For those of you who do not know me, here is some background info. I have been studying and keeping reptiles for over ten years now and I am very pro on keeping animals in the best possible environment. I have owned many animals over the years but the green anaconda is my favorite snake. After countless hours of research on these sort of snakes I knew two things. They are highly aquatic and sexually dimorphic. Males stay a lot smaller then females in this case. So my hunt for a male began, this was over 3 years ago. After finding one, I drove a great distance to get him.... only to find out he was a she and I raised it from 3 foot too 9 foot. I had the choice to keep an animal that would get far to large for me to care for or find it a new home. So I did the only thing I could and sold it to a couple of guys who where breeders/wanting to one day make a zoo.
For some strange reason, male green anacondas are extermly difficult to come across in my country. At this time I was pretty bummed out as my favorite and best snake ever was now gone. All hope was lost and I was stuck with only a yellow anaconda. Over the years I have tried burms, african rock pythons and even my own yellow anaconda but nothing compared. Don't get me wrong, they where all great snakes(I still own my yellow and have no intentions on ever parting with him) but nothing compared to how mellow and calm my big green was.
Every day I am on kijiji and my reptile classifieds site browsing, I never intend on buying anything unless it really sparks my interest. Then, last week, I see this add for a male green anaconda. This was not the first add I saw, I traveled 3 hours only to knock on a door and find out the animal was not at that location and to "come back later", as you can see, my trust in sellers is slim. So I emailed this guy, he is french, english emails came to me sketchy but since I am french I understood what he was saying. We must have gone back and forth over 20+ emails, me making sure it's male, him making sure I want it so he holds it for me. And today was the day I brought this little gem home.
He currently lives in a cage I built. It's 48"long X 18"wide X 12" high. It will do for now. Lighting is a simple vanity cfl (6500k) and a ceramic heat emitter on the other side. I did the unthinkable and took his word on it being a male. I do not know how to properly probe an animal(I know how to in a book, just not hands on) He told me he had it probed by two different people with same results. I will not rest easy until he is larger and I can see his tail get really thick, just like my yellows did.
At this time the snake is getting used to his new home, I still need to add some driftwood but I am dead tired from being up for the last 26+ hours. Trust me, caiman pictures and stories will be coming soon. Hope you all enjoy this story
For some strange reason, male green anacondas are extermly difficult to come across in my country. At this time I was pretty bummed out as my favorite and best snake ever was now gone. All hope was lost and I was stuck with only a yellow anaconda. Over the years I have tried burms, african rock pythons and even my own yellow anaconda but nothing compared. Don't get me wrong, they where all great snakes(I still own my yellow and have no intentions on ever parting with him) but nothing compared to how mellow and calm my big green was.
Every day I am on kijiji and my reptile classifieds site browsing, I never intend on buying anything unless it really sparks my interest. Then, last week, I see this add for a male green anaconda. This was not the first add I saw, I traveled 3 hours only to knock on a door and find out the animal was not at that location and to "come back later", as you can see, my trust in sellers is slim. So I emailed this guy, he is french, english emails came to me sketchy but since I am french I understood what he was saying. We must have gone back and forth over 20+ emails, me making sure it's male, him making sure I want it so he holds it for me. And today was the day I brought this little gem home.
He currently lives in a cage I built. It's 48"long X 18"wide X 12" high. It will do for now. Lighting is a simple vanity cfl (6500k) and a ceramic heat emitter on the other side. I did the unthinkable and took his word on it being a male. I do not know how to properly probe an animal(I know how to in a book, just not hands on) He told me he had it probed by two different people with same results. I will not rest easy until he is larger and I can see his tail get really thick, just like my yellows did.
At this time the snake is getting used to his new home, I still need to add some driftwood but I am dead tired from being up for the last 26+ hours. Trust me, caiman pictures and stories will be coming soon. Hope you all enjoy this story
