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ok so i was wrong...now a few ?s

from9rto1k Jan 08, 2009 07:24 PM

so the post i posted lower down page thinkin i saw ovulation was wrong...pastel didnt ovulate but apperently the normal was..she seems to have ovulated one side then the other...

so now shes in her post ovulation shed

so now my questions...should i feed her?

also if shes in post ovulation do i need to leave my males in with her still? i had 3 males in with her all normals..2 at a time though...they all had been with her and showed interest and copulation....now NONE of them have any interest at all with her...does this mean they know job is done?

also one male just shed and ate..the other 2 are in shed right now as the same time as the female and they dont wanna eat..

also since the been together temps are about 84 or so..is the temps ok that high while breeding?

any suggestions on all this please help me out...i dont wanna slug out

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LSD Jan 08, 2009 09:14 PM

"so now my questions...should i feed her?"

That's up to you. If you're temps are alright for digesting, she can eat. If you do decide to feed her, wait until after she sheds. Then offer her "small" meals. Probably 1/4 her usual size. You can offer these meals, if she'll take them, once a week. Stop offering her food 4 to 6 weeks before her due date.

"also if shes in post ovulation do i need to leave my males in with her still?"

If the males have "completely" lost interest, you can remove them.

"i had 3 males in with her all normals..2 at a time though...they all had been with her and showed interest and copulation....now NONE of them have any interest at all with her...does this mean they know job is done?"

If they've all lost interest, it's a VERY good sign. Sounds like their job is done.

"also one male just shed and ate..the other 2 are in shed right now as the same time as the female and they dont wanna eat.."

Wait for them to shed, then offer them food.

"also since the been together temps are about 84 or so..is the temps ok that high while breeding?"

I keep the temps higher for breeding. I'll keep the warm end between 80 and 82 degrees. I slowly raise the hot spot to 94 degrees. I keep the snake room between 80 and 85. My boas seem to "prefer" it warmer. My boas will "stop breeding" if the temps on the cool end drop to 78 degrees.

"any suggestions on all this please help me out...i dont wanna slug out"

It's hard to say what can happen. I do know what I observed last year. I had 6 litters born. There were 2 perfect litters. These were in the highest cages and were the "warmest". I had 2 litters that had 1 and 2 slugs. One of the litters was in a high cage. The one with 2 slugs was the second down from the top. I had another litter that had 9 babies and 7 slugs. This boa was in the bottom cage. I believe the temps in that cage might have been a bit cooler. Since heat rises and the ones in the higher cages were probably warmer. I had one last litter. There were 4 babies and 14 slugs. Breeding this girl was an "after thought". I put a male in with her that had just come off another female. This girl ovulated a few days later. I think the reason for her high slug count was because I put the male in later and from just having come off another female. The other female he bred is the one that had 2 slugs.

From the 6 litters I had last year, I found that warmer temps were better for gestation. I plan on keeping my gravid/pregnant females in the higher cages, so they get the maximum amount of heat.

from9rto1k Jan 08, 2009 10:44 PM

i got mine in the higher cage....my snake room is about 80 to 85 also...the ambient temps in there are about 84 degrees 40-60 percent humidity cool end about 82 degrees and hot end all belly heat about 92 or so...im hoping nad praying...this is my first time

LSD Jan 09, 2009 12:24 AM

Sounds like you're already doing it right.

Hopefully, you'll be posting pictures of a perfect litter soon. Just count 15 weeks from the shed. If you're sure of the ovulation date count 18 weeks from that date. I've found that 18 weeks from the ovulation is more accurate, but temps could be a deciding factor as well.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you. I'd really like to see your first litter be a perfect litter, with no stills, slugs or deformities.

from9rto1k Jan 09, 2009 10:16 AM

thanks man...wish there were more guys on here like u to chime in..seems if ur not talkin about morphs on here no one is interested...i wasnt to sure on ovulation causse she went to her ovulation swell for awhile then i noticed a lump on her right side then like a week later i noticed it on her left side...that was the pic i posted last time around....then like 3 or 4 days after that i saw her eyes were clouding up....shes been complete blue eyed for about 3 days so far

LSD Jan 09, 2009 04:58 PM

I'm always glad to help. I'm still learning myself. Even though I've been producing boas since 2004, I find I learn more things each year.

Your girl sounds like she's doing this one, "by the book". After the shed she "should" stay coiled on the heat. I have a girl that took about 10 days before she stayed on the heat, but she finally got there.

I look forward to seeing pictures of your boas. Hopefully you'll get some pictures of her giving birth.

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