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This is a pic of one of my female albino boas. She bread 3 weeks ago and i havent fed her in about 2 weeks. I am new to breeding boas, does she look gravid? she is thicker than usual. I saw her breed with a male albino 3 weeks back and the male takes no intrest in her anymore which i think is a good sign that she is gravid. Let me know what you think, thanks

-Shawn

doesnt look from this angle.
leave male in there till she looks like she is gonna pop. Simple as that

Looks a tad on the small side to me. Not up to size. Judging by the news print anyway. Probably wouldn't hurt her at all to wait another year. Your results would likely be better too.

She doesn't look gravid in that picture, but sometimes the camera don't catch what you see in person.
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Sublime Boa Constrictor

She is a bit small, she is an 07. These boas are ones that my friend bought and wants babies. I know that breeding her this small is not good but the male was all over her. I pry shouldn't have paired them up this year.

An '07? Generous of you to allow her 2 whole yrs to mature.

Hopefully she's just too young and won't develop follicles. That would be best for the animal.
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Sublime Boa Constrictor

Some male boas are more amourous than other. Some would try to breed a log or another male for that matter... That is if they were in the same cage together.

I'd pull the male and give the female another year to mature.

It is possible for a female to produce babies at 2 years and on the smaller side, but....

Many times they'll only have slugs or preemies. Sometimes the females "die".

If your friend wants his boas to breed and produce healthy babies, you really need to allow the female more time to mature.

>>I'd pull the male and give the female another year to mature.

Or two!!!

I give my females at least three years and quite often 4 years to fully mature. The benefits are larger healthy litters and a larger healthier momma that can turn around and breed again sooner.

Think of it this way, if 3 or 4 years is optimal for mature females to start reproducing and 2 is minimal, it's like 5-6x the maturity rate of humans.

At 2 years old, a female boa is like a 10-12 year old girl, small, most likely not, but maybe, just maybe mature enough to get pregnant but very likely not mature enough to physically be a good mommy.

At three years old that same female boa is like a 15-18 year old girl. Very likely physically capable of getting pregnant but still lacking in maturity.

At four years old, the female boa is like a 20 - 24 year old woman. Note, I'm now calling her a woman because she's now sexually mature and physically capable and ready to get pregnant and have kids.

My 0.02$
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

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