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I posted earlier on today but no one answered my post so I am posting again. Please could someone reply. This post is exactly the same as the last one. You can read the rest of the posts below. There was another post before this one but that one got answered. Many thanks to anyone who can answer my questions.

Hi, I am also wondering how I would house the neonates when they are born if they ever are born?? Does anyone thing they could send me any pictures of how they house their baby snakes??

Also I have read on a site that you should never brumate hogg island boas if you want to breed them and instead you should just make them fatter and maybe slightly overweight. Is this true??

Also shoude I start breeding them in around the 3rd week of December and leave them together till around Febuary???

If I were to breed them at a later part in their life should I do anything now to prepare them??

At the moment they are in the same cage but I will soon be seperating them. Should I be seperating them??

Do I need to keep them at any certain temperature during the year and should the temperature be different when I breed them??

If an experienced Hogg Island Boa breeder goes on this forum could you please answer these questions as I have read about how they are extinct in the wild and so I would love to breed my hoggs as they are pure.

Katie
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thanks in advance

Hogg Island care is very similar to mainland BCI care. The only difference in my care for Hoggs is that I feed my Hoggs less. I would increase feedings before breeding season for females. But not much. I feed my adult hoggs once a month, for females that would be one large rat a month, I have not bred hoggs but I would increase that to a large rat every 3 weeks. As for caging neonates, I would cage them just like a normal BCI baby, personally for me that means a Boaphile shoebox rack. Arboreal caging would be better but I personally don't have the space for that. Also for your last question, I house every snake seperately, no matter what species/subspecies it is exept when breeding. It is a better situation as far as keeping your snakes healthy and it is easier to feed them.

I hope I have been of some help, Chris

Another pic of that male, this one shows his color a bit better.
Chris

Hi, you said that the boaphile tray things were good but I live in England and I was wondering if there was anything similar in England that I could get that would be suitable???

katie
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thanks in aadvance

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Nice looking boas!
- Eric

That was also the male and it was an alright pic but this one is better.

Chris