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Howdy boa gurus, I have a pair of longis and a pair of imperator that I am hoping to breed this year. They have been placed together off and on for the past month but I have not seen any courting. Temps are getting into the low/mid 70's during the day and dropping to 68-69 during the evening. They have a basking area that ranges from 84-90 depending upon where they lay. Any thoughts on temps or other factors?? These animals are all over 4 years old and in excellent health. I mainly work with colubrids and heloderma so I thought I would come to the source and ask around some. Thanks in advance!

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Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

longi's mature later then most some will breed at 4 but most take 5-6 years for the females to mature. they also tend to breed late spring most of my longi breedings happen mid to late jan earl feb.
Micah

Hi Micah,nice looking longi you have there! So, do temps and such sound about right to you? I was thinking of bringing temps back up in about a month or so (I usually warm things up around Valentines day). Im pretty much in the dark when it comes to breeding boas so any other advice will be appreciated.
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Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

your temps should be fine. i also cut my daylight down to 8 hours on 16 off as well.

Hey thanks Micah, I'll let you know how things go. My pair are an unrelated set of animals from Harding lines. Female looks like the animal you posted last, male is very close in appearance to the animal that I believe Russo used to have.

I really hope these guys pair up some day, they should produce some nice babies.
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Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford