Anacondas!

[Ben_Renick]

Awesome to find another forum with people that have some Anacondas! I figured I would share some pics on here of my condas.:)

Murinus: I read in the forum before, that you were having trouble getting your conda to eat rodents... Try getting whatever size you want, thawing it out (with or without quail scenting), dangle it's body over the waterbowl (if the snake is soaking) turn out all the lights and leave it alone for at least 3 hours, this trick has worked a billion times for me.

Male Green Anaconda
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Male%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT1969.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Male%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT1903.jpg

Female Green Anaconda
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Female%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT1961.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Female%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT1990.jpg

Anery Green Anaconda
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Anery%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT1987.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Anery%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT1960.jpg

Marbled Yellow Anaconda
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Marbled%20Yellow%20Anaconda/PICT1900.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Marbled%20Yellow%20Anaconda/PICT1896.jpg

Thanks for looking, Any Anaconda discussion is totally welcome!lol.
~Ben
http://photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/

[murinus]

hi ben,
loving your male green, the colours are stunning ! thanks for the advice i have tried this before and agree it does work wonders, i had another smaller green that this trick worked for but the bigger one want have any of it :confused: how are your anaconda's temperement wise ? any bites ;) thanks again

[Ben_Renick]

Thanks Murinus, there are a few others tricks like dipping the rodents head in warm chicken broth, thawing them out with quail, maybe try a collosal rat... Those things smell so bad, it's the only thing any of my Greens still snap at, otherwise they never snap. All of my Green Anacondas (including the Anery) have 100% awesome temperments, my marbled yellow has a bit of a feeding response in cage, and every once in awhile a squirm, but other than that, she is very handable.:)
~Ben

[dirty_harry]

i want an anaconda so bad... definately gonna get a male though!

[JESSICA GORGES]

Wow,,
I really like the 1st 2 pictures, Not saying I don't like the others,LOL

Besides there size, I always wondered about the temperment...
Do they have a picking food diet??
Jess

[BNixon]

They look awesome!!! Where did you get that Anery Green from....it almost has like a steel blue hue to it.

[Ben_Renick]

Male or Female, they are still a nice load to take care of.:)

Jessica: The snake being captive bred or wild caught REALLY makes a difference in this speices. Most wild caughts will have more of a wild temperment and some may calm down, some may not, it's just a chance. Most c/b Anacondas calm down fairly nice as long as you continue to handle them. For the most part they do have a pretty picky food diet. Some start off on Rodents, but most of the time you have to leave them alone to eat, or start them off on quail.

BNixon: The Anery is an Import from Guyana, which is a very lucky thing he is tame and feeding on f/t rodents!:)
~Ben

[murinus]

on anaconda temperement, my personal experience is green babies are far more tractable than yellows. dont get me wrong as my big female yellow has always been fine and i know 2 other people that have tame yellows, but as babies they seem far more nippy than all the greens i have come across hth

hi jess ;)

[JESSICA GORGES]

on anaconda temperement, my personal experience is green babies are far more tractable than yellows. dont get me wrong as my big female yellow has always been fine and i know 2 other people that have tame yellows, but as babies they seem far more nippy than all the greens i have come across hth

hi jess ;)

Hi, Back at-cha Murinus, ;)

Thankx for all the in put guys!!!
Jess

[Ben_Renick]

lol Well, I'm not going to disagree with Murinus, because he is right. But you just haven't been able to deal with some of the greens I have, lol, because I have dealt with some bad ones. These of course were wild caught, but either way. From what I've seen, Yellows tend to calm down really fast within the first month of handling. I've had one that actually stop snapping at its food within a month and was the tamest thing in the world. As far as Greens taming down, it's taken at least 2 months for some, these were wild caught of course, but they would take so many snaps at me. And then moving on to Hybrid Anacondas, well let me tell you, those just DO NOT calm down, lol. I've never seen a tame Green x Yellow Anaconda. The 12' female I just sold about 2 months ago was horrible, I opened the cage one time and it almost took a chunck out of my side. But really, I still think it's all depending on the snake, there are really tame greens and yellows and really not so tame ones.:)
~Ben

[brownsfan222]

i seen a picture on a classifieds site that had a guy holding one the snake appeared totally calm

[murinus]

ben you are so right, hey you can even get the odd nasty corn snake [ROFLMAO] do you have any pictures of the hybrid's ? would love to see some please. thanks ;)

[Ben_Renick]

lol. Yeah, I have some pics of my x-female. I sold her about 2 months ago, but she was deffidently a beautiful snake. Miss her, but deffidently don't miss her attitude.:)

Green x Yellow Anaconda
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/51956PICT1629.JPG
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/51956PICT1621.JPG
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/51956PICT1676.JPG

There ya go!:)
~Ben

[murinus]

hi ben, thanks for the pics, she does look very nice ! must admit i wouldnt like to deal with a nasty anaconda out of choice, i had a male yellow, not that big around 5 foot but he was totally untrustworthy. how big was your yellow x ? havent heard or seen any for sale over here in the uk at all, are they expensive ? have you been bitten by any of your larger annies ? thanks

edit :doh ! just read she was 12ft :D

[Ben_Renick]

Thanks! She was deffidently a gorgeous snake, but I wanted a Tame Green female to breed out, so that's how that worked out..:) As far as price goes, it depends on the snake and who is selling it. They can be quite expensive, but average is around $400 so far from what I've seen. I sold mine for only $350 with pick-up, because I needed to move her out ASAP.

Yes, I have been bitten by her in fact. She pulled the average Anaconda Side-Snap on me and got my hand. But she didn't stay attached, it was a quick bite and let go.

~Ben

[murinus]

side snap lol yes i know that move, different to a python ! without wanting to sound like i want to see gore, do you have any pics from your bites ? might be best to pm them if you do although i think bite pics are very good for education and should serve as a reminder of what our 'tame' snakes can and sometimes do by nature ? i might even put a post about this topic ???

[Ben_Renick]

Sorry, I didn't have my Camera with me when it happened sadly to say... lol, if you did want to see gore though, that would have been the picture to look at! As soon as she got off my hand, blood just squirted out, it bled for a good two hours. Not a pretty site, luckly it wasn't even a really bad bite. I've seen pictures of someone that had a 12' super tiger bite them, they had stitches AND staples all over their hand, it was horrible. I don't mean like 3 stitches either, I'm talking past 20. But if I ever get bitten again, I will be sure to take a pic. It could still happen with my Marbled Yellow, she still has an nice feeding response. With my Greens, I'm not so sure of it, I could pet their heads and they wouldn't even budge.:) On that note, I got some more pics just a bit ago, I was cage cleaning, and figured I would take my girl out for a bit, considering she isn't pregnant, there is no harm.:)

She doesn't look as big as she is though, and deffidently doesn't look like she weighs as much as she does. I broke a sweat just carrying her down the stairs. It's like balancing 70 lbs on you shoulders with it moving and you walking down stairs, lol. But here she is

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Female%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT2005.jpg

And just for a better color shot of my male, here he is hiding. This guy is so great, I can't wait to put them together.:)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Male%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT2010.jpg

This little guy took down his first small rat yesterday, gotta love him. Can't wait to put him with a female either!:)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Anery%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT2009.jpg

I'm taking a break, the Yellows cage is next, but I don't know if I will get pics or not, she just took down a Jumbo/Collosal rat yesterday, and she is usually pretty hostile after she eats, but we will see.:)

~Ben

[murinus]

ben i have to say that the colour of your male is AMAZING !!!!!!!! :049[1]:
i have just fed my green and yellow and i have more good news, the green ate mice again which is good, but it also took a small rat while eating one of the mice ! i really would love to get it to eat rats and get a bit of girth on it.

[Ben_Renick]

lol yeah... I've had that guy since he was a neonate... He is a pretty good feeder, he doesn't snap anymore, and everyonce in awhile he will take 1-2 lbs rabbits, mainly if they are thawed with a collosal rat. But once you thow a collosal rat in there, he is all over it, that's the only thing he still snaps at and has never refused. All of this is frozen thawed by the way, lol.

Good going on your Green, it's weird that it wont take rats and it will take mice... Usually that's an easy switch... Just thaw them out together and rub them all over eachother, after that, try the rat first, and if it doesn't take it, then feed it the mouse... Is it about 4' or so? W/c or C/b?
~Ben

[murinus]

i got it when it was around 4.5ft its now 6ft hence me laughing at him/her taking mice (they are like little chicken nuggets to it) and i would guess it would definately have been wc especially being in the uk. he was tame when i got him. how old is your male now ? also how big was your yellow x when you got her ? also keep those amazing pics coming (more of the hybrid? ) ;)

on the switching to rats, i dont know if i already said but this is only the second time he has taken rodents, so even taking mice is a good step for me. hopefully this will be the start of good things and maybe rats will happen soon :D

[murinus]

while i am trying to get my house ready to sell i have temporarily put my yellow and green together, this isnt a permanent thing but they are ok together short term. here they are looking like best buddies although to be fair i think they prefer being on their own.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/rudedubber/DSC00738.jpg
here you can see the size difference
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/rudedubber/DSC00743.jpg
photos arent great as they were taken through the glass + i aint to clever with a camera lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/rudedubber/DSC00741.jpg

[Burmcon52]

Awsome annies...I love you Male Green.....awsome Hybrid..awsome snake....to bad about the sttitude...do yuo keep in contact with her owner now? has she come around? lol...nice snakes :trink39[1

[Ben_Renick]

My male is a little over 2 yrs. now. I got the Hybrid when it was about 7-8' long. So about as big as my male is now. Yes, I have more of the hybrid, but only so many, lol. I will post some more later, but I can't continue to update them, considering I don't have the snake anymore. Sadly, it's hard to keep in touch with the guy I sold the hybrid to, considering he doesn't have email, but we still call eachother every now and then. He has 2 Hybrids, and like 4 Greens I think. Really nice guy and he showed me pics of all his room setups in his basement, deffidently a good home. And no, she wont come around, shes too old, she will probably be like that for the rest of her life. Or at least very untrustworthy...

Well if this is the second time, don't switch over to anything else, once the snake takes it once, it will take it again, so continue it on the feeding routine, and just keep trying rats, sooner or later it will be hungry enough to take them... By the way, both of your condas are VERY beautiful, I love the bright yellow, and the green is very awesome also! Keep some pics coming!

Be careful when you are housing them together like that though, if either one has a hardy appetite, you can count on some scars on the other one, and also, the stress of the Green being with the yellow is deffidently not going to help your feeding situation... Just a little heads up, it's going to be a lot harder to get it to eat during this time...:)
~Ben

[Ben_Renick]

Well, guess what I did today! Got more pics! lol. So I just figured I would add them on!
Male Green Anaconda
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Male%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT2041.jpg
Male Green Anaconda Bad Size Reference
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Male%20Green%20Anaconda/PICT2047.jpg
Marbled Yellow Anaconda
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/Ben_Renick/Marbled%20Yellow%20Anaconda/PICT2035.jpg
~Ben

[murinus]

ben you need to set up some form of shipping snakes over here to me ! ;)

[dan.]

What with all the hype of the albino lately i can't help wondering
how a snow would look ....................

[Ben_Renick]

lol, Alright, but now for the bad news, I'm not selling any of the snakes I have right now, lol.:) And for what a snow would look like, just take a picture of my Male Green Anaconda, and make him basically completely white, lol.:)
~Ben

[murinus]

ben, i didnt mean your snakes, altho i would definately have some of them if they were for sale. i meant as we dont get many nice annies over here in the uk especially the hybrids, you guys get all the good stuff ;)

[Ben_Renick]

lol I know, I was just kidding.:) I'm sure overtime there will be some reputable breeders though.:)
~Ben

[brownsfan222]

have u thought about producing hybrids? i think it would be neat to breed the anery to the marbled that would be the best hybrid ever produced :049[1]:

[Ben_Renick]

Yes, I've thought about it, and will probably give it a shot sometime with the marbled, but no guarentee as of right now. The Anery will probably be bred to a Green first though, but either way a Green to the marbled would still be a sight to see.:)
~Ben

[jim]

how long have u had anacondas?

[Ben_Renick]

It's been around 4 or 5 years now I suppose.:)

~Ben

[Burmesemike]

man i just wish my little yellow annie would calm down.....all she knows how to do is bite bite bite when she is in her cage...after you get her out an infant could hold her and she wouldn't even think of striking...but get near her cage and man your in for it...........

http://tinypic.com/jh54q1.jpg

[Ben_Renick]

I've handled a small Yellow like that before also. There are basically two ideas to go by, using the hook training approach, or take the bite, lol. I'm sure if you just handled her more she would calm down. My 6' Marbled Yellow was like that whenever I first got her in, she had a major feeding response in the cage, but she was perfectly fine when I handled her. I just used a hook to get her out for about 2 weeks, and now she is perfectly fine with my reaching my hand in and getting her and everything.:) Beautiful Yellow by the way!:) She will deffidently be a gorgeous adult!:)
~Ben

[Burmcon52]

Great Anacondas you guys. Awsome. Those are really pretty.

[Burmesemike]

well thank you very much the last 2 nights i've been holding her for about an 1 1/2 at a time and this morning i reached in to grab her and she didn't strike but it looked like she really wanted 2. o and by the way i forgot to mention lovely annies you got i've seen them on a few diff sites....when did you get that stunning male green???

[Ben_Renick]

Thanks!:)

Yeah, hopefully overtime she will calm down very nice for you.:) Sometimes Anacondas act up a lot more in the winter either way though. So keep that in mind also.:

I got my male green from a place called Cold Blooded Creations, about 3 yrs. ago. He started off fairly dark as a baby, basically with every shed he became lighter and lighter. His scale texture is actually different from my Female Greens also, his scales are very smooth and silky and my females are more rough and textured. My anerythristic Green Anaconda has the same scale texture as my male also, so I'm hoping my Anerys scales will be really smooth and silky as it grows also.

Thanks!
~Ben

[Burmesemike]

not like i know anything or nothing like that....but do you think that the anery's are like that and maybe your green is anery het???? just a question :confused:

[ssscales]

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=62&de=371283

Have any of you seen this yet?
Is this right...$75,000?

[Ben_Renick]

No... I don't think there would be any possible way my Green would be het. for Anery. I don't think Anerys have been bred in captivity yet, and if they have, I think the person selling it would have known it was het. because it would be worth A LOT more.:) It's probably just genetics with the scales, I think most of them have more silky and smooth scales compared to rough.:)

ssscales: Yeah, that's pretty much the only one in the world.lol. What I wouldn't do to get my hands on it.:) I'm actually suprised he's not trying to get more from it. I know he had a pair and he lost the female, so this male is the only one known in captivity, or even alive for that matter. Whoever owns that snake has a responsibility with it, lol.:) It HAS to be bred out, especially for the fact that if I can get a female albino, then I could make snows!:) Which I think would be a very nice thing to the Anaconda world to throw out a new morph.:)

~Ben

[dirty_harry]

$75 grand?!?!?!?! If he gets it, let me know... I know of someone that is selling a WC albino annie for 10,000!

[Ben_Renick]

Are you serious?

Can I PLEASE GOD have his email? lol. PM me, do whatever you have to, but I would very much like to talk to him!
~Ben

[dirty_harry]

yeah, this is like a month or two ago that the guy had it (like i said i know *OF* the guy, i don't personally know him)... i saw it and almost passed it by, because at a glance it looked like an albino burm, but then i took a good look and realized it was an annie... the guy had other annies (which i have been looking for) and i think i might still have his card at home... if not, i *might* be able to find out anyways in february-ISH when i meetup with one of my friends.

[Ben_Renick]

Thanks Dirty_Harry, I would apprecaite it so much if I can get any info on him at all!:) I mean, if you help me, you are totally going to be getting a free pair of Snows, Albinos, Greens, Anerys, Hypo Yellows, Marbled Yellows, whatever the heck you want, lol. 75,000 is way too much for me, but 10,000 I can probably work out with someone.:)

Thanks,
Ben