Too Late to "Tame" My Yellow Anaconda?

[Neon Aurora]

Well she really isn't that big, first off. I haven't measured her, but I don't really think she is over 6-7 feet (maybe she is a he?).

Anyways, I use two hooks to support as much body as possible and I don't really think I have a choice but to pick her up with them. I need to clean her tank and to do that she needs to be out or I'll just get bit repeatedly. She's very messy and I need to get in there to scrub and disinfect.

I've never heard anyone say before that you should always use hooks, but if that is indeed the case, than I will continue to use hooks. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to care for her probably without moving her with the hooks if it is really that bad. Because at this point, I just can't think of any other way that I could safely keep her home clean. As I said before, I can work with her in there if I'm far away. I can at least remove her water tub to clean and change without fuss. But getting feces from the substrate or scrubbing it from the walls is more dangerous.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Neon Aurora

Well she really isn't that big, first off. I haven't measured her, but I don't really think she is over 6-7 feet (maybe she is a he?).

Anyways, I use two hooks to support as much body as possible and I don't really think I have a choice but to pick her up with them. I need to clean her tank and to do that she needs to be out or I'll just get bit repeatedly. She's very messy and I need to get in there to scrub and disinfect.

I've never heard anyone say before that you should always use hooks, but if that is indeed the case, than I will continue to use hooks. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to care for her probably without moving her with the hooks if it is really that bad. Because at this point, I just can't think of any other way that I could safely keep her home clean. As I said before, I can work with her in there if I'm far away. I can at least remove her water tub to clean and change without fuss. But getting feces from the substrate or scrubbing it from the walls is more dangerous.

6'-7' is definitely big enough to require a hook, although it may not send you to the hospital.

I'd invest in gloves to move her, even a 6' anaconda is too big to be resting its entire body on a hook. A wider hook like mentioned may work, but investing in some heavy gloves can often help to get a snake used to hands-on handling, although the initial switch to bare skin might spook them. Heavy gloves can be ungainly, but it should be ok if all you're doing is moving it out of the enclosure.

Yellows are small, but 6'-7' still seems on the small side for a yellow of that age, even for a male. It may be in the average, just on the smaller side of average. At this age, it's probably safe to say the snake won't get big enough to face the danger of a full-sized giant.