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Dav1d
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Need help? 
Ok right now i have a RTB and im thinking about getting an anaconda. i had the boa for a month im getting the hang of things she never bit me since i had her she is real sweat. but i want an anaconda can they house together? about How long does anacondas live for? and how big they get?
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08/09/08 06:16pm
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Defiler13
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Message To: Dav1d In reference to Message Id: 1825248
 Need help?
Ok first off, Anacondas are NOT good begginer snakes. Just a suggestion but mabe you should actualy research and look into the species before just buying one. NO snakes should be housed together specialy snakes of diffrent species! They will most likely kill and eat each other and if not the ywill certainyl get stressed and be very upset and generaly unhealthy animals. so for housing them together that would be a big no bro, besides EVEN IF you could that would have to be 1 huge cage. Anacondas can live very long lifes if kept properly and taken care of and There are diffrent species of anacondas. There is the allmighty green anaconda, you knwo the ones that are 20+ft you always hear about. then there is the yellow anaconda, a very pretty snake. still ananacodna but o na smaller scale usualy reaching 6 - 10ft. I highly recomend you do some research on the mbefore stumbling into anacondas and you should concintrate on the snake you already have.
I hope ive been of some help.
-Defiler-
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08/09/08 10:57pm
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Dav1d
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Message To: Defiler13 In reference to Message Id: 1825583
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Ok thanks like i said im new to the whole snake thing but I did look up alot of stuff before i got my rtb
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08/10/08 01:08am
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JimmyDavid
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Message To: Dav1d In reference to Message Id: 1825684
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I also agree that you shouldn’t house them together (at least not forever) but i think we should minimize a little the problem there. They are both South American snakes and share the same environments in the wild. But there are a few rules, you should separate them as soon as you suspect one could be sick and also it’s always better to feed alone (so you should have only one at a time in there at meals). Once they grow up i really recomend that you keep them in separate cages, these animals are big and deserve to be maintained in a large place of their own that can give them a sense of territorial domination.
Boids eating other snakes is very rare and it will most likely happen by incident. Anacondas have been known to eat smaller snakes of their own kind though...
Bottom line is it’s ok to house them together while they are small but it’s best you don’t plan on doing it for the rest of the snakes lives. Just my thought. Good luck.
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08/10/08 11:51am
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