I just purchased , today, my first pair of Red Bloods.

I have kept many reptiles, for over 20 years, and I have produced hundreds of colubrids, and am trying my hands at breeding boas this year.

I just got them, so I am not yet posting pictures.

I have them both in a heated sweater box rack: cool end 79-80, and warm end 92-94. they have a tight fiting hide-box at each end, and water in the middle. I have a Ranco-controlled room temperature that runs from 78-83 deg f. which I cycle DTH and NTL. I have an ultrasonic room humidiier, which maintains humdidty between 50%-70%. I think they are pretty well set up.

The female is hatchling sized, and the male is probably pushing 1000 grams and is about 1 year old.

I got the pair at a pet shop for $160 total, and the male is a stunner! not really RED, but REALLY orange. the price could not be beat, and they were CB by a local fellow here in Boise ID.

What is a viable breeding weight for a female, and how long should it take to achieve this weight?

How the heck do you tell if a blood is getting obese? They all look corpulent to me!

I will take pictures next week, after they have settled in a bit.
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Jeremy J. Anderson

snakepimp.com

gemstatereptiles.com

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• I am a Blood Python Newbie, any advice? - snakepimp, Fri Dec 31 17:24:40 2004
• Hey SnakePimp,welcome to the BLOOD forum...more - biggworm, Fri Dec 31 17:56:15 2004
• Awesome, thank You ALL - snakepimp, Fri Dec 31 18:12:35 2004
• Oh thanks for the nice words about my Boas. - snakepimp, Fri Dec 31 18:15:23 2004
• Oh yeah,here's my setup. - biggworm, Fri Dec 31 18:01:04 2004
• RE: Oh yeah,here's my setup.(Top VIEW) - biggworm, Fri Dec 31 18:03:10 2004