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Chaz

This is my smaller female. She is around 6.5 feet long.

Def my favorate one
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THERES NO BEAUTY LIKE THE BEAUTY OF A TRUE REDTAIL

awesome looking, that other one is a BIG one, damn...even the "smaller" one is LARGE compared to my adult female bci, makes mine look like a mini sized boa.

Nice coloration, any babies this year ?
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

Frank,
..I am hoping but not sure about either being gravid. The smaller one is actually more like 7.5 feet than 6.5 feet.
Jeff

>>awesome looking, that other one is a BIG one, damn...even the "smaller" one is LARGE compared to my adult female bci, makes mine look like a mini sized boa.
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>>Nice coloration, any babies this year ?
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>>Thanks,
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>>Frank Roberts
>>Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research
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I would imagine due to their size , it could be hard to tell.

I have a 7 foot female dumeril, who was mated with once on April 15. She is a huge female, not over weight but solid like a rock. I only placed the male in with her because I read they may copulate till the middle of April. He mated with her once, I am not very optimistic, actually i didn't think they would mate once. She is thermoregulating, but I see not difference in her size or behavior.

All past fertile mating's with this pair occurred in the months December through February. I personally never bred this snake, I purchased them from someone I have known for years. After practically harassing him for nearly a decade he caved.

Since there was only one mating, if she is gravid, she would theoretically drop sometime between October - December. i had not planed on breeding her till next season. most likely she is not gravid, I would smile because i put them together spur of the moment, based on something I read.

Let's hope those suri's are gravid. If not there is always next year, that comment is not very medicinal.

I only tried to breed one pair of snaked this year, No copulation was seen. Looks like i am skunked this year. Doesn't really matter, I would have a tough time getting ride of them.

So if the female dumeril drops, I would have to say it was dumb luck, not a carefully planed breeding strategy.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

beautifull bcc jeff i love them almost as much as your rainbows