There's a simple way to tell in your boa has "something" in her. If she's larger than 6 feet you'll need someone to help you. What you need to do it take her out of her cage. Then allow the last 1/2 to 1/3 of her body hang. If she's a very heavy female you'll need to have a second person "support" the "hanging part of her last 1/2 to 1/3" of her body during the hanging process.

Now "if" she has something in her.... Could be babies, slugs, a mixture of both....

You'll see a lumpiness to the hanging part of her body. This lumpiness should take up "all" of the last 1/3 of her body. The larger the lumpy area is the more likely you have babies in her. If it takes up not quite 1/3 of her lower body it's more likely you have a mixture of babies and slugs. If it take up a lot less than 1/3 of her body you most likely have slugs. If there's not lumpiness..... She's not gravid.

BTW this is the method my vet used to determine if my boa was gravid a few years ago. He wasn't able to do a Sonagram, so he did the hanging method. I was amazed at how "obvious" the lumpiness in her lower half was.

Anyway give it a try. Even if you don't get an "exact" answer... At least, you'll have a better idea if she's gravid or not. BTW this only works if they're pretty far along.

Of course, you could also use the temperature method. A gravid boa will have a body temp of 85 to 88 degrees.

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• Breeders - is she gravid? Lots of pics. - liquid-leaf, Wed Jul 18 11:21:56 2007
• RE: Breeders - is she gravid? Lots of pics. - PastelDream, Wed Jul 18 11:47:07 2007
• RE: One more thing... - PastelDream, Wed Jul 18 11:52:10 2007
• Do you think I need a - liquid-leaf, Wed Jul 18 13:18:21 2007
• RE: Do you think I need a - PastelDream, Wed Jul 18 14:26:18 2007
• temperature - liquid-leaf, Wed Jul 18 13:26:24 2007
• RE: temperature - PastelDream, Wed Jul 18 14:28:18 2007
• RE: temperature - liquid-leaf, Wed Jul 18 15:10:48 2007
• RE: temperature - liquid-leaf, Wed Jul 18 15:15:32 2007
• RE: temperature - Guy Scavone II, Wed Jul 18 22:08:35 2007
• RE: Breeders - is she gravid? Lots of pics. - AbsoluteApril, Wed Jul 18 12:41:45 2007
• RE: Breeders - is she gravid? Lots of pics. - bahreptiles, Wed Jul 18 15:56:23 2007
• Well... - liquid-leaf, Wed Jul 18 13:16:18 2007
• She does NOT seem gravid. - liquidleaf, Wed Jul 18 19:23:08 2007
• She really is a beautiful animal!... - bthacker, Wed Jul 18 19:33:53 2007
• RE: She really is a beautiful animal!... - wh00h0069, Thu Jul 19 09:21:25 2007
• RE: She does NOT seem gravid. - bahreptiles, Thu Jul 19 14:53:20 2007
• RE: She does NOT seem gravid. - AbsoluteApril, Thu Jul 19 15:47:07 2007