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I plan on breeding my female Hogg Island this fall. I do not have a male for her but have found a suitable male owned by a local small time breeder. What I am wondering is how do you split the potential profits in a case such as this. For example in dogs the pick of the litter is given to the stud but how is this traditionally done with boas. Both animals are equal in quality and value so one does not deserve more than the other for that. Let me know what your ideas are on this. Thanks.

Hey there!

(I've got a male hog isle but no female! what's is up with that? lol)

The one time I was going to do a breeding loan we had it
worked up like this, it was my female and his male (normal
BCI's). I was going to keep the pick of the litter since I
was the one with the female (therefore more work on my end)
and split the rest of the babies evenly.

I was offered a breeding loan in 2003 for my albino female
and a salmon het male on loan; I was offered that breeding, he'd
get the sunglows and split the rest, with me keeping pick of the
salmons (or something along those lines). I didn't get to do it
since I was already breeding that female to a het.

Hope that helps a little.. basically I think whoever has the
female should get the pick, but it's up to you and the
person doing the trade to come up with something you can both
agree on and be happy about!
Good luck,
April

Thanks for sharing some of your experiece with me on this subject. That sounds like a fair enough deal with spliting the litter and keeping the best pick. Thanks again.