>>I'd pull the male and give the female another year to mature.



Or two!!!



I give my females at least three years and quite often 4 years to fully mature. The benefits are larger healthy litters and a larger healthier momma that can turn around and breed again sooner.



Think of it this way, if 3 or 4 years is optimal for mature females to start reproducing and 2 is minimal, it's like 5-6x the maturity rate of humans.



At 2 years old, a female boa is like a 10-12 year old girl, small, most likely not, but maybe, just maybe mature enough to get pregnant but very likely not mature enough to physically be a good mommy.



At three years old that same female boa is like a 15-18 year old girl. Very likely physically capable of getting pregnant but still lacking in maturity.



At four years old, the female boa is like a 20 - 24 year old woman. Note, I'm now calling her a woman because she's now sexually mature and physically capable and ready to get pregnant and have kids.





My 0.02$
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Thanks,





Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com







0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)

0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):

36.51 BRB

29.42 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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