That these younger boas that "accidentally" were put together during a cage cleaning, were put together "accidentally".



I've also put a "younger pair" together during a cage cleaning. The male was almost 3 years old and quite small. He may have been about 30 inches. The female was 18 months old and just over 3 feet. They were together for less than 30 minutes. Still the male was trying to court/breed her. Of course, I seperated them. She was much you small and young and he was simply a "dirty old man". LOL. I don't like my boas breeding until the females are 3 to 4 years old.



Now imagine a person with a pair that younger, but a bit larger boas. In fact, their pair is close to breeding "size". They're still probably too young, but they have size. Now imagine their owners are somewhat "new" to owning boas. They've probably read on the forums about boas breeding young and with no problems. Maybe they've read that "they don't breed unless they're READY". Well, in their excitement they leave the pair together. No greed intended. They simply are in awe of the possibility of their boas reproducing. Does this make them bad people??? Does this make them greedy??? Does this accidental breeding encounter make them wrong???? I'd say "no" to all 3. Sometimes things just happen. Especially with all the coflicting info about size/age of breeding boas.

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