Lately I haven't been handling her as much, but we have trust established, and she never mistakes me for food. When I first got her, I would handle her like every day, except for after she ate, and about 2 days from that period as well. So I set her in her tank which was already set up at the time, and I left her alone for 5 or so days, then I started handling her, and she's never bitten me since. That was my fault though as you aren't supposed to handle snakes right away, but let them get used to the environment first. Once when she came out of the pillow case, and again when I tried to move her to my other hand. The only time she's ever bitten me was when that FedEx package came in the mail, and I took her out to admire her beauty, she nipped me 2x. I bought my first yellow anaconda as a baby, a few weeks after she was born. I wouldn't necessarily call them fiesty, more or less insecure. You generally want the tank to be at least half the length of the snake, and for these species, you should make sure it's wide also.Ĥ.) It's temperment is soley based on you + the snake + the breeder. You don't want to power feed, and you want to enjoy the snake growing over time, not just get it and attempt to get it bigger right away.ģ.) The size of your tank would be rather big for a baby Yellow, as I would recommend you getting a baby and working with it from its smaller size. I would say 8-10 is more like 9-11.Ģ.) Growth rate all depends on how often you feed and what not. Females will get into double digits easier then males. Females of the boa species are larger then males. Many different variables come into play with your questions, but I will answer as closely to your questions as I can.ġ.) Males usually stay in single digits, although if I recall correctly once or twice they've gotten in double digits. What have your yellow anacondas been like? And how well it can be avoided by proper and regular handling? I have read that yellow anacondas can be very unpredictable and feisty. The only thing that keeps me from letting my bf have the snake is it's possible aggression. Does it sound too small? Height of the terrarium would be about 4 - 5 ft.Ĥ. We have been thinking of building a terrarium that's size would be about 6ft x 3 - 4ft if/when we get a yellow anaconda male. How quickly they have reached, let's say 8 feet?ģ. So the question is, how big your snakes have got?Ģ. Of course some inviduals might grow even bigger. On some sites it says that the average size is about 9 - 13 ft on both genders, but here I read that average size is 6ft - 8ft on males and 8-10ft on females. So I thought hearing about personal experience of your yellow anacondas would help.ġ. My bf have been wanting a yellow anaconda for almost a year now and when we saw a few of them in reptile zoo, he kinda totally fell in love We have read about the yellow anaconda on different sites but it seems that the info on those sites is quite variable (especially about the size and temperament). No people that had own experience of yellow anacondas answered. I already asked about Yellow anaconda on a finnish forum but all i could get was info I already knew and had found it by myself from google (even though I particularly asked for people that had own experience of the snake). By experienced I mean people that have owned this gorgeous specie, you don't need to be a sage

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