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joshhutto
at Fri Apr 6 15:51:28 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by joshhutto ]
I do understand what you are saying, but I think one reason up until recently alot of people didn't understand the needs to reproduce boas on a consistant basis. Add to this that I've noticed some of the great boa people were reluctant to say the least about giving away advise to those trying to breed them. yes it takes longer for males and females to reach breeding size by sometimes several years. But think about it, if a female produced 3 litters in 10 years (assuming she was 4.5 and big for her first breeding) averaging 30 babies per litter, that's 90 babies or a 9 per year average. Take the same bp even if she breeds at 1.5 years old (which is the exception not the rule) she would have to give you 9 eggs per year, every year which will not happen to keep up with a boa's production.
now the problem arises in teh fact that you can keep 4 adult females in the space that 1 boa would need. So i guess in a breeding facility, per square footage, bp's are more prolific, lol.
on a side note, I think you are underestimating the number of motleys out there. and now that there are super males breeding there will be a huge production increase this year
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles
Various Ball Pythons:::
1.0 striped vanilla
1.0 spider
1.2 Citrus Ghost and hets
1.2 Albino and hets
2.3 het Pied
0.6 50% poss het pied
1.1 Pastel (male has additional gene going on with him)
a bunch of normal female breeders
a bunch of normal female holdbacks and several rescued normal males
0.1 columbian boa, she's a feeding monster, controls my
over production of rats, lol
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa, another rat eating monster
1.1 corns
a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!
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RE: Example: - joshhutto, Fri Apr 6 15:51:28 2007