le serpent des blé
The word "Anaconda" comes from the Indian language Asian of Sinhalese and also reported to be at the origin of the word Réticulé Python. The synonym of this word east "will anaikolra", which means "killer of elephant". Nobody is sure with knowing why this name represents a South American snake, unless these two snakes (anaconda and python) have summers confused with the same species. The two species are excellent swimmers and are also both larger ophidiens in the world. The first Spanish colonists referred to this snake as being a "matatoro" or a "killer of bull".
The significance of the word "Eunectes" has parcontre much more smell than this last. Indeed, it means "good swimmer" and is of Greek origin. This giant constrictor developed a very good adaptation to the watery life due to its natural biotope.
DESCRIPTION
This night boa of average size to gigantic is a reptile as much mythical than splendid. Indeed, it is the snake more known, not for its beauty, but for its aggressiveness which is sometimes too badly judged. It is true that this species can include certain aggressive individuals, but the other majority should not be omitted; those having good character and which are also pleasant, if not more, that a boa constrictor.
Its size can radically vary, according to the species, from 6 to 27 feet. The Eunectes kind includes 4 distinct species of anaconda, including two very known which isEunectes murinus, the green anaconda which largest and is without any doubt known the most and the second, much smaller this time,Eunectes notaeus, better known under the name of yellow anaconda.
Several taxinomists believe that they existeraint two other species which, as for them, are much less known. One of its species would live on the gigantic island of Marajo, in the mouth of the Amazon;Eunectes deschauenseei. Apparently, it seems to have an intermediate size between E murinus and E notaeus, but which would resemble more the body of the green anaconda with a head approaching that of the yellow anaconda. Consequently, the mouth of the Amazon is broad of more than 200 miles what in fact an island which will unfortunately not be explored of so early by the scientists. FinallyEunectes beniensis, which it was the very last species discovered in 2002. One can only find this species in the north of Bolivia. Its morphology is very similar inEunectes deschauenseei but there exists yet only very little documentation about it of with its too recent discovered.
There is very few information available on the size between the green anaconda North, E murinus gigas, (area of the basin of the river of Orinoco) and the anaconda of the South, E murinus murinus (area of the basin of the river of the Amazon). On the other hand, the validity of its two subspecies is in constant debate, because there is very little difference which dissociate them (the calculation of the scales dorsal, ventral, subcaudales, labial and infralabiales does not show enough variation for beings significant). Only the other obviously perceptible difference is that the gigas tends to show of a degree much higher one line postoculaire much yellower or orange that at the murinus, which, tends to him to have a line postoculaire which is much more narrowly matched with its basic couleure which is the green olive. The theory of distinction appears true with the great majority of the specimens, although there were some exceptions. But we do not know if it acted of true exceptions or quite simply of a data of defective locality. Or, that it did not act of a precise subspecies but only one colouring different from the same subspecies coming from a nonsimilar geographical environment.
Some taxinomists as put forth the assumption as the green anacondas of the South, E Mr. murinus, would obtain a larger size at the adulthood than the form Nordique, E Mr. gigas. It with is noted that in the years 1800, their name trinomic was assigned before the precise data of their size were available. The gigas was in particular the first with being used.
In captivity, subspecies the most met and of courseEunectes notaeus andEunectes murinus gigas (although it is there also E Mr. murinus). This is included/understood because the origin of this snake (gigas) is in an area favourable with the importation.
The sexual dimorphism of this species is enough striking. The female green anaconda can exceed the 16 feet for an approximate weight of 200 kg, while the male measures on average 8 to 9 feet for approximately 30 kg. The neighbouring male specimens the 10 feet and more are enough râres and considered as being specimens in growth terminal. In captivity, it will take a similar form with Molure the male Python of the same size. As regards the records in the female murinus, a case of 34 feet and half was already announced but does not seem to be validated. A second, validated for this one, is a female of 33 feet for a weight of approximately 550 pounds.
As regards the record of width, it is a green anaconda which twice pèsait the weight of a Réticulé Python of the same size. Largest was discovered in 1960, a female of almost 26 feet whose circumference of its body was approximately 4,1 feet for a weight of 230kg (500 lbs).
The yellow female anaconda can exceed the 10 feet, but that is rather extremely rare. The males notaeus generally measure below 8 feet.
The reason of the incredible difference of size and weight between the males and the females is due to their mode of reproduction. The female anaconda must be very massive and tall in order to absorb the most possible reserve of food to be able to give rise to the many small ones. For the males, they are twice smaller and thin that the latter in order to have the most possible chances at the time of the couplings. Because it is not râre that an excess of males (more than one dozen) try to be coupled with only one and even female.
Physically, the anacondas have a massive head planted well on the level of the neck. Their nose is at the same time short and square. Their eyes, attaches close to their nose, small and are carried more to the top of cranium, which had with its semi-watery manners. They are extremely powerful and muscular, which make the frightening predatory ones.
The colouring of the green anaconda is of colour green olive with ocelles black dorsals. Its ventral face can pass from orange yellow to yellow mouchetées of black. The prime coat in the yellow anacondas is the yellow with greenish yellow with large dorsal black spots becoming smaller on the sides.
Surprising fact, this snake is one of only to have the gray-bluish interior of the mouth of color, to see purplished. The name "murinus" is a Latin word meaning the gray color of a mouse. It is thus believed that this name allotted to the species has a bond with the color gray-dark of their mouth. But scientifically, nobody can give valid explanations on the development like on the evolution of this oral color.
CHANGES AND FORM
In captivity the following changes belong to the green anaconda, that is to say the "orange high" and the "blue axanthic". For the yellow, there are the "patternless", the "granite" (genetic) like "the hypomelanistic". From here a few years, well of another change will occur.
There was that only one albino specimen. It acted of a green anaconda which is unfortunately deceased in air export says one. It had a commercial value of more than one million dollars.
There is alsothe hybrid, a yellow female anaconda reproduces with a green male. The physical aspect of the kids is the mixture of two colourings of chacunes of the subspecies.
LONGEVITY
This large boidé has a longevity being able to exceed in captivity the 30 years.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
These boas occupy the tropical forest, in the North of South America more precisely, they have amongst other things as a surface of distribution; the Amazon as well as the basins of Orinocco, Trinidad, is of the Andes, the North-East of Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanne, Suriname, Guyanne Française, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay as well as Uruguay.
They adore to attend the accesses of the rivers, savannas, marsh, lakes, ponds, etc... from where their second name "Boa watery or Toilets Boa". They prefer and by far to be in water to capture their preys by surprised because they cannot move quickly on the ground. They avoid the ground also closes in order to dodge the infestations of ticks.
It is important to note that the tropical forests of their natural environment decrease by day in day in order to leave place with the breeding like at the agricultural development areas.
The green and yellow anaconda are protected by QUOTE and appear as an annexe II. Unfortunately, they are commonly killed in an intensive way for their skins, "medicine" and in various other innovations on the South American markets.
FOOD
The anaconda is a ophidien which has a very slow metabolism. So it can pass from inombrable month without food without losing weight. For this reason, it is advised not too to give him meal in little time.
In its natural habitat, the anaconda nourishes rodents, birds, fish, iguanas, of will capibara, watery caïmen and other species.
Its single predator when this reptile is adult is the Man.
In are captive habitat, this snake is very voracious and has good appetite once that it started to eat. It will accept volontier the dead preys. It will be satisfied with great pleasure with mouse, rats, baby rats (very often the choice of the babies anaconda), rabbits and guinea-pigs adapted to its size. If it already ate poultries *, there are strong chances that it will refuse all other rodents in the future.
* The excrement of a reptile having for food of the poultry is very nauseous, liquid and impresses salmonellas. It is thus definitely more advantageous, as much for us that for the snake, to offer rodents to him.
A baby anaconda should normally begin his food with babies rats or jumping mice (of approximately 21 days) which one will give once per week. Although it is encré in the habit of the babies incipient anacondas not to nourish itself until the age from 2 to 3 months, it at least does not seem to lose weight and to weaken during this period of time. Certain baby will not want to eat rodents for their first meal. If not, one will have good luck that it accepts a chick. If it refuses one second time this type of food, the small fish or in the last reccours of frogs will be able to make change the opinion of the difficult serpenteau. So that the boa is alert in order to obtain more chance for the catch of food, one will wait the night come, when the weather is black. For more information, lira the section "Maintenance of the new-born babies".
Thereafter, when the reptile is sub-adult, it will be able to eat rats adapted to its size to the every 10 to 14 days.
Finally, when the anaconda is adult, one will have only to nourish it between 10 and 15 times per year with copiers preys adapted to his size.
It would be important to become aware of a thing: more the reptile is nourished, more it will grandiera and become enormous. The less it is nourished, the less it will be large adult once. But it is essential to nourish it to the maximum at the 7 days and at least with interval a 10 days, and less often when it eats large meal like rats, rabbits or pig of the Indies.
NB: The anacondas (green especially) are inclined with obesity due to their very slow metabolism. Although the majority of the snakes should not be "power feeder", it will be much more critical for the anaconda. When it east overfeeds, even the new-born babies tend to not put the growth over the length as it is supposed to be, but well on the circumference of its body.
It is of primary importance to nourish the reptile outside its vivarium where it remains. Normally, a plastic vat will be amply sufficient since it there is simply for injérer its prey and then gave in its primary terrarium. That will cause that when the owner wants to handle his boa for some reasons that is, when it opens terrarium there to insert its or its hands, the snake will not take in error the hand of its owner as being his meal! A snake accustomed to be nourished inside "its residence" will have the annoying tendency to associate the opening of its terrarium the distribution of its food, whereas a hot hand or a hot rodent enters there, for him, the diférence is not there.
It ALWAYS should be washed the hands when one has just touched a rodent and that one intends to handle or to touch the snake. The hand which will have touched the rodent will have imprégniée on it small odorous particles that the snake will quickly have made detect and to take the hand of the poor person for a rodent!
N.B. It is advised to always take to the practice of nourrire the snake with died preys, coldly is killed or frozen. In this manner, the snake will have the practice as soon as he is baby, will not balk and there will be thus no potential danger vis-a-vis with the reptile. A rodent frozen up to 6 months will not perdera any of its food values.
** It should be noted that one should not in no case to nourish a snake when it is in period of exuviation and never not to handle a reptile who has just eaten with the moin during 48 hours.
CARE IN CAPTIVITY
The terrarium of this giant will have to be built with very solid materials, easy to disinfect, sedentary in order to avoid any escapades, ventilated well, without wood neither porous surfaces (which is entirely disinfected and absorbs the bacteria and odeures) and especially without any pointed surface nor sharp.
It with is noted that the anaconda youthful will feel more protected in a smaller terrarium. Also, the anacondas will préfèreront and by far a terrarium which will offer terrestrial space to them (width and depth) and not in height.
The size of vivarium will have as a minimum like length, the ¾ the length total of the body of the snake, and the 1/3 of the reptile, for the width.
Like basic substrate, there are papers absorbents, which are effective but not very attractive with the eye. The substrate of paillit of pruche (and another copeaux/morceaux of wood) are as for me one of the substrates most beautiful, inexpensive, absorbents even the odors, not irritant and nor poison for the animal. Only thing important is that it is necessary to in no case to nourish reptile on this type of substrate because it risks to introduce chips creating thus stopper intestinal, or worse, that the chips are encrusted in the mouth, which create a rather sharp reaction unfortunately, that is to say "Mouth Roth". Thus to pay attention because the anacondas are very fragile on this last point.
The substrates with disadvised are the carpet synthetic grass which absorbs the bacteria and at the same time the odors. Sand, the gravel and this kind of substrate are to be proscribed because they can create disorders of health rather serious such of occlusions, lesions of the skin and "Mouth Rot".
NB It is imperative NEVER not to put like substrate the paillit cedar, it is a product with the harmful emanations and mortals for the reptiles!
When they are young, the anacondas adore to climb. To provide solid and well fixed branches will be thus advantageous for them, even adult once.
The anaconda, having very extremely leaning watery, will need one * rather large water bowl so that it can be immersed completely because it will pass on average 40% of its existence in this one. The terrarium will have a tropical temperature enters 24 °C and 32 °C. Never it will have to go below 24°C and with the top 32°C. At the end of terrarium, there will be the hot zone in which one second zone dries will be included there, which it, will occupy approximately the 1/3 of the hot zone. The temperature for this zone will fluctuate around 30-32 degrees and for the cold zone, enters 24 and 26°C. There will be also at its disposal of the masks, one in the hot part and a second in the cold part, with wet sphaigne inside one of it (or the equivalent of this substrate) so that it can be withdrawn in all quietude and to feel safe.
It is suitable to use a heating lamp (out of ceramics or bulb) if the desired temperature were not reached. The light will be lit for one 12 hours duration. Do not be afraid to use a thermometer! The heating rocks are to be proscribed completely.
The water content will vary from 60 to 80%. In order to increase the level of humidex of the ambient air, it is possible to put a hotplate under the water vat, which will hasten the evaporation of this one. If the desired degree were not reached by him even, to vaporize terrarium several times per day without soaking the ground because the hot zone must remain completely desiccated. It is important that the temperature of the water of the basin oscillates between 26 °C and 30°C.
N.B: To obtain a result right of the data, one will place the hygrometer as well as the thermometer at approximately 4-5 inches of the ground (10-15 cm).
It will be also practical to cover, using a plastic, a part of the opening of terrarium in order to keep the temperature as well as moisture well if this one has an opening on the top. It is adapted more, for the guard of an anaconda, to have a terrarium with frontal panes (of Neodesha type for example), which will more keep moisture in terrarium since it will not be able to evaporate and to escape on the top.
* An American stockbreeder of more than thirty years of experiment and successes with green anacondas A emitted that those did not need necessarily to have a large water basin to soak itself there entirely but just enough for drinking. And yet, all their adults are private of basin of water and one only one small bowl to water itself as for the majority of the other snakes. And surprising fact, they reproduce and live in a way identical to those which have right to the water basin. This new guard in captivity is called "dry method" or dry method.
If you wish that there be only one water bowl to water itself, it is important to know that it will have to be accustomed as of its birth (if not there large will be stresses harmful) to have one rather small water bowl for not that it is immersed completely. It will be accustomed thus until the adulthood and will not even seek and will not be interested in going in its small water bowl to immerse itself. If one does not offer the safety to him which it feels when it is in water, it will be of primary importance to offer several hiding-places to him to the various places (that it is a water basin there or not, the hiding-places are necessary to their wellbeing). The only additions which is important to take in note is to increase a little more the levels total of moisture of terrarium. The stockbreeder assure us, in spite of the common thought, that the anacondas having that only one water bowl to water itself was not stressed at all and did not miss anything according to their behavior.
PS The "dry method" was tested and was successful only with the green anaconda. It is supposed that the yellow anaconda will réagiera same manner, but nobody proved it until now.
Another interesting facts, it as noted as the green anacondas left much moin matter fecal as the other large ones boidés and than they were not more malodorous.
On the other hand, if you want to offer an immense water basin to them... It should be known before very that the majority of the anacondas will remain so much a long time in water, that they will develop a cutaneous disease rather early. But why in captivity the anacondas have a strong tendency to develop this disease as for those which live in nature, passing as much, if not more hour in water and which does not have any problem absolutely? The answer is simple. The water of the tap that one offers to them has an oscillating pH around 7-7.5. What largely supports the proliferation of the bacteria in this water, even if it is changed on a day labourer basis. But what happenhappen does pH of their natural environment? And well, in the Amazon and in the surrounding, the pH sails around the 5.5. This acidity, no bacterium survive it. To obtain a pH between 5.5 and 6.0 in captivity, one will use vinegar distilled (conventional vinegar) to descend the pH. The vinegar will dissoudera carbonate in water for approximately one to two days. It is necessary to use a échel test of pH as tool bus too much acid will harm to them. To change water once per day is sufficient. The green and yellow anaconda will not have any problem to tolerate an acid water, contrary to the bacteria.
For disinfected the bowl or the basin of water, preferably weekly, one will use hydrogen péroxyde like you pure vinegar (inofensif for the snakes). Then, to brush, wash and rinse well with very hot water. This product is absolutely not toxic if by malheure there remain traces about it, contrary to bleach.
REPRODUCTION
The sexual maturity of the anaconda arrives towards the age of 1 half year at 4 years. They are sometimes difficult with sexer using a probe. The second best solution being the inversion of the hémis penis when they are a male or with * the obersvation the pelvic claws, one can arrive with good result.
* One can determine the sex of an anaconda very well simply by looking at their pelvic claws. As at the boa constrictor, it is not the presence nor the absence or the size of the claws which imports, but well the structure and the form which this claw has, which will permettera us to distinguish the difference between the male and the female. The taller the anaconda is, the more it will be easy to perceive the structure of the claw. To use a binocular microscope of power 10 can be very useful for us for sexer the incipient anacondas, but an ordinary magnifying glass will make the deal very well. Once that the anacondas will have reached approximately 4 or 5 feet, the shape of the claw could be easily seen with the naked eye. For the small specimens as for the majority, one second nobody assistant will be necessary to maintain it.
For the anacondas females, the claw will be deeply inserted in a cavity from and of other of the cesspool. You can open the cavity with your fingers to emphasize the claw. The latter will have a conical form and will be as long as broad at its base. It will have also a very light curve.
For the claw of the male, it will be with the moin twice longer than broad at its base and will narrow very rapidment towards the end. The end of the claw will have a hook of an angle from almost 90 degree.
The claw of the female tends to being generally clearer than that of the male, but that is not always true.
The male green anaconda can reproduce as soon as it reaches the 5 feet, contrary to 4 feet for the yellow anaconda. For the females green anaconda, a size of 9 feet is necessary and for the yellows, 4 feet and halves. The key to success to make a success of a coupling is to include several males for a female.
The season of reproduction in captivity begins from October at April: best time generally resides in autumn and winter. The reproducers must have an excellent weight before the coupling.
So that the copulation takes place, it will be necessary to reduce the temperature of night to approximately 20-22 °C and the day, the temperature must remain lower than 27 °C. A reduction of the cycle of luminosity must be made there: it must pass from 12 noon to only 8 hours. It can be beneficial to vaporize the reptiles with hot water.
Gestation will last between 115 and 135 days. The anaconda being ovoviviparous, the female will give birth from 10 to 40 serpenteaux and more which will measure on average, at the greens between 27 and 34 inches and 17 and 24 inches for the yellows.
The yellow and green anaconda are very often reproduced in captivity, but seldom in Canada.
MAINTENANCE OF THE NOUVEAU-NÉS
Young people the anaconda will be placed in a plastic vat of 28 liters (more or less) or in a terrarium of equivalent size with as substrate is newsprint or paillit of pruche. In this terrarium, one will fourniera to them a hiding-place, a small bowl of water as well as other small bowls (being used as hiding-place) containing sphaigne or paper saturated with water for moisture. This small hiding place will be placed directly below the heat source in order to increase its effectiveness. One will avoid large the water bowl for not which it immerses. The water bowl used to water itself will have to be rather small for not that the snake does not return entire inside, making overflow water. Interesting fact, the new-born babies do not seem to show any interest to coil themselves and to try to immerse itself in their water bowl. The suitable temperature will be provides by a heating carpet deposited under the 1/3 back one of the surface of the vat so that it can cross the length of entire terrarium. The purpose of this will be to obtain a heat gradient fluctuating from 80 to 90 °F (26.5 to 32 °C).
Although the female agrees to nourish itself a few days after having given birth, the attempts at food of the babies will not begin before the age from two to three weeks. This reaction is not very surprising for the new-born anacondas. Mice youthful or many rats fuzzys, alive or expense-killed, will be tested for the two next months, but usually, without success. That can take a little time before they want nourrire. The last new-born babies prédédemment high proved that some of them préfèraient the small mice, whereas of other the rats fuzzys recommended. Some will want alive preys to begin while others will eat readily frozen without any hesitation. Or, some specimens will selectionneront the chick, which it will immediately accept like first meal. Some times the fish will be used in order to stimulate their appetite. Then, one will give them some chick meals to which one will have took care of F
rotter this last with a rat. One will apply this method for one duration of approximately one to two me. This will permettera with the snake to be accustomed to the odor of the rodents for finally giving them thereafter rats expense-killed which it will accept easily. It with is noted that no problem of health occurred on the new-born babies having been high in this way.
The key to success to succeed in to feed the young anacondas is to offer an environment to them to the adapted conditions, less possible disturbance and as much as possible to present a good variety of food to them. Best the solution at the time of the meal initials is of the nourrire during the night, because it seems that the babies anacondas have a greater facility to eat in the black. Moreover, if the prey is inoffensive, it could be left with the new-born baby until the morning. Do not be afraid to give him various kinds of food, until time that you find that which will function with your snake. The anacondas one a metabolic rate very low, even for a boidea and the serpenteaux healthy ones can be months without feeding and still seems very robust. Once that it starts to eat, the transition from food initial to the rodents using the friction is normally not a problem. It is very desirable to offer as soon as possible expense-killed or defrosted rats to them. Nourrire weekly the new-born babies with a large prey functions relatively well. Quite sour, as it grows, the size of food as well as the program of food will be rehabilitated consequently.
CHARACTER, HANDLING AND OBSERVATION
The anaconda, being a species in very variable matter, can calmest of all be boidés or quite simply a chain saw (for the individuals request in kind and those which were not handled enough or at all). The young anacondas have a strong tendency to be nervous, but in captivity, with frequent handling, they are often calmed and become animals raisonables. It is thus of primary importance to buy a baby born in captivity if you wish to have the most possible chance than it is not aggressive all his life during. You ensure although it eats.
The anaconda, like any other snake, must learn how to establish its confidence on you. The owner must thus show him that the snake is in safety on him. It is completely éronné to believe that a snake will trust you if you always take it behind the head!
The majority of the stockbreeders of anacondas and others ophidiens get along for saying that the serpenteaux ones will inherit the embarrassments behavioral of their parents. It was proven indeed, that a reproductive couple very calm and having very good provision towards the human one gave rise to babies quite as nice without any aggressiveness and that they did not even constrictaient their prey at the time of the meal!. It is thus important to become aware and not to hesitate to see the parents before even acquiring an incipient anaconda. Of course, some exceptions occur sometimes in a group of new-born babies coming from the same range.
If it has the moisture which it needs, this snake has a very strong tolerance vis-a-vis at the low temperatures comparatively with the others boidés.
This snake has a strange manner of defending itself; instead of biting normally like the other snakes make, it will give blows of head on both sides while having the opened mouth, such of the blows of successive whips and very rapids, leaving the person who handles it with several wounds.
The teeth ofEunectes are rather impressive. Indeed, the anaconda is equipped with very long, sharp-edged and massive teeth. Although its bite is not poisonous (as all the members of Boidea) it is not moin extremely painful.
According to the experiments of NERD, anacondas' would have a phobia to be placed in bags or containers. It does not matter if the anaconda has a calm nature or not, it seems to panic when one deposits it in this type of place.
Problems of health more couramments met in captivity in the anacondas:
1 Firstly, respiratory infections, expressed by an excess of fluids in the mouth and the nose, with oral lesions. This infection is the result of bad conditons the such too cold temperatures, the air dries, a dehydration, stresses it and the parasites. The treatments for this infection is to increase the level of moisture and the temperature with more than 27 °C. It is important to reduce as much as possible stresses it animal. If the infection persists, want to consult a veterinary surgeon.
2 In the second place, "Mouth Rot" occurs when one apperçois that the reptile has canker and oral lesions. This syndrôme has like result the same one as for the respiratory infection. It may be very well that the reptile rubbed on hard surfaces, or that there are been a bite of rodent or material (substrate for example) of placed in its mouth. To treat, increase the temperature with 32°C, to clean and disinfect the lesions with a solution of 1.5% of hydrogen péroxyde diluted with 50:50, then, to remove the dead parts and to sponge with bétadine twice per day. If no improvement is shown, a veterinary surgeon will have to be consulted.
3 In third place; when the snake makes a dry moult. I.e. that certain pieces of moult remain adérées on the skin of the reptile. That is due is with a dehydration, at an inadequate temperature, a disease or with stresses. It is necessary to make it possible the animal to hide in a very wet place when it is in period of moult, like a dish of water or a container with a humidified substrate. When the anaconda is in moult, it is also beneficial to vaporize it some times per day.
4 Thereafter, there are the burns and "Belly Rot" which are caused when the reptile had an exposure to a too powerful heat source or the conditions of its vivarium is not medical. To follow same the procedures as for the "Mouth Belch" while treating all endomagés fabrics and especially, to correct the unsuitable conditions.
the 5 mites are small sucker ectoparasites of bloods which are very irritating for the serpent¸. They seem small black spots on the animal where in the content of its water bowl. In order to solve this problem, it will be wise to consult a animalery specialized in reptiles, an experienced herpetologist or a veterinary surgeon.
The ticks are also ectoparasite which unfortunately are very often found on the reptiles coming directly from their natural environment. The technique allowing the extraction of this parasite is to take it while making a torsion in the direction of the needles of a watch. But the head is likely to be torn off and remain encré in the body of the reptile, creating rather quickly an abscess. The best solution is of drowning by suffocation the parasite with petroleum jelly. What will entrainera the death of the insect at the end of a few days for finally the extracter.
The intestinal parasites can also become a problem, especially with the imported animals. Symptoms the such problems of excessively slow growth, the frequent régurgitations, the refusal to eat, and the depression are all of the possible signs to a infestation of parasites. It would be in wise case and all at the same time careful to bring a fresh sample of fecal matter in a veterinary surgeon in order to treat the parasites, if it is necessary.
Evaluation of the level of difficulty: Moderated with high. This reptile is very far from being a snake for beginner. A certain level of experiments with the large ones boidés is strongly recommended. If one does not provide to the snake a protected site as well as an adequate hygroscopy and a dry part in his terrarium, of severe problems of health will occur.
Finally, I would add that the anaconda is a splendid snake having a good attitude and that it will be able to be made like by those which know how to be caught there.
* Do not forget that one is responsible all his life lasting for an animal which one "tamed" *
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