Green anacondas

Tigergenesis · 01-06-04, 11:55 AM

What is the minimum cage size for a male green?

mark129er · 01-06-04, 02:18 PM

Someone posted once that one square foot of floor space for each foot of body length. Basically, big snake = big enclosure. Hope that helps somewhat.

Tigergenesis · 01-06-04, 02:41 PM

Yes, thank you.

ScreamingMisfit · 01-06-04, 04:39 PM

sorry wrong topic

snakehunter · 01-06-04, 04:58 PM

i would imaginejust the same as a female burm, just a larger water bowl

KarlSnake · 01-06-04, 06:03 PM

A green 'conda is going to get to be a BIG snake & fairly soon. Males don't get as huge as females, but they still will hit 10 feet in the first year & 15 by the second. The "foot²" rule-of-thumb is a good place to start, just plan on the inevitable expansion necessity. Make the enclosure floor rectangular with about a 4 or 5 to 1 length / width ratio. They're not climbers, so a cage for a 'conda doesn't need a whole lot of height. Height = width seems to work OK, although you might need more height for yourself to conveniently do cage maintenance.

A major consideration is the water tank facilities. My recommendation is to use a livestock galvanized steel water tank with a heavy-duty garbage grinder in the drain. Don't worry if the water tank consumes most of the cage floor space - 'condas ARE watersnakes & really like to spend most of their time with just the tip of their nose & eyeballs just above or just under the surface whilst they wait to bite you. Feces & urine (including the glob of calcium urate that was the bones of prey) will be deposited in the tank - that's what the garbage grinder is for.

Are you sure about just what it is you are getting into?

jim mcallister · 01-06-04, 06:10 PM

Do conda's and yellow anaconda's have messier than normal feces? ( I've heard they rank alittle more where they are water snakes?) Atleast it shouldn't be too bad if they go in the water...

anaconda · 01-06-04, 06:14 PM

Contrary to popular beliefs, anacondas do not need large water vessels to thrive in captivity. I have a 9' female and a 8' male that only have a water bowl for drinking.( Snakes are not housed together) Humidity should be kept between 65 and 75%. Misting the cage daily accomplishes this quite nicely. Read the article in the new Reptiles magazine written by anaconda breeders, which supports the info that I just suggested. Ron.

anacondaman · 01-06-04, 10:20 PM

i disagree with the importance of a water bowl in an anacondas enclosure.....with greens a large amount of water may not be a nesecity(although they are aquatic by nature) but i believe a large water bowl is an absalute when it comes to yellow condas. my yellow is in its water dish almost 70% of the time.....i did my own little study at home and discovered that when u take a large water source from the yellow and only leave enough to drink change in habits will occur. My female yellow's feeding response went down hill after a week without a large water source and her temperment also changed.
So it is my opinion that yellows must have a large water source but i also understand that i only tryed this with my anaconda and others my vary
oh ya...and i made sure humdity and heat levels stayed the same when i took the large water bowl out

anacondaman · 01-06-04, 10:23 PM

and yes....there poop does stink a bit more but i dont understand why?????? maybe its because its always in the water

anaconda · 01-06-04, 11:23 PM

Sorry, I did not mention in my post above that I am talking about green anacondas. I don't have experience with yellow anacondas. My pair of greens are tame and because they deficate on newspaper, it does not smell worse than any other large boid.( I have boas, retics, burms, etc.)- same smell!!!

snakey · 02-05-04, 05:12 PM

Wow, green condas! One of the largest serpents inthe world. Truly an honor to keep one. Do what you want, but heres what I would do. I would use an entire room[ spare bedroom maybe] with a plastic stock tank wich you can get at youre local farm store, and the garbage disposal is a good idea. I think it would also be a good idea to run a hot and cold water line into a hose bib so youve' got handy water at whatever temp. you need. If this animal is properly fed and housed, it has the potential to become enormous, and dangerous. This is going to require a hell of a comitment on youre part. I hope you are up to it. Also, I wouldn't tell to many people about it and I would make damn sure this guy can't get out. The first rule of keeping snakes is... if escape is even remotely possible, it will occur! And when somthing like that gets loose, nothing good can come of it. Also ... if your house has more than one bathroom, you might use that for it. Either way, I would offer the water hide and let the snake decide. Good luck...you'll need it.

ssean · 02-24-04, 07:50 PM

I have a female green anaconda named amy and shes 26 feet long. My opinion get a big enclosure, and a big place of water. Don't make it to small for a big snake because they become depressed, sometimes won't eat, plus think of it this way. How would u like to live in a enclosure the size of a twin size bed forever. It would suck terribly.

anaconda · 02-24-04, 08:03 PM

How about a picture of your 26 foot anaconda? One of you feeding it a deer like your profile says you like to do!!!

Gary D. · 02-27-04, 08:07 PM

Relaying this post for an unregistered friend:
GD

Anacondas do not grow that fast. Not much faster than BCI's infact. Males typically reach ~10' in captivity, females~17'. Larger the cage the better, but that goes for all snkes, doesn't it. Recommended cage size for a male would be 6'x3'. A fairly large water dish is recommended (1/3 cage area), but others have successfully kept them with no more than a drinking bowl, this is a subject of some debate.