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Origin:  “Green anacondas” come from the tropical areas of the Amazon River and the Orinoco Rivers.  In the movie Anaconda II -- the Blood Orchid, they also came from S.E. Asia where they somehow ate the sap of the blood orchid which extended their life and made them grow two to three times larger than the mondo anacondas in Anaconda I.

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Coming out to look for food.

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Typical snout-out loafing in the water.

Temperature:  Since they come from a warm, humid location, you need to keep your anaconda warm.  Shoot for about 85F or expect your anaconda to contract respiratory problems and possibly snuffle off his mortal coils.  Put a heat lamp right above his water and he’ll hunker down in his own hot tub for extended periods.

Longevity:  If you meet his basic needs, your anaconda may stick around for three decades.  So, carefully consider your time commitment if you decide to acquire your own anaconda.

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About 30 inches of coils here -- just a leetle guy.

Cage:  Give your anaconda plenty of room.  Realize that a fish aquarium will work for only a short time.  He needs plenty of water to relax in, plenty of land to crawl on, and some tree limbs for exercise and skin removal.  A three-foot anaconda easily fits into a small cat litter water bowl.  As he grows (and he will), he needs more (much more) room -- both aquatic and dry areas.

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Does that bowel movement look a little Voightish?

Water:  We already mentioned water, however, it’s good to filter your anaconda’s water and/or change it often.  All snakes and many lizards excrete in their water.  Anacondas can crank out a fairly hefty bio-log.  Luckily, they eat less often than most snakes.  But you need to change his water often.  In the wild, they get tick infested fast when out of the water, so they like to hang in the water a great deal of the time.

Security:  Most snakes need a hide box to feel comfortable.  If you don’t provide one, your anaconda will try to hide behind something or dig under the substrate.  Without a cave or similar den, you give him one more stress to put up with.

Foods:  When small, your anaconda will eat mice, chicks, and goldfish.  Constrictors wrap around their prey and suffocate it.  Anacondas may also choose to drown it.  He will grow to eat rats, rabbits, and roosters.  Feed him critters as big in diameter as his body.  As he grows, he will take longer and longer between meals. 

Supplements?  Not necessary.  His food contains all the nutrients he needs.

Lighting:  Lizards need UVB lighting to absorb calcium into their bones.  Snakes do not need this expensive extra.

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Annie giving James K. Langhammer an affectionate kiss and a hug.

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Not everyone should play with anacondas.  LA in the middle, decades ago.

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LA decades later.  Still in the middle, with assistants Miles and Elizabeth.  Different snake.

Breeding:  Amateurs need not attempt this particular stage in their life.  Jim (in the third pic above) has bred Annie successfully several times.

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Three-foot-long bitey anaconda.  Not a recommended snake for beginners.

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Even bitier when shedding.  Gloves just make him slipperier.

Handling:  Some anacondas are bitier than others.  When shedding or hungry, their bite rate goes up fast.  Pros know it’s best to feed them outside their cage, wash your hands after handling rodents, and put your hand over their head before picking them up.  You don’t want to startle an anaconda.

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Actually, the glove did not help at all.  We usually skip the glove and rely on reflexes.  The
bad news?  My jumping when he bit me broke off one of his bottom teeth.  Not good for me and worse for the snake.

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Not good to have that kid (in the background) around when handling an excitable anaconda.

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After shedding he's much calmer.

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♫ "There's a place in France, where ... etc" ♪

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This three-foot yellow stayed small.  They fed him one mouse a month for 3.5 years.

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She enlisted at Aqualand about a year later.  Yellows grow to about 10 to 12 feet.

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She's snoopy and hungry and ticked off after the trip in a snake bag.

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And not the least bit shy.  She needs much more room.

Last Words:  We can’t recommend anacondas to very many people -- especially beginning snake keepers.  They get too big, live too long, eat too much, and cost much more than your average snake.  The anaconda is not a learner’s snake.  LA

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