I am trying to breed Dumerils Boas and havn't had any success. I am keeping them togather at about 80 degrees in the day and about 72 degrees at night with a humidity level of 70%. I brumated them at 60 degrees for two months. Does anyone have any advice?
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Breeding Dumerils Boas
reptileguy99
Jan 07, 2007 05:27 PM
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joeysgreen
Jan 08, 2007 06:49 AM
My first impression is that they need higher temperatures. 80 at the top end? Isn't enough IMO, but go to the boa forum and get more first hand opinions. Providing optimum husbandry is the first step to breeding any herpetile.
Ian
reptileguy99
Jan 08, 2007 03:47 PM
I am sorry. I posted wrong. The high temp is at about 92 and the low is about 77-8 during the day. The humidity today was around 73. Is that too high? How much of an impact does photo period have? Do certain cage decorations have an impact on this process? They have been together for a while now. Should I separate them? I think that I am going to separate them and start feeding my female more again because my male is big enough. Please. Any advice. This is my first time breeding.
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ReptileGuy99
joeysgreen
Jan 11, 2007 09:47 PM
k, those temps sound better. The cage furniture, not much of a factor here as long as it's contributing to a better enclosure settup and not causing problems. Not breeding advice, just common sense I guess.
Every species is going to be more subtle to breed than others, and you did bring up some points to think about. Breeding generally occurs in what we think of as spring. That means the daylight is lasting longer, temps are getting hotter, and rain is becoming more common. Dumerals are from Madagascar correct? That means not they experience more of a rain/dry season than a winter and summer, and daylight hours should change slowly from 10 hours to 14 or 16. Not nearly as much as the 8hr to 20hour range seen up here in Edmonton 
Honestly, I"ve never bred dumerils, but friends have and they havn't found it too difficult, very similiar to boa constrictors. In otherwords, you probably won't have to do much of anything. Double check with the boa forum for more details. If you have any problems, it will likely be more related to getting the babies to eat, but that's a whole different story.
Ian
