I have a female possible het that I hope to prove out this year if you recall.Well anyhow I took her to the vet 3 weeks ago or so and had an x-ray done on her to try to tell if she is indeed gravid.I could barely make out the eggs in the x-ray but felt confident.The vet (just an old country farm vet,dont know squat about snakes)said that the reason we couldnt see the offspring was because the bones hadnt mineralized yet.Seeing as how your boa is pretty much due you should be able to see the spines in the little ones with an x-ray.If you see a mass down next to the vent with no bones in it then you will know that it is a slug.That would let you know if there is in fact a reason to be concerned or not.The reason I say x-ray is it cost me a whopping 45.00 for the x-ray instead of 300.00 and I actually got the information I was looking for.Sorry so long and I hope this helps a bit.Good luck with her Andy.JOHN BTW My girl is due on the 13 of this month and I pace the floor every day.Man,you gotta love it!

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