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I have 2 females that are breeding this year. One is in a boaphile cage, the male has been courting like crazy, and the humidity is around 65%. I dont really think I need to soak her but I really want to feel for folicals, but I dont know if I should disturb her since everything seems to be going really good with that pairing ( I have seen 2-3 copulations in the last week).

The other female is in shed, and is in a cage with alot of ventilation, normally I would soak her before she sheds to make sure she has a good shed. However her male has also been courting like crazy, and she is looking fat in all the right places. I dont want her to have a bad shed but I also dont want to disrupt anything if she has folicals building up. I have also seen copulations with this pair. Any advice would be great, they both have plenty of fresh water to drink as much as they want.

I would just mist the cage. I wouldnt risk disturbing them.
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- Mike Fourquet

Cloaca Herpetoculture
www.CloacaHerps.com

That's exactly what I was going to say!
Even that may disturb them a little (or it may stimulate them even more), but it'll disturb them LESS if that's the case. All I ever do for healthy snakes is mist them at a few key times during the cycle and I get perfect sheds all in one piece usually.
Good luck!
Aaron