from here on in. Next handling session, full of confidence, set up still the same and as soon as i picked him up BANG! Nailed several times, thought mabye woke him up or spooked him something. Next sessions after that i staggered at different times of the day/night to see if there was any difference but no, nailed several times everytime so i just resigned myself to the fact hes never gona be friendly.
I will give this method a go and keep trying but i dont hold very much hope of him changing his ways...
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Originally Posted by Gatorhunter1231
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YAY! Im not tho only lunatic keeping greens lol... that young female is gorgeous mate, good luck with her...
Looks like some nice big ones you have worked with too, feel free to post more pics if you have them, never get tired of looking at condas...
And yea man like your guy with the tail missing, with the injuries that my guy has sustained i think the damage has been done and i dont hold much hope for him ever being nice lol...
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Originally Posted by rmfsnakes32
Thats a very nice looking a viv!
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thanks man!
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