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Thanks Dave. Now with that crap settled. This is kind of a good thread to learn from. JohnMatthew, thanks for sharing your experiences.   I've kept greens before, never owned yellows but definitely worked with them. Well, I take that back, I had a yellow when I was younger (about cornkings age) and it was loaded with worms so Dr. K took it in and had LLL refund me.
   Green anacondas I like. I think its mostly the wc ones that have the nasty bites or ones kept improperly which definitely causes bacterial infections to develope.   But they are easy to care for.   I kept mine with a huge water dish, appropriate sized rubbermaids/sterilite containers make awesome water dishes, and then 3/4's of the cage was land with also some climbing space.    They were a bit nippy when they were younger but as they got older they were calm but I have noticed with greens, and yellows, they dont really strike when they are older, rather they all the sudden start to chew on you cause they smell something delicious lol (as JohnMatthews was saying with yellows).
Yellows I worked with (not owned) were kept just the same as the greens and how JohnMatthew described. They did seem a bit more readily to take food on as well and have a stronger feeding response. I think the biggest mistake people make with these, along with many other snakes, is they think that these animals need constant moist conditions (hence the bacterial problems in the mouth which may lead to an infectious bite) so they provide too much humidity for too long, rather than just a big bowl for them to soak in and a couple mists here and there with good ventilation. I like the size yellow anacondas get because though it is large (for females), its manageable (males in the Eunectes genus being much, much more smaller than females).   The only difference I like to do is have a cage for these guys to be 3/4's their body and about 2-3ft tall for adults, for babies I like half body length and about 12-14 inches.
   Thanks again John (is Matthew your last name or apart of your first name?) for hearing your care information. Sounds like you definitely did a great job. Did you ever notice that the yellow anacondas seem to have more of a head insecurity, more so than most snakes?   I noticed with a few that they had this thing where if you got 6 inches from their head, theyd do this wierd turn around snap lol.   Ive seen other snakes do it, venomous as well, but these guys seemed to have a complex where even if you baaaaaarely touched it, BAM lol.

-Jon DeLong

<blockquote data-quote="Beazer" data-source="post: 57298" data-attributes="member: 12">Thanks Dave.&nbsp; Now with that crap settled.&nbsp; This is kind of a good thread to learn from.&nbsp; JohnMatthew, thanks for sharing your experiences.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've kept greens before, never owned yellows but definitely worked with them.&nbsp; Well, I take that back, I had a yellow when I was younger (about cornkings age) and it was loaded with worms so Dr. K took it in and had LLL refund me.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Green anacondas I like.&nbsp; I think its mostly the wc ones that have the nasty bites or ones kept improperly which definitely causes bacterial infections to develope.&nbsp;&nbsp; But they are easy to care for.&nbsp;&nbsp; I kept mine with a huge water dish, appropriate sized rubbermaids/sterilite containers make awesome water dishes, and then 3/4's of the cage was land with also some climbing space.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; They were a bit nippy when they were younger but as they got older they were calm but I have noticed with greens, and yellows, they dont really strike when they are older, rather they all the sudden start to chew on you cause they smell something delicious lol (as JohnMatthews was saying with yellows).&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Yellows I worked with (not owned) were kept just the same as the greens and how JohnMatthew described.&nbsp; They did seem a bit more readily to take food on as well and have a stronger feeding response.&nbsp; I think the biggest mistake people make with these, along with many other snakes, is they think that these animals need constant moist conditions (hence the bacterial problems in the mouth which may lead to an infectious bite) so they provide too much humidity for too long, rather than just a big bowl for them to soak in and a couple mists here and there with good ventilation.&nbsp; I like the size yellow anacondas get because though it is large (for females), its manageable (males in the Eunectes genus being much, much more smaller than females).&nbsp;&nbsp; The only difference I like to do is have a cage for these guys to be 3/4's their body and about 2-3ft tall for adults, for babies I like half body length and about 12-14 inches.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks again John (is Matthew your last name or apart of your first name?) for hearing your care information.&nbsp; Sounds like you definitely did a great job.&nbsp; Did you ever notice that the yellow anacondas seem to have more of a head insecurity, more so than most snakes?&nbsp;&nbsp; I noticed with a few that they had this thing where if you got 6 inches from their head, theyd do this wierd turn around snap lol.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ive seen other snakes do it, venomous as well, but these guys seemed to have a complex where even if you baaaaaarely touched it, BAM lol.&nbsp;&nbsp; -Jon DeLong</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beazer, post: 57298, member: 12"] Thanks Dave. Now with that crap settled. This is kind of a good thread to learn from. JohnMatthew, thanks for sharing your experiences. I've kept greens before, never owned yellows but definitely worked with them. Well, I take that back, I had a yellow when I was younger (about cornkings age) and it was loaded with worms so Dr. K took it in and had LLL refund me. Green anacondas I like. I think its mostly the wc ones that have the nasty bites or ones kept improperly which definitely causes bacterial infections to develope. But they are easy to care for. I kept mine with a huge water dish, appropriate sized rubbermaids/sterilite containers make awesome water dishes, and then 3/4's of the cage was land with also some climbing space. They were a bit nippy when they were younger but as they got older they were calm but I have noticed with greens, and yellows, they dont really strike when they are older, rather they all the sudden start to chew on you cause they smell something delicious lol (as JohnMatthews was saying with yellows). Yellows I worked with (not owned) were kept just the same as the greens and how JohnMatthew described. They did seem a bit more readily to take food on as well and have a stronger feeding response. I think the biggest mistake people make with these, along with many other snakes, is they think that these animals need constant moist conditions (hence the bacterial problems in the mouth which may lead to an infectious bite) so they provide too much humidity for too long, rather than just a big bowl for them to soak in and a couple mists here and there with good ventilation. I like the size yellow anacondas get because though it is large (for females), its manageable (males in the Eunectes genus being much, much more smaller than females). The only difference I like to do is have a cage for these guys to be 3/4's their body and about 2-3ft tall for adults, for babies I like half body length and about 12-14 inches. Thanks again John (is Matthew your last name or apart of your first name?) for hearing your care information. Sounds like you definitely did a great job. Did you ever notice that the yellow anacondas seem to have more of a head insecurity, more so than most snakes? I noticed with a few that they had this thing where if you got 6 inches from their head, theyd do this wierd turn around snap lol. Ive seen other snakes do it, venomous as well, but these guys seemed to have a complex where even if you baaaaaarely touched it, BAM lol. -Jon DeLong [/QUOTE]

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