I'll try my best to answer this. Determing whether or not a boa is gravid is probably the hardest part of breeding boas. Every female is different. Some have huge noticeable ovulations, others don't... which may be your case. Some swell up very large with babies about halfway through the gestation period, and again, others don't swell up much at all.

What I would look for, even though she's staying on the cooler end of the cage, watch how she is laying. Is she in a "heat consertative" coil position? Or she may stretch out the lower half of her body because it's more comfortable, perhaps even turn belly upwards.

She may drop off food completely, or others eat like pigs while gravid, although I wouldn't recommend trying to feed her this late into it. The only way to really tell if she is 100% sure would be to get an ultrasound done at a vet. But again, being this late in the game, I don't know if I would want to put the stress on her to pick her up, transport her, etc.

My advice to you.... keep waiting. Hopefully you'll get lucky. If you're anything like the rest of us, you are impatient and this waiting thing SUCKS, but.... sometimes you get pleasently surprised, keep us posted.
Tony

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• How do I tell if she is gravid? - metalpest, Fri Apr 27 00:46:43 2007
• RE: How do I tell if she is gravid? - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Sat Apr 28 15:42:57 2007
• RE: How do I tell if she is gravid? - metalpest, Sat Apr 28 17:09:04 2007
• RE: How do I tell if she is gravid? - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Sat Apr 28 22:45:45 2007
• RE: How do I tell if she is gravid? - metalpest, Sun Apr 29 02:04:29 2007