Blimp......I mean, uh Hog Island Boa pics

[NiagaraReptiles]

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For those following, here's a couple pics taken the other day of my girl. Man is she ever getting large! If Favelle's magic Boa formula is correct, she is due the third week in April :)
Fingers crossed all goes well.......if not, I have full intentions of blaming Jeff ;) hahaha

JonK

[nicola_boulton]

woh! nice hog, shes beautiful. obviously very healthy. :)

[Jeff_Favelle]

What a fatty! :D

[Linds]

Best of luck with her! :thumbsup:

[BoidKeeper]

Very cool! So are they much different then Colombians when it comes to cycling? Did you cool, not cool etc?
Cheers,
Trevor

[Clownfishie]

Now that's a preggers lady. LOL...

Congrats guys, and best of luck! :)

And yeah, definitely blame Jeff if all doesn't go according to plan ;)


Jen

[NiagaraReptiles]

Here's a pic of the male.

<img src="http://niagarareptiles.com/pics/hogM007-2.jpg">

Thanks everyone, be sure to see a million pics if/when she drops :)

Trevor - This has been my first attempt at breeding any snake, so I'm really not going to be able to tell you much more than what I think I've experienced :) I've read that they are supposed to be pretty easy to breed and don't require as low temps for a cooling period as BCC's.
I cut night temps off starting early October but day time heat was the norm. I really don't think my night temps even dropped much below 75°F for the most part. After a few weeks it was quite evident something was up with my male, and about a week or so of watching him never stop moving and trying to get out of his cage, I put the female in with him. I continued to cut the heat at night until the female stopped showing interest in the male and was huggin the heat more. I think I saw ovulation the first week of december and she shed January 7. I wasn't positive she was gravid, but now she is quite visibly so.

It's been a fun experience so far and I'm hoping the end result will be good.

[JDouglas]

Congrats Jpn. Those are exceptional hogs you have and from the looks of it you should have a nice sized litter!

Good luck!

[BoidKeeper]

Good stuff thanks for sharing and best of luck with her.
How long is she and what did she weigh before you started?
Thanks,
Trevor

[BurmGuy87]

Wow she sure is big! And beautiful as well! Man I cant wait to see pics of the babies!

[nuno]

Congrats Jon:D Best of luck with her.:cool:

[Corey Woods]

Jon,

Awesome looking pair! I've seen them in person and believe it or not they look much better in person. She is definately gravid too!............I think she'll give you 15-20 babies..........but I'm not a boa guy so who knows.

Good luck with all your breeding projects this year!
Corey

[Optimus Prime]

Wow she is huge looks great!

[Stav.T]

Gorgeous hogs Jon ;)
Stav

[TheRedDragon]

She's sure looking huge! Good luck with her and the future babies! :)