I would not place much emphasis on when the male loses interest as this is very unpredictable as others have pointed out. When we followed a bunch of my boas with ultrasound, the most surprising observation was that the breedings we observed took place 30-45 days before the females ovulated, usually when the follicles were still very small. After mating, the follicles grew quickly to 40-45 mm then ovulation occured soon there after. I have since felt it was more important to make sure males were placed with females well in advance of their pre-ovulation swell.
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Rick Staub

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• Breding timing question..... - rainbowsrus, Mon Jun 11 11:33:37 2007
• yes, yes and YES!!! - gmherps, Mon Jun 11 11:48:39 2007
• Well that helps a lot.....NOT ; - ) np - rainbowsrus, Mon Jun 11 12:05:05 2007
• RE: Well that helps a lot.....NOT ; - ) np - gmherps, Mon Jun 11 14:32:48 2007
• RE: Breding timing question..... - Craig K., Mon Jun 11 12:07:21 2007
• RE: Breding timing question..... - rainbowsrus, Mon Jun 11 12:34:36 2007
• RE: Breding timing question..... - Rick Staub, Tue Jun 12 19:46:20 2007