Should I breed her?

I have a loverly 5.5' hogg island boa female that I would like to breed. The one thing is, she has a nose rub. A pretty nasty one. Would it be a bad idea to breed her when she has this nose rub?

Otherwise she's very healty. NEVER refused a meal, sheds perfect every time, and as you can see, quite chunky.

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oooh that nose rub looks pretty nasty. how did she get it?

She had it when I got her, though not as bad.

She was in a 30g tank with a screen lid (bad) and she didn't like it. So, she rubbed her nose on the lid. Ouch. I covered the inside of the lid with fleece, except for about 4" on one side for ventilation. She found the 4" with her nose. Ouch.

I moved her to a honkin' big sterilite tub. She found a sharp edge with her nose. Ouch.

I bought her an expensive 4' boaphile cage and she found a seam with her nose. Ouch.

Now.. I THINK she's settling into her 4' palace and has stopped rubbing. I haven't heard her bonking her poor little nose anymore.

i dont know mutch about Hogg's but i dont think a nose rub would matter(does it?)

Well, that's what I'm hoping to find out. lol

oh, sorry:P :oops:

Shelby,
The rub shouldn't hurt breeding. The clutch will show no signs of her nasty nostils there. The worst possible thing you might get is a clutch full of nose rubbers (wow does that sound bad).

That's what I thought, Lars. Thanks.

I was more worried about undue stress on her part.. but seems she'll nose rub whatever I do.

On second thought, breed under close supervision if possible. The male snake may be put off by her odd behavior and be more opt to get aggressive, or maybe take the wrecked honker as a sign of weakness and be more opt to get agressive. Those were the only drawbacks I could really see to putting her with another snake.

Would you date someone who banged thier head against a window for odd reasons even though it caused them to injure them selves?

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Originally Posted by lars5277

Would you date someone who banged thier head against a window for odd reasons even though it caused them to injure them selves?

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lol, good one!:P

I was planning on supervising anyway.

Would the nose rub really be that obvious to another snake? She doesn't act strangely usually. Lately she hasn't been rubbing at all.

To answer that I would need to know how a snake thinks. Snakes are predators by nature, therefore making them more aggressive. If it feels uncomfortable being in the same enclosure (1 snake 1 cage -- less stress on the snake), it could be more opt to attack. Putting them together even to mate probably causes a stress.

I will say that I know jack squat about snake breeding, Adam or someone like him would probably be better to answer these questions. He has a lot more first hand knowledge of snakes and thier breeding behavior. I could be completely wrong on this. I am just recalling how animals in the wild, or captivity for that reason seem to weed out others they suspect as being inferior.

I know it's fairly common - for the male snakes at least - to go on nose rubbing sprees in mating season because of their desire to find a mate. That doesn't seem to cause any harm to them when they are breeding though.