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can anyone suggest a site or a book that i can read to help me get a better idea of how to breed boas ?

iv been keeping boas for years now and i would like to take my experince and love to snakes(boas) to the next level

Jeff Ronne had a really good article in Reptiles Magazine years ago and there's an older book out there called "The Reproductive Husbandry of Boas and Pythons," but both are pretty old.

i have the book Boas & pythons (breeding and care) by erik D. stoops & annette t. wright but i feel its not too detailed .. if you can suggest a site or a book that is completly dedicated to breeding that would be better

Here's a good one:http://www.riobravoreptiles.com/care_breedingboas.htm
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Things always get cloudy, just before transformation.

To cool or not to cool? I know both are successful, but is one more successful than the other? If a female has always been cooled in the past would not cooling be a viable option?
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0.1 Het Albino
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cooled ?

to drop the temps in preperation of breeding, mimicing the change in seasons.
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0.1 Het Albino
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I cool but only based on the natural cooling due to the temps outside, Maybe 3 degrees.

How do your litters come out?
Do you get a lot of slugs?

Not usually, actually they have been really good for the most part. I really dont think cooling or not cooling has any relation to slug count anyway. I usually keep the males in the cooler spots in the room and the females in the warmer spots.

Cool! That's great.
I was just thinking that maybe the temps might affect the males' sperm count.

I think only extremely high temps will kill the sperm. I am not 100% on that but that is what I have heard. Vinnie

Thanks, Vinne!

I just read Dr. Mark Seward's video on ball python breeding. Which I thought was very good, I e-mailed him to sugest one on Boa Constrictors he replied that he's working on one. I can hardly wait, I always wonder if what I'm doing is the best way