Z Trip;4139081; said:
Well there are some things I do disagree apon. Firstly the whole blister thing with aquatic snakes. THis is only true if you are lazy and don't clean the snakes water. I have never had a single skin problem with my snake. I change his water when needed. I don't think running a filter wil do any good because of the massive amount of waste these things make.
My green anaconda only comes out of water right after sheds. I don't know why.
So who cares about the animal? Aslong as we are happy it doesn't matter how they are kept? That sounds like greed to me.
I disagree with keeping snakes and or other reptiles in rack systems. If the owner trully loves there animal they will keep them in large display enclosures. Thats what this is all about. Keeping reptiles as pets, not as "projects" or income".
I am not bashing you or saying that you are doing a poor job of keeping your snake but I am just saying that we keep them for our enjoyment and nothing else. If you can keep a snake healthy in a rack and you enjoy keeping/ breeding it then great! If you need a big elaborate display to be satisfied then go for it.
You are saying that your snake needs to be kept "happy" but unless you can talk to your snake (insert harry potter joke here) you cannot know if your snake is happy or not so I think that health is a much more important gauge of quality of keeping. You are doing a good job of keeping up with that enclosure that you have now but what is going to happen when your 'conda gets to be too big for just you to handle and you are going to have to call a friend over twice a day to help you move your snake to empty the huge water bowl? and what is going to happen when your snake gets too tangled in the props that you have put in the cage for it to remove the snake from this nice cage when you need to clean it and have help available? I am just saying that all of these things need to be considered before you go over the top with an enclosure jam packed with branches, ledges, water, and thick substrate. Make no mistake, something like an anaconda can and will kill you if given the chance. Once this snake reaches that 10' mark it is going to be too much for one person to handle despite how "tame" you THINK it is.
You are naive to think that you are not keeping this snake solely for your enjoyment and bragging rights. If you can come up with some other reason then please, I would love to hear it.
Again, I am not trying to bash you- you are doing a great job so far. I am just stating that this is not the only way to keep snakes.