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information on yellow anacondas?

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I'm begining to think that urllow anacondas are the vortex of the snake world. Information is sparse at best. I purchased a 24 inch yellow anaconda approximatly 2. Weeks ago and I know the basics of yellow, but is there anthing specific I need to watch for with this guy?
I have already been approached about "studding"
Him out, but is there truly a market for them?
 
Not to my knowledge. There's only a few morphs with the green anacondas, and none that I am aware of with the yellows.

IMHO, anacondas are novelty animals for people who just want a big snake. I wouldn't plan on making lots of money off of them if I were you.
 
There are actually a few morphs (though the patternless and the hypo are all I can think of right now) and several loyal fans to yellows but the market isn't huge, mostly because of their aggressive reputations (not that this always proves true... reminds me a lot of the blood python's "typical" attitude.) Even if you can find the time and room to produce babies its a rather cornered market with a small but steady appeal.

Best bet: seek out someone who actually has a dumpload of experience with more then one of them. A lot of the time they'll be willing to share, either out of concern for the animal or out of glee that they can talk to a snake person about them and NOT be called crazy.
 
OK, I'll bite.....what exactly do you want to know? I could go on for hours about anacondas so you may want to narrow some questions down. :)

You are right about there not being a lot of info out there on anacondas. I'm actually working right now to change that. My website, AwesomeAnacondas.com will hopefully be online by the end of the year and will be mostly dedicated to anacondas, both yellow and green. But for now, you'll have to wait and just ask questions here...:( or feel free to email me directly if you would like at [email protected].
 
DJderon said:
OK, I'll bite.....what exactly do you want to know? I could go on for hours about anacondas so you may want to narrow some questions down. :)

You are right about there not being a lot of info out there on anacondas. I'm actually working right now to change that. My website, AwesomeAnacondas.com will hopefully be online by the end of the year and will be mostly dedicated to anacondas, both yellow and green. But for now, you'll have to wait and just ask questions here...:( or feel free to email me directly if you would like at [email protected].
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I have several other species of snakes, but are the yellows more susceptible to things red-tails and corns aren't, humidity and heat aren't a problem, I have engineered a heat lamp wired through a house style thermometer so it kicks on when it needs to, and a computer fan to blow the hot air into the cage.

how should their cage be set up? I have about half of it in water, among the limited information, I have found that anacondas love to soak. Given this, how well do I need to watch for "water blisters" on him? My wife found that some will eat fish, she wants to add a few to the water part of his cage, but I don't know about that yet.

That is about it that I can think of, I have been picking the brain of my local herp store owner pretty clean and have received lots of great information.
 
A yellow anaconda can be kept pretty close to the same way one would keep a boa. You will want to make sure you have a temperature and humidity gauge in the cage so you know for sure what's going on in there. Temps should be 74F on cool side to 88F on warmer side (no warmer) with humidity staying around 60-70%. Since they do need the slightly higher humidity, your "forced air" heat system may not be the best for it. That type of heating has a tendency to really suck the humidity out of the air. I would recommend undertank heat.

A soaking pool is not necessary as long as they have a drinking dish but you may use one if you wish. Keep it clean though. Frequent water changes are a must. (filters don't cut it) Unless it spends all of it's time in the water (or if the water is dirty) you should not have a problem with blisters.

I wouldn't recommend fish as food. Their waste smells bad enough already. Stick with a rodent diet. Plus as it gets older it may be hard to switch from fish to larger prey.

Depending on the size of your yellow it should have a hide in the cage somewhere. They are a more nervous snake species and any anaconda under six feet will benefit from a place to hide. Just make sure it is not directly next to the heat source.

Hope that helps answer your questions. :)
 
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