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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• SUPER MOTLEYS !!!!!!! - millenniummorphs, Wed Jul 19 12:36:20 2006
• 18 months? - senorsnake, Wed Jul 19 12:50:15 2006
• RE: 18 months? - PastelDream, Wed Jul 19 13:02:32 2006
• RE: Not to throw stones...But>>> - ghackney, Wed Jul 19 13:33:54 2006
• Very well said - Kevin_Johnson, Wed Jul 19 14:26:02 2006
• RE: Not to throw stones...But>>> - millenniummorphs, Wed Jul 19 15:40:30 2006
• RE: 18 months?.....YES, please read. - millenniummorphs, Wed Jul 19 15:39:32 2006
• Stop explaining yourself!! - snakeguy46, Fri Jul 21 09:39:06 2006
• Do people know what there Talking About? - boas_etc, Thu Jul 20 07:23:40 2006
• Congrats Adam! No pics till later? Cruel - Daniel Klopson, Wed Jul 19 13:11:09 2006
• CONGRATS ADAM! Great Stuff!!! -Joe - bcijoe, Wed Jul 19 14:00:31 2006
• RE: CONGRATS!!!! SUPER MOTLEYS !!!!!!! - ajfreptiles, Wed Jul 19 14:45:21 2006
• RE: SUPER MOTLEYS !!!!!!! - Jeremy Stone, Wed Jul 19 16:49:43 2006
• RE: SUPER MOTLEYS !!!!!!! - millenniummorphs, Thu Jul 20 01:47:26 2006
• RE: SUPER MOTLEYS !!!!!!! - mishkam, Wed Jul 19 19:54:06 2006