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I am currently breeding my 2.2 boas. The males would breed on and off.. Will breed one night and stop for 2-3 days then breed again. Is this normal? I read a book that says that males are supposed to court 24/7 except when they are opaque. Any input?
Another question, one of the females tries to get away from the male and in the process would wiggle her tail and deposits white stuff (sticky urates looking stuff) all over the cage. Sometimes in an attempt to free from the mail, she'd pee all over. Is this normal?
Lastly, can a single female have offsprings from 2 different males at the same time?
Any input will be very much appriciated. Thank you.
 
1. I've read that the male will occasionally take breaks every few days.

2. I've also read that the female will release urates or musk occasionally during the courting process, so no worries there. Sounds like this is what yours is doing - also read that the female can act extremely irritated by the male during mating/courting. Guess 'loving' just is messy... heh.

3. Yes. Again, I haven't bred any boas yet, but have read TONS about it. If sperm is deposited by two different males during a breeding season, the babies will have unsure parentage (you will not necessarily know which male fathered which baby, especially normal looking hets). Females can also retain sperm for awhile, so it will all get mixed up in there. That's why most large breeders will only use one particular male with a female if they want a certain pairing, unless that male does not perform or court at all, then the replace him with another.
 
Gabe,
I agree with Lauren on all counts but I'd like to add that all boas are "unique" in how they handle a situation.. I really try not to follow all of the books and written information too seriously because there are so many variables at hand that everything doesn't always happen "by the book".. If your male is attempting to breed and he's healthy with good weight, I'm sure he'll stay persistent.. As well as your females, if they're healthy, strong and are being receptive to the males, I'm sure you'll have some great litters.. If this is your first breeding attempt, make sure you keep the male in for a very long time and once you feel it's really time to take him out, wait another 2 weeks to pull him, it won't hurt anything to keep him in their too long but will really crush your heart when you get a cage full of slugs because you pulled him too early. I try not to get too technical, I don't temp cycle, light cycle or anything special.. And patience is the key factor to successfully breeding boas.. How is that pretty ghost female doing??

Take care
 
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Hey Lauren and Joe,
Thank you for your reply. I think the female snakes (the hypo) is now gravid. They stopped courting activity. The female ghost however is still running away with that chalky stuff from her cloaca. She lets the albino mounts her at night though but I am noe sure if there are some coputation. I don't see it and I just let them do their business. Thank you again.

Gab
 
Good luck with the attempted breedings.

As mentioned above males will take a break, and many males will not be overly active while courting and often appear to have little interest in a female except for at night. (as mentioned all animals are different)

Make sure you leave a male in with the potential gravid female as the last thing you want to do is pull him and end up with a high slug count from the female.

Best of luck.
 
Thanks Randall....... I will follow your advice.. Sorry for the spelling I didn't notice them until I read my last post again.. I can't type..lol.
 
Just another tidbit of advice. Some females will ovulate twice , one ovary at a time and males will be pulled prematurely once the first ovulation is seen and you end up with a high slug count. I leave my males in until they are completely done with the female for at least an extra couple of weeks as a just in case .

I've also had one male in particular that would smear urates down the back of every girl I put him in with . This past season I had a litter of boas after the female was pulled from breeding and she was only popped by the male 3 times that I seen. Everything else that went the full season produced nothing. Go figure that one, lol.
 
It's so exciting! I think my male hog island is now courting the female, haven't seen any tail alignment yet but he is at least acting interested. First time breeding is nervewracking, but it is interesting to see how my boas interact together (I usually only handle one at a time, so they don't get to 'meet' each other at any other time).
 
Byron

Hello Byron,
Thank you for the advice. My hypo female ovulated 2X ( I think) as she grew very fat 2X with a week interval between. She only was fat for a couple of days though. Now I thought that after the ovulations she will go in to shed. It's been a week now since the last "ovulation" and she is still not in shed. She would bask under 92 degrees tho and shows very little interst in eating. I read a book that says a female is not considered gravid until after post ovulation shed. She does not show any signs of shedding so I assume she is still not gravid. And she's slimmer now. I saw 2 confirmed copulatons 2 weeks ago (hemepene inserted in her cloaca).
Hope you guys can give me some advice. Thanks,

Gab
 
Hello Lauren

Thanks for sharing your experience with your hogs. I too am very thrilled about my breeding projects (I got 2 with 1 female hopefully gravid).. Good luck and keep us posted.
 
Rhamador23 said:
Hello Byron,
Thank you for the advice. My hypo female ovulated 2X ( I think) as she grew very fat 2X with a week interval between. She only was fat for a couple of days though. Now I thought that after the ovulations she will go in to shed. It's been a week now since the last "ovulation" and she is still not in shed. She would bask under 92 degrees tho and shows very little interst in eating. I read a book that says a female is not considered gravid until after post ovulation shed. She does not show any signs of shedding so I assume she is still not gravid. And she's slimmer now. I saw 2 confirmed copulatons 2 weeks ago (hemepene inserted in her cloaca).
Hope you guys can give me some advice. Thanks,

Gab
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Won't hurt to leave them together as long as the male is showing interest. Read that part of the book to her , maybe she'll start to cooperate more , lol .
 
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