My last gravid female of the season had her babies last night (or rather, this morning). I was having trouble sleeping, and since I saw her getting restless the night before I decided to check on her at about 4am. What did I find but a BABY EXPLOSION!






Normally my mommas curl up in the corner or in the moss hide and have them all in a pile. Mauve decided to have her babies 'on the go'. There were some in the water, some here, some there... and after I thought I had the total count, I found 7 more in the back corner! She also still seemed to be having contractions while cruising around, though appearing empty.

This is my largest litter to date with 29 live, 1 still, and 3 slugs!

After pulling out 28 babies, I left her the still born and the one slug that was not in the water as she seemed interesting in nomming something.... nosing and 'tasting' her live babies.

When I checked her again at about 6am (still having insomnia) I found the 29th baby (guess she wasn't empty), the stillborn missing, and her working on eating the slug. Looks like she was trying to wrap it... fail.






So this caps the baby season for me! What a way to finish it off... with a HUGE litter of healthy babies!



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Aubrey Ross


www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

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