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by CentralLF14 on October 13, 2009
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Has anybody here ever bred these or seen these as captive bred and born. They are readily available but i have only seen imported ones. I have an adult pair here thati would like to breed. If anyone has info on breeding them please let me know.
Thanks,
Cody
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by Chance on October 13, 2009
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I bred them a few years ago, as has BobH I believe because I obtained some juveniles from him a few years ago as well. They are not difficult to breed at all. I didn't cycle mine, just kind of let them do their own thing. Eggs were laid in June after the first copulation was witnessed in January. The eggs hatched after 76-77 days, then the fun began.
Bob can attest to this: Babies are notoriously difficult to get started. I had to assist feed all the juveniles I hatched and lost all but one to stress before that last one finally began eating on its own. And if you ever have to assist feed a young boomslang, watch out! Those fangs are very, very long even as babies and quite mobile.
Good luck!
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by pictigaster1 on October 13, 2009
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Chance you should write an article about it I would love to read it.We need some new ones.I am about do three one on slender hognose vipers one on roses vipers and one on jumping vipers.Just waiting on the births.
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by BobH on October 13, 2009
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I will second the good information Chance provided. My eggs were rounder than most snake eggs and had a tan coloration. Hatchlings were gorgeous but terrors when it came to feeding. Some eventually became pretty good at assist feeding with a them in a tube.
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by Chance on October 13, 2009
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Now that you mention it Bob, my eggs were also much more yellow than other snake eggs I've seen. I was worried about them initially but she also laid a guaranteed slug and veining was very apparent right off the bat so it was pretty quick to determine that they were fertile and developing.
They were definitely not round though - in fact they were quite oblong. I thought I had a couple of double-yolks at first but no twins. The female was around 4' and not very beefy and each of her 4 good eggs were at least 2" in length. I think I have some pictures floating around of them somewhere.
Archie, I've always meant to write up an article on breeding them but have never gotten around to it. Maybe I'll take the time. I took notes on my observations back then (this was in 2003 I think....) but I have a pretty good memory for significant events like that. Significant to me anyway! I love booms but don't think I'll ever put in much time in breeding them.
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