Breeding Boa Constrictors info please

[bigsnakegirl785]

The main thing I'm told that happens to males are blown hemipenes, apparently a lot of times it's the dominant one, too, so they often have to be retired. Sometimes males take their sweet time getting ready to breed, had someone tell me his male was 7 years old before he finally began courting and bred.

With females, they can become eggbound or otherwise ill from the gestation and die. I've heard of infected oviducts in corns, too, that resulted in their entire reproductive system needing to be surgically removed.

From what I hear, breeder loans are basically a bet on fate. You don't know what's going to happen while you lend that snake to someone else. It could come home mite-ridden and underweight, with an RI or some other illness. Personally, I don't think breeding loans are worth it unless you know the breeder very well and you have easy access to their breeding facility so you can check up on your snake. Whether or not you take the chance is up to you, that's just my .02.