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hey listen i have a female boa but no male to breed her too, and im thining of selling her as i am selling most of my stuff, But i had a quik question, if i wanted to keep her and breed her, i mean like honestly all morals and such aside, just health of the snake, could i theoreticly do it as soon as she reaches a bit over 6 feet and shes atleast 1.5 years old and only 4 ft now, but like by summer or such i mean....lol let me know

Your question was answered by you in your same post. All morals aside.....

I dont see why you would wanna raise a boa to six feet in under 2 years and try to breed her if you are truely concerned about her health... I wouldnt recommend it. Also are you sure you wanna breed her? It sounds like you wanna get out of boas, thinking of selling just one, why would you want to produce up to 45 more that you could end up careing for a while till they find a new home. To each his own though Im not trying to offend you Im just givin my honest opinion.....Rich

get her up to 6 feet in only 18 months, the chances of her actually breeding and producing successfully for you would be slim to none. From our experience, a boa may have the size but not necessarily the maturity. Size and weight are not the only issue you need to consider - age is still very important.

The chances of her follicles being mature enough to develop and grow all the way through the season to result in a viable litter of babies is very unlikely at such a young age. We have three year old females that just aren't mature enough to go. Some girls take as long as 4 to 5 years. Also, I think she would have some health issues being raised too fast and bred so young if she even took. You might not even be able to get a male to court or copulate with her because she might not even be putting out the right pheromones. Even if a male did court her, she might not even let him breed her because she could know that she isn't ready.

Anyways, the chances of such a young boa, raised so quickly, giving you a viable litter of babies is going to be slim to none although not impossible because I believe it has probably been done by someone somewhere. Morally? That's really up to you but I wouldn't do it with any one of my boas simply because of the two fold health risks.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
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