brb SIZE?

Kyle Barker · 10-08-02, 12:53 PM

If you do not breed your female rainbows for say 4 years will they get noticeably bigger? If so do they usually produce more or bigger babies?
Thanks,
Kyle Barker

PoiSoNouS · 10-08-02, 03:56 PM

kyle,

I have actually an adult female Brazilian Rainbow gravid, Shes about to give birth at anytime now...
She was 5 years old when she was breed for the first time...
I must say that, It doesnt look that she is gravid sometimes, it is also difficult to feel them..
It is her first litter, so she may be not having LOT of babies,
But I can tell that the babies are not necessarely bigger, Because mine is about a little more than 6 feet long and she dont really look gravid and for smaller ones, it shows ALOT... So it looks like they will be the same size as others would be...
But anyway I'll see when they will get out....
But Bigger they are, bigger are the chances that they get 20-30 babies or even more.

So in conclusions, my thoughts are that the babies themslef wont be bigger, but they will be more of them..

Maybe if she has babies early, it could affect her growth (Anyone correct me if Im wrong !!!) . Dont forget that she wont eat for MONTHS ! and you have to be sure that she will have a correct weight before the breeding attempts.

I hope this will help...

Good luck

Darren Hamill · 10-08-02, 04:22 PM

Kyle,

Breeding a BRB at a young age will definitely stunt her growth. Females that are given the proper amount of time to grow will typically produce larger litters and larger healthier litters. Same thing goes with females that are grown up very fast from over feeding. They typically produce fewer life healthy offspring and tend to produce more slugs.

Slugs are a normal part of breeding the Epicrates boas. Most often slugs have been attributed to not cooling animals long or cool enough and from females that are not ready to be properly bred. In my experience as well as others Brazilians are not that aggressive of breeders. You may find them breeding well one day and nothing the next. They tend to breed more aggressively in the very early hours in the morning when they're less likely to be disturbed.

Bottom line is that yes it is better to give you're females that extra year... It could hurt and you'll most likely be rewarded for you're patents..

Take care,

Kyle Barker · 10-10-02, 12:28 PM

Thank you both for your help. It does really help.

Kyle Barker