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I'd like to see what a breeding size KSB female looks like, but all the pics I've seen are in a tub or something so it's hard to get a perspective on it.

Will someone post some breeding size females in your hand?

I'm looking to breed for the first time. My girl is 200 grams and I want to see how big she will be when she's ready.

Thanks in advance.

(Also - bonus points for offering your opinion on the minimum weight size a female should be before breeding).

Here is my 6 year old Female Paradox Albino Sand Boa. She was bred for the first time by her previous owner starting in December of 2007. I received her April of 2008, and she was gravid at the time.She ended up delivering 12 live offspring and one stillborn for me in June of that year. Sorry for the not so great pictures, they were taken with my cell phone

Chrissy

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1.0 Ball Python-Siegfried
1.0 BRB-Pedro
1.0 Blair's Phase GrayBanded Kingsnake-Elvis
0.1 Paradox Albino Sand Boa-Cleo
2.2 Dodoma's
0.1 pug mix

The Anery is 460 grams but male.

This girl is a few grams over 500.

They use 300 grams as the magic number which can be done in three years but if she isn't ready and you breed her she will have problems for the rest of her life.

I think to be safe 4 years and 300 is the conservative approach.

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Mark Huntley
Sand Boa Morphs

Kenyan Sand Boa's
4.1 Rufescens
2.2 Albinos
0.2 Dodoma
1.5 Flame
2.5 Normal (orange)
3.4 Anery
0.1 Snow
2.2 Hopeful Yellow Snow
0.1 Splash Albino
1.0 Splash Anery
1.0 Orange Stripe 100% Het Anery
2.0 High Orange Stripe
1.0 Yellow Stripe
0.4 High Orange Tiger
2.2 High Orange
2.3 Boston Terriers
0.2 Sooners
8.30 Rhode Island Reds
0.0.15 Tropical Fish
0.1 Moody Wives
1.1 On the fence in-laws
2.1 Rug Rats

Awesome - thanks guys! All those pics are great. Can't wait to see her get that big.

That's great info. I was thinking breeding would be ok at a year and a half...but the 300g rule is helpful. (and of course, powerfeeding is not what i do). Thanks much for the info!
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"Brains for dinner, brains for lunch. Brains for breakfast, brains for brunch. Brains for every single meal; why can't we have some GUTS?"-Misfits

1.0 ball python- Azazel
0.0.1 Yellow phase ATB- Devilin Hisseyes
0.4 leos- Boji, Sanjae, Fae, Azra
1.1.5 crested geckos- Jubeh and Inari, Avalon, Vajra, Pheonix, and 2 hatchlings
1.1.1 gargoyle geckos- Acacia,Osiris, and Enoki
0.0.1 flying gecko- Malarchy
1.0 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
0.1 albino kenyan sand boa- Akasha
1.0 xanthic kenyan sand boa- Ashoka
1.1 whites tree frogs- Sifaka and Eikon
0.1 Transpecos ratsnake- Cleo
0.1.2 Senegal chameleons- Ambaji, The Chosen One, and Vertigo
1.0 Ruthven's X Thaeri king- Kemushi
0.2 pacific parrolets- Mishka and Kya
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
1.0 crown tail betta- Lazarus
1.0 Husband (hes my favorite, but i dont let the 'kids' know that. )

Not the prettiest, but my baby. CB 98.

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Travis Rose
0.1 Normal Kenyan
2.3 High Orange Kenyans
0.2 High Orange Albino Kenyans
0.1 Anery Kenyan
1.2 High White Anery Kenyans
1.0 Yellow Snow Kenyan
1.2 Indian sand boas
X.X Nervous Rats
X.X Paranoid Mice
0.3 Dogs
0.1 Cat
X.X Fish
0.1 Very understanding wife
2.0 Future Snake Lovers