Thanks again for your knowledge man. I have many localities that you've helped me with, being an up an comer in the industry. Keep up the good work. You've helped me a lot!
Thank you for all of this info. I love how you do your videos. You don't come off like your trying to pander to a huge audience. It's great to see people just trying to give genuine helpful advice.
Hi Brian! 😊 I really appreciate your videos especially the ones with advices for beginners and future breeders. I'm really considering becoming a hobbyist boa locality breeder since there are only a few people who works with pure locality in my country and these videos really helped in my decision making. Thank you so muchh ❤
Hey Brian, I really enjoy your videos! We started with ball pythons, but I got the itch for a larger snake after watching your videos and we ended up with two bci boas very quickly. I got direct from breeder, but the breeder doesn't seem to know what the boa morphs are. I was wondering if there was any chance I could email you some pictures to see if you could pick out what genealogy might be occurring in our new little babies. 12 noodles and counting!
The whole breeding process is continuous throughout the year- I’m always doing something towards that goal. As far as pairing up animals, this usually begins in December.
No, this is unnecessary as I am able to be pretty sure if my animals are gravid based on thier appearance/behavior. Also, I handle gravid/possibly gravid boas as little as possible. to avoid causign any issues. Although ultrasounds are probably safe, there is no guarantee. This made me think of a zoo reality show I was watching the other day. They had a possible gravid lizard, and they actually x-rayed it to determine if it was gravid! X-rays are mutagenic- I can't believe a zoo would actually risk their animal like this for such an unecessary reason!
@@BrianBoas That makes sense. Is keeping handling to a minimum on gravid boas based on data or just precaution? (Pregnant mammals generally take no harm from exercise, but of course mammals are different from reptiles.) And using an x-ray to tell if a female is gravid strikes me as pretty crazy, too. Of all the things that should not be bombarded with x-rays, a developing embryo is pretty darn high on the list!
Oh I know what you mean.. mistakes like that makes me wonder sometimes if they really know what they are doing at zoos..possibly gravid animals should be as comfortable and safe as possible.
I know also some vets can be quite aggressive when handling large snakes..this always has bothered me as this could make things worse and possibly injure the animal.
