is she ready to breed

my normal female is about 3.5 long and has belly little bigger then a half dollar. she is eating small rats. do you guys think she ready. i dont have a scale just yet but when i get paid im gonna buy one. where should i go to buy the scale and whats a good brand and how much can it weight cause i also have a boa

you need to check weight mate sorry :S
But go Google digital scales and check what the max weight and to what decimal its accurate. then price and there you go :)
get a digital definitely though :)

7001DX Myweigh is the brand I think

15 pounds is max capacity





Get a scale.........weigh her.

You were told once already to buy a scale. If you don't even have the basic husbandry equipment, you aren't ready to breed these animals.

It sounds like she's a way off from breeding weight. Get a scale and see.

I've got a female the same size you descibed and she is only at 800-900 grams.....so do not try to breed her. Like everyone said find out her weight first.

Not sure what type of boa you have, but I'm in the market for a scale and have pretty much figured that I'm investing in the "My Weigh 7001DX Precision Digital Scale with Weighing Bowl" from RBI (www.reptilebasics.com) which can be found at: http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weig...l-p-16191.html
I have seen it used by many breeders and it seems to be a good priced high quality investment. Also saying that, I can't weigh my boa with it. It only goes up to 7000 grams/15lbs. My boa is 6ft and around 14lbs but imagine trying to put him into something small enough to fit on that thing. I don't know maybe it's me, but I don't see that happening. Anywho, get you a scale and go from there. Sounds like she's too young/small to breed her. You can't just go by length and what she's eating in order to know if she's ready to breed. Good luck ;)

You definately need a scale, but most my girls are close to as big around as a pop can, maybe a little smaller but she definately needs to be bigger than you described.

def get a scale i got mine at office depot. works great.

if she's on small rats most likely not, my girls on medium rats arent even breeding weight(close but not quite)