Chad
03-13-2004, 05:13 AM
Just registered and WOW what a fount of knowledge. I currently have 5 Red tails and as of a week ago we thought they were all females. This however is not the case as I'm sure you have guessed already. Brief history of the setup. 5 Boas, 8.5ft to 4.75' in length. Small one the big stud. All are in the same enclosure, enormous homemade cage btw so you don't think I'm horrible. There have been no personality conflicts between any of them, in fact they seem agitated when you seperate them. As far as getting one out, it is a bit of a strugle. They are very reluctant to leave the "herd". Last week I caught my "baby" joined at the butt with one of the others and a third doing everything she could to get in on the action as well. So I immediately moved all those who were not fornicating to a different location and isolated them there.
Now to my question(s):
1. I have only seen my male joined with one of the females and have my suspicions about him having visited the others. So playing the "what if" game, I am curious as to whether or not all the gravid snakes could be left in the same cage while removing the little horn dog?
2. Heating concerns for my future mother(s). Is it ok to use a "heat throw blanket" from say Walmart vice going out and dropping a ton of money at a pet store for basically the same item? ps-do use heat lamps and use a "night/day" lighting scheme.
3. Lastly, if only one female is prego that's fine. 30ish babies is no problem. However, should all 4 be knocked up, 120ish little ones would be a huge "problem" both financially and space wise. Any info on parties interested in buying bulk quantities of babies?
I thank you in advance for any and all information/advice you can possibly throw my way. I am extremelly excited and terrified all at the same time about this as I'm sure some if not all of you could imagine. I admit I had plans for getting into breeding eventually, guess Mother Nature and my kids decided to move things along a bit faster than I was expecting.
Chad
Now to my question(s):
1. I have only seen my male joined with one of the females and have my suspicions about him having visited the others. So playing the "what if" game, I am curious as to whether or not all the gravid snakes could be left in the same cage while removing the little horn dog?
2. Heating concerns for my future mother(s). Is it ok to use a "heat throw blanket" from say Walmart vice going out and dropping a ton of money at a pet store for basically the same item? ps-do use heat lamps and use a "night/day" lighting scheme.
3. Lastly, if only one female is prego that's fine. 30ish babies is no problem. However, should all 4 be knocked up, 120ish little ones would be a huge "problem" both financially and space wise. Any info on parties interested in buying bulk quantities of babies?
I thank you in advance for any and all information/advice you can possibly throw my way. I am extremelly excited and terrified all at the same time about this as I'm sure some if not all of you could imagine. I admit I had plans for getting into breeding eventually, guess Mother Nature and my kids decided to move things along a bit faster than I was expecting.
Chad