Boa breeding can be an exciting and rewarding hobby. Think about it. The very idea of your prized boas producing offspring that is a huge draw for many keepers! Add to the excitement, the lure of being able to sell those offspring to offset the costs and make a profit quite easily. Boa Care Made Easy! Buy Now. Takes you in depth to how to do boa breeding.
However, there are a number of considerations which should be taken very seriously before making the final decision to attempt boa breeding.
Successful boa breeding will take a considerable amount of time and effort. You will need several healthy boas in good condition and of breeding age to start out with as well as the space and equipment. This includes not only space to house and care for the adults, but potentially a large number of neonates.
Preparing boa breeding
Efficient space and equipment need to be obtained to control temperature changes accurately. A single gravid female can give birth to as many as 40 off springs! You will not only need to house, feed, and care for these as neonate, but will also have to find a way to give them another home.
In the past, if you spent $100 on a juvenile boa the idea of having 40 juveniles to sell might seem very appealing. However, finding buyers for 40 baby snakes is easier said than done. While perfect specimens of rare snakes and colour morphs (such as albino boa constrictors, or leucistic boas) may be desirable to customers, selling a quantity of these baby snakes of a common species might be a little difficult. This means you could be forced to sell to a dealer for an extremely inexpensive price and then be overwhelmed with too many of them. Having no way of disposing of them.
However, just for warning purposes, if you are breeding rare morphs, you’ll definitely struggle to make a profit by boa breeding. It is commonly believed by many breeders that the only way to make a decent profit from boa breeding is either to produce them in very large quantities or to concentrate on color variants. For example: albinos, hyper-melanistic, or high end morphs. However, that doesn’t mean that small scale boa breeding isn’t rewarding - the joy and experience from breeding your boas should be your primary consideration.
Keep in mind, there is also a risk to your adult boas if you do decide to breed them. A period of cooling, known as brumation, is used to induce mating. This cooling period, which also involves stopping feeding altogether, can leave your snakes weak and prone to illness.
Billy Deakin is the author of Boa Care Made Easy. Just a few of the things you'll learn in his book.
- 8 most popular types of Boa and which ones makes the best household pet.
- The right type of diet to start your baby Boa out on (not doing this can cause digestive and nutritional problems later in life).
- A full chapter on how to buy your Boa, including a complete checklist of things to look for when choosing your Boa, and what questions you NEED to be asking the pet store.
- Feeding techniques for getting your boa to eat defrosted food, and what to do if your boa refuses to eat.
- An entire chapter on Boa health issues... What the symptoms are of the most common boa ailments (problems some keepers don't even realize their snakes have!), how to prevent them, and tips on treating them.
- The MYTHS you may have heard about UV lighting, and what is/isn't necessary for the health of your snake.
About The Author
He started Boa-Care.com as a way to give back knowledge and educate people about boas and snake keeping. They have been caring for snakes and other reptiles for over 25 years. He has read many books, met with many breeders and reptile enthusiasts, and visited many reptile shows and centers across the UK and overseas.
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