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Female ATB breeding weight?
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Despite all my searching I really haven't found any real awnsers to how much a Female Amazon Tree boa should weight before mating. I've seen age/size recommnedations, but nothing in regard to weight.
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9/27/2009 5:02:04 PM
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xanaxez
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i would think probably someweres around the same as a ETB. i think most boa females should be around atleast 1200 to 1500 grams for a nice healthy clutch. males probably around 1000 to 1100 grams. i could be wrong but if i kept and bred them i would probably go by the ETB recuirements or a little larger.
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9/27/2009 10:44:00 PM
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amarilrose
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Xanaxez, I don't personally have any experience with ETB's, and my own ATB's are quite young... but I thought ETB's were MUCH bigger in general than ATB's!
Titus, what I do know is that there is very little information about this avaiable; go check out www.Amazon-Alliance.com/forums/ and see what you can find (I'm almost certain this question was asked there in a previous thread). What is interesting to me is that the answe seems to vary greatly depending upon what continent the keeper resides on; Europeans, particularly folks in the UK seem to get their females up to a much heavier weight than folks in the US do... and that appears to have a noticeable impact on litter size (this all being off the top of my head from a thread I did read somewhere, I think it was AA).
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9/27/2009 10:47:57 PM
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Author Comment
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9/28/2009 1:07:19 AM
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titus
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Thank you both for your input, Amarilrose is right ETB's are much more heavy bodied snakes than ATB's. I have looked around AA but didn't quite find any soild information related to weight. What information on age and weight I have found comes from http://www.coralluscaninus.info/caresheet.html. I'm reallz wondering if any breeders have some first hand information from their records.
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9/28/2009 9:29:14 AM
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xanaxez
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Yes, they are a little bigger bodied but i think the breeding weight would be somewhat the same considering the size of clutches they have. as i said in the beginning statement i could be wrong but that is what weight i would go by if i bred either of them just to secure a nice healthy clutch. i looked around but i didnt find anything as far a weight wise for breeding either.
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Accepted Answer
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9/28/2009 4:09:36 PM
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C. hortulanus bites
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You know, I couldn't tell you a weight on my productive female, as I don't have a scale big enough to weigh adult snakes. I really don't think that weight is too important. I think a general appearance of good weight, length and good size fat pads on the head is all that's really important. I've never had any luck beeding young treeboas. My dam gave me her first clutch at age 7. She was fed appropriately, once a week until adult sized and once she could feed on medium rats, every 2-3 weeks. I got a litter of 10 live, 5 stillborn, and 3 slugs a few days ago. I've done lots of reading over the years and have never seen any references to weight with C. hortulanus breeding. Who weighs their ammies if they're not babies or for sale anyhow?
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Member Comment
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9/28/2009 4:49:53 PM
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C. hortulanus bites
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Let me refrase about weight... I don't think a certain known number is too important as a general appearance of good size, weight and health.
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Member Comment
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9/28/2009 5:51:01 PM
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xanaxez
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i agree with the above. and generally a snake eating a medium rat is going to weight around 1000 + grams or better.
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