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Old 09-17-2007 | 11:57 AM
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Plastic tubs are common homes for snakes. I dont like doing it, but many people do. Who is your uncle, that had the albino anaconda? To my knowledge those have never been successfully bred in captivity. Any pics of that snake?
I'll see if i can find pics, he only lasted about 3-4years, got about 8feet or so, but he was trying to breed it with a nrom anna, and they fought it lost one of its eyes, it lived but not longer then a few months, The tub is where i kept the guinea pigs, the snake was in a 10'Lx7'Wx4'H it was a massive tank he made.

He did not get the albino from a lab or anything, he know a guy who was trying to breed them to make them real, but he only got a clutch of eggs, and only 2were albino, shortly after that he got in trouble with the law, and my uncle got one of the baby's, the rest were all released back to the wild, the other one tho they tried to keep it alive did not make it one 1week. It was a sight to bee seen, the only reason he did not want to tell anyone, cause you know, they would come take it from him and make it a lab rat to see how it was born, he did not want that, he had a 4bedroom house, me joined to bed rooms together and made a life like gage for him even a small pool, i was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay young when this was going on, but he brings it up now and again.

I kept my snakes in the large reptile tanks, once my girl was moved into the that 60gallon, it was like Paradise for her, but shortly after laying one clutch, she got sick and about 2-3months after she did not make it, and what kills me, is it was the day i got her from the exotic pet store 2 1/2 hours away, i went out to get her a spice food treat, and a some new bedding, came home and was shocked, she was ice cold, and still. It broke my heart, i want another one but mom does not want me to have another one. The eggs made it i kept one but it got lose somehow and have not seen it since, but the rest went to the pet shop in town, got 75 a piece for each. But it did not bring her back tho. I forget what the doctor said she had, but its common for ball's.

I want to get an albino ball, but have you seen the price, it would kill me but there so beautiful tho.