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I want everyones opinion on breeding weights for females. Whats the minimum weight you would breed at. Thanks

You have to be more specific, like what type of female?
Hypo, normal, argentine, and so on.

What type of boa you have will determine breeding weight.
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Greg Holland
G&M HERPS
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Sorry, just a normal BCI female.

It would be just like asking if there is a minimum weight for humans to breed at. Some will breed at 95 pounds and some will breed at 200 pounds, it is more age related then weight, however a healthy full look to a snake is also a must.
I know some breeders that will not breed until their boa is 10 pounds, but what if your boas is a Crawl Cay or some other dwarf form of Boa, it may never reach 10 pounds, on the other hand breeding a 10 pound Suri might seem small to many. You can power feed a boa to an extreme pin headed size and breed her in 2 years, but your boa will never be healthy and right. I hold all my females until there 3 year (which makes them breed at 3.5 years old) unless they have had some sort of health issue that may have placed them into a slow growth pattern for a few months then they weight until their fourth year to breed. I have never had a 7 boa litter, the smallest litter I have ever had was 19 with 4 slugs. Please don’t be in a rush to breed your females, if your concern is morphs then you can always breed the males at 18months of age to get your head start.
Good Luck
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
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