Hiya. I hope to move into breeding some boas before long as well. I have gathered up what information I can online, but Im not 100% on what I have gathered.
Anyone who has had success in breeding please let me know if I am on track or not please!
OK here goes.... from hours spent online reading anything I can find about breeding boats, here is what I "think" I have learned....
Size is more important than age for a female breeder. The smaller the size, the smaller the clutch and less chance of fertility.
Once you have a female of decent size, two months prior to breeding you should drop the "hot side" temp from around 90-95 daytime to 80-85 daytime and the nighttime to the high 70s. at the same time shortening the "daylight" hours by about an hour to an hour and a half/day.
While doing this... back the feeding schedule off to every other week as opposed to everyweek, then introduce a male. A week on a couple days off (to give them a rest period) do this for a month or two... then look for a drastic swelling slightly further back than a food swell would occur. (ovulation)
After it looks like your female has suddenly swallowed a football...
remove the male and stop feeding. Set the cage temp at low 80s and keep it constant. Look for a post ovulation shed, then start the countdown. approx 120 days and hope.
so.... am I close??
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