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 Been offered a green annie, never had one before!!!

Hi all, i have been offered a female green annie around 6 foot and two years old cb not wc. she is suppose to be quite tame.

I have kept Big burms and some retics. wanting to no the pros and cons of condas please, as i have never owned one.

The viv for her when she hits big sizes is a 11 foot long by 4 foot deep by 4 foot tall. it is wasted space so i may aswell use it.

can you tell me total rough cb size? as i have been told they only average out at 16-18 foot in captivity?

cheers for the help and advice.
03/23/09  07:28pm

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Andrew00
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   Message To: Burms 4 life   In reference to Message Id: 1973522


 Been offered a green annie, never had one before!!!

From my experience and research on anaconda size (just as an enthusiast, not an expert) what i can pretty much tell you is that it is pretty uncertain. In captivity annies definitely get a lot bigger then in the wild due to the ideal conditions and feeding. It really depends on the sex. I know of people that have males that really stopped at about 12 feet, while females do seem to rest in that 16-18 foot range. Some grow very slow, others are rather fast. Being that you have a female I would anticipate a snake thats gonna get 18+ feet. I’ve talked to people that breed them on Kingsnake, and their breeding females are about that size and still growing, though only at a couple of inches a year. Whatever happens, good luck!
03/23/09  07:43pm

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Burms 4 life
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   Message To: Andrew00   In reference to Message Id: 1973533


 Been offered a green annie, never had one before!!!

cheers for that
03/23/09  07:57pm

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   Message To: Burms 4 life   In reference to Message Id: 1973544


 Been offered a green annie, never had one before!!!

While the poster above was dead on that you should expect larger anacondas in captivity, it is not because of ideal conditions. You want to mimic their habitat in the wild as best you can. You do not want to be changing thousands of years of adaptation.

If the poster above was talking about subtracting the risk of predators, parasites, and food shortage...they are right on.

You could pump them up to large sizes quickly by keeping temps higher than they should be, and feeding drastically more than they would get in the wild. But this comes with great risks and certainly shorter life. Keeping a healthy steady weight and providing the cooler environment they need will give you the same sized anaconda in the long run, but you might have an animal you can enjoy for 30 years before you get to see it breaking those 20+ft marks.

Congrats!!!
03/23/09  08:40pm

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   Message To: SoLA   In reference to Message Id: 1973568


 Been offered a green annie, never had one before!!!

nice one !
03/24/09  02:44am


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