breeding

The thing I love about this hobby is that I love trying to figure things out, and I guess there is a certain thing added when time is of the essence. I like the pressure, and that "one shot deal" thing, though nerve wracking, hopefully makes for a quick study. The thing about the boas is that when it doesn't work it crushes you, but when it does all is erased. What did I learn about the second year of attempting to breed the motley male and the 3 1/2 year old motley female? My first conclusion was that the female just wasn't ready.

It takes quite a bit of discipline, to be a long term player. We spent a LOT of money on a subadult male motley boa (remember this was in 2004, the first few years of this project!). Year one went by, and I returned the male to his home cage after his introduction to a female yielded not the least interest. I was convinced that though this male was in excess of 5 ft. and more than twice the size of males I have used successfully for breeding, his growth was there, but his maturity was not.