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Question for all the sucsessful breeders out there?
I have two pairs of columbian boa contrictors, both females are over 7 feet long and just shy of 30 lbs each. Is it recomended to hibernate both the night and day time temperatures, if so how cold and for how long, if the alternate option of lowering only the night temps is preferred, how low of night temps, how long of nights, and for how long are the night temps lowered until the cages are warmed up/
Sorry for all the text and questions but I really need some skilled advice this first go around, thanks ahead of time, Dale

You are a little late to start cooling but if you really want some helpful information about breeding, I would suggest buying the All About Boa Constrictors DVD from VPI.

You can indulge yourself with all kinds of info on breeding. There are countless things that have been written on it and everyone has their own opinion, so I will give you mine. A good breeding pair of boas, is a good breeding pair of boas and they will or will not breed despite what we do and not usuall inspite of what we do.Cooling boas, can be a dangerous thing, especially if done wrong. I stopped cooling years ago and seen no real difference in breeding activity, but did see a stop in illness. I offer a cool spot between 75-80 degrees all year around with a hot spot that is always accessible. When it comes to B.C.I " wich is what you have " they are much simpler to breed than B.C.C. and I DEFINATELY have never seen a reason to intentionally cool them. Some of us try to sound brilliant when it comes to breeding boas, but I can assure you " wether you choose to believe it or not " we still have no REAL IDEA what it takes to acheive ovulation in the majority of stock that we try to breed. I know, you are probably thinking; " Wow, John your not telling me to much that is helpful! " Here is the most helpful thing that I could ever tell you when it comes to breeding boas; " Learn everything that you can on HUSBANDRY and takeing care of them and what you take care of, will more than likely take care of you. " It really is, that simple........GOD BLESS......Johnson Herp

Well I will normally take my females and place them coiled into 16 gallon rubbermaid containers. I then place them into my refrigarator set on 50 degrees for about three months. A this point there are normally dead, but still fresh.....

Ok don't do that, in fact don't reduce your temps at all, please go to this link and read a bit about it.
Thanks
Boa breeding article from reptiles magazine

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