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. Okay would 2 large rodentpro rats a week work to get the female double het jan 04's for snows ready for nov? Would it harm them to feed them extra cause I have been growing them up slow?
2. My male double het is 6ft and weighs 20 pounds. Is he a good weight.? Do I need to feed him more also?
3. My 05 ghost female eats one large rat a week. She is already 12 pounds and 5 feet. she is more girth then my double hets would she be safe to breed to my albino in nov. I don't see the need to feed her much more cause she gains alot off of each weekly feeding.
4. My albino male dont put on weight he is 5ft and weighs 15 pounds do I need to fatten him up????

>>. Okay would 2 large rodentpro rats a week work to get the female double het jan 04's for snows ready for nov? Would it harm them to feed them extra cause I have been growing them up slow?
>>2. My male double het is 6ft and weighs 20 pounds. Is he a good weight.? Do I need to feed him more also?
>>3. My 05 ghost female eats one large rat a week. She is already 12 pounds and 5 feet. she is more girth then my double hets would she be safe to breed to my albino in nov. I don't see the need to feed her much more cause she gains alot off of each weekly feeding.
>>4. My albino male dont put on weight he is 5ft and weighs 15 pounds do I need to fatten him up????

Well for starters I'm going to work from the bottom up.
4) I would say your albino male is at the right size. Typically once a male is a year and a half old and over 3-4ft., he is capable of getting the job done. I would just feed him as normal and maintain him at the size and weight he is now.

3) The 05 ghost female in my opinion is still a bit too small, and not old enough yet. Yes you can breed a female at that size and weight but, most of the time its better if she is 6ft , and 3yrs old. When she is a bit older and longer, I believe then she will have enough weight(20lbs)or so to yield a better litter for you.

2) The male dh is plenty big enough. He's 04? right. Once again I would feed him normal meals and maintain him at that size. BTW, thats a good size male.

1) Now the dh female. She's 04 also? Whats her size and aprox weight? Lets do it like this. It would be great if she was 6ft, and have good weight on her. The dh-male is like 20lbs? I'd say it would be nice if she was atleast his weight also. As for feeding 2 food items, if she takes them both with no problems and doesn't lay there 3 days later all bloated and pethedic looking, I would do that for awhile and see how that goes.

Good steady growth is what you want to have. Most of the breeders and keepers I know usually like to have their males a bit smaller than the females. It seems like a smaller male is a more vigourous breeder than a larger male. In a female you want to have a good solid, robust "incubator" for the kids to be. I hope this helps, and if anyone has anything to add, please do. The more input, the better.
James C.
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I have started to double feed the females. Would the best way to do it is feed them and then feed them another time in the week. Or two prey items at the same time?
I don't want to harm my snakes. I have had the double hets all since 04. THe male is btw same year diff breeder.
The ghost shocks me I feed her once a week a large rat and she grows and grows and grows and shes a 05. I worry she is getting to big 2 fast.
Its good to here the males are good. The one male double het I will keep even if I get to replace him with a snow. I love his markings and speckling and I got him from kahl himeself. The albino worries me cause he never gains much weigh just size.

Check out the boaphile boa breeding video. http://www.theboaphile.com/videos.html Hope this helps.