My smaller yellow (6 ft) gave birth to her first litter yesterday. We got seven healthy babies. Unfortunately we got seven still-borns too. Four of the still-borns still had sacs attached and they were very small. The other three (the first three out) looked just like all the live ones so not sure why they didn't make it. There was only one full slug and two little slug pieces.

I'm thinking I might not have had the overall cage temps raised high enough during gestation. She had a warmer spot on the floor but the cage temp was only raised a couple degrees from normal. The reptile room is under renonvation so everything has been in a make shift location which may have allowed more temp fluctuations during winter months. Not enough to affect the health of the animals but maybe enough to effect gestation. Oh well...live and learn. The babies that made it seem to be in great shape and not too nippy for newborns. I'm hoping the parent's excellent temperaments show up in these offspring.

Here's a pic of one of the little buggers...

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