columbian red tails

[jason h]

hi i just recieved my first pair of columbian red tail boas(first pair boas ever)and was wondering what size is recomended for breeding (or age) ,I'm very excited to try breeding my first ever live bearing snakes,(yaay no incubating whoohoo!):D

[paolo_28]

Hey Jason, let me know how it goes, I'de be interested in buying baby red tails.

Let me know, paolo1028@hotmail.com

Paolo

[Jeff_Favelle]

4 years or 6-7 feet and THICK for females. Don't worry about the males, they'll breed if they want to and size doesn't mean a damn thing. As for live-bearing being less of a headache than eggs, think again my friend. I've done both and let me tell you, I'd rather have the repsonsibility in my hands and have fertile eggs than a giant unknown sitting in a captive female boa's abdomen! With eggs, all the guesswork has already been worked out for us by the pioneers of the industry! All the temps, humidties, incubation lengths, and lay dates are already worked out for 99% of the species! All the hard work is done! Hatching eggs is 1000x times easier than getting live babies from a boa.

...and I wish you the best of luck! :D

[jason h]

lol i wasnt actually thinking it maight be easier as much as i was thinking of the room im not going to have in my incubator, and thanks all ill keep every one posted on my progress of course:D

[Linds]

Good luck Jason! :thumbsup:

[sSNAKESs.com]

Hey Jay, females shouldnt be bred untill they are 15 pounds... you can do it when they are smaller but stunting and all the other nasties come into play! :D