It was not a typo. Yes I bred a female at 18 months. I do understand that 18 months is young to breed, and if I felt that her life was in jeopardy I would not have bred her. I have been breeding boas close to 20 years and honestly feel that in some cases it is ok to breed a female at 18 months. It all dependes on the animal. This particular girl was and amazing feeder from the start and was close to six feet at a little over a year. I was debating on breeding her in december, until she started really putting on the body weight. By the end of February she was better looking than half the adults that were 4 years old and breeding. So I put her into the breeding program. And sure enough, she had a great litter and produced the SUPER MOTLEY! She is doing excellent now and is going to be back on feed shortly.

Please understand that this is not something I do all the time, and would never jeopardize the life of an animal. I held off on breeding about 6 more females due to there size and age last season. Hopefully you can now understand why she was bred at 18 months.

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