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My male and female BRBs have now been in the same cage for a few days, but there is not even the slightest sign of courting. In fact they stay on opposite sides of the cage! How long does it usually take to see a little action? I got the temp at about 72 and the humidity nice an high. By the way, they are both 4 years old and neither have mated before. Their last meals were 3 weeks ago and both have already voided. Anything else I'm missing? Thanks
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1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.0 BCI Salmon, 50% Het Albino, 50% Het Anery
0.1 BCI Normal, 66% Het Albino, 66% Het Anery
0.1 BCI Pastel

I lower the night time temp. to 69-70F...but keep the daytime temp. in the lower 80's. The daytime temp. is only that high for about 6 hours a day. I also adjust their photo period, giving them dimmer light during the day and only for about 8 hours. You might also consider lowering the humidity (not too much but enough for them to notice) for a few weeks. Winter in Brazil is dryer than spring....when you begin warming up their nights, raising the humidity, and lengthening their daylight hours they might think it's time to breed....

Good luck, Chris O
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HariKrishna,
...Most of us who breed Rainbow Boas believe that at least some cooling is required for them to produce viable egg and sperm cells. I cool mine down into the sixties (at least at night) for 6 to 8 weeks. Some other breeders have reported success without cooling. Most people who breed BRBs breed them from january to march. Even if the breeder does not intentionally cool them he may have some cooling in his cages due to seasonally cooler weather being more than his thermostattically controlled heating sysytem can keep up with. Like Chris posted photperiod is likely important in breeding these snakes. By breeding in january and february we are getting shorter light cycles if our breeding rooms have windows in them. I try to keep from turning on the room lights in my snake room as much as possible during the winter. I put my males in with the females after three to five weeks of cooling. Some of them begin mating then and others wait until after I start bringing temperatures back up before they mate.
Good luck,
Jeff

>>My male and female BRBs have now been in the same cage for a few days, but there is not even the slightest sign of courting. In fact they stay on opposite sides of the cage! How long does it usually take to see a little action? I got the temp at about 72 and the humidity nice an high. By the way, they are both 4 years old and neither have mated before. Their last meals were 3 weeks ago and both have already voided. Anything else I'm missing? Thanks
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>>1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
>>1.0 BCI Salmon, 50% Het Albino, 50% Het Anery
>>0.1 BCI Normal, 66% Het Albino, 66% Het Anery
>>0.1 BCI Pastel

>>HariKrishna,
>>...Most of us who breed Rainbow Boas believe that at least some cooling is required for them to produce viable egg and sperm cells. I cool mine down into the sixties (at least at night) for 6 to 8 weeks. Some other breeders have reported success without cooling. Most people who breed BRBs breed them from january to march. Even if the breeder does not intentionally cool them he may have some cooling in his cages due to seasonally cooler weather being more than his thermostattically controlled heating sysytem can keep up with. Like Chris posted photperiod is likely important in breeding these snakes. By breeding in january and february we are getting shorter light cycles if our breeding rooms have windows in them. I try to keep from turning on the room lights in my snake room as much as possible during the winter. I put my males in with the females after three to five weeks of cooling. Some of them begin mating then and others wait until after I start bringing temperatures back up before they mate.
>>Good luck,
>>Jeff
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>>>>My male and female BRBs have now been in the same cage for a few days, but there is not even the slightest sign of courting. In fact they stay on opposite sides of the cage! How long does it usually take to see a little action? I got the temp at about 72 and the humidity nice an high. By the way, they are both 4 years old and neither have mated before. Their last meals were 3 weeks ago and both have already voided. Anything else I'm missing? Thanks
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>>>>1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
>>>>1.0 BCI Salmon, 50% Het Albino, 50% Het Anery
>>>>0.1 BCI Normal, 66% Het Albino, 66% Het Anery
>>>>0.1 BCI Pastel

NM

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