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HOW CAN YOU TELL IF A RED-TAIL IS GRAVID I HAVE SEEN MY FEMALES AND MY MALE LOCK-UP ALOT BUT IS THERE A WAY TO TELL IF I SNAKE IS GRAVID AND HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOUR MALE IS PRODUCING SPERM IS THERE A WAY TO TELL

Maybe you should not be breeding until you research more on breeding boas. I'm not trying to be rude but there is allot more to know about breeding boas than just putting two boas together and watch them "do it". To ansewer your question, seeing you female ovulate will tell you your female MAY be gravid. My first breeding I missed ovulation in both my females, I was also moving at the time and not spending much time watching them. Hope everything works out for you.
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True Redtails

look i have had alot of snakes in my time right now i have 3 reg retics 2 super tiger retics 3 rainbow boas 9 red-tails 8 burms and 2 cobras look what i was trying to say i just rescued to of these snakes from a person who was going to kill them cause i have had them for only a month so if she is gravid i was wondering if there is a way to tell cause she is masive 10 1/2 feet 9 years old and ways 108 lbs she is a biggest boa i have ever seen so thats why i am asking the question cause she is so huge i am wondering if there is another way to tell and i do know alot about breeding snakes i have breed burms and retics for 4 years know matter a fact my super tiger just dropped 39 eggs the other day and my burms dropped there eggs last month thats why i ask that question cause i had no clue if there was another way to tell cause i see them locked up seen i got them from the person cause if she is or already when i got her i didn't cool them or anything i didn't have a chance to watch over them ...........................

Im sorry I did not mean to offend you. By the way you asked your question and the info you stated it seemed as you were trying to breed your boas without knowing anthing about it.
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True Redtails

thats ok. i should have worded it all better i'm use to pythons and those you can tell thats why i was asking thats question..cause i'm puzzled

and you've had this animal a month and have seen her lock up a bounch of times,i wouldn't handle her to much,like taking her to a vet ,maybe a vet can come to you w/ the ultasound,or maybe you can buy one

Real simple, " Call around town and find a Vet that has an Ultrasound. " Then, you can easily tell. You can " palpate ", but it depends how far along she may or may not be, if palpating is effective. Another option, if that animal is really a 108 pounds, you could put her on a diet or go ahead and put a bullet in her head.She definately will not live much past 10yrs at that size, what a shame.......GOD BLESS.......Johnson Herp