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RE: Dead gravid boa - help! Neonates?

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Posted by: liquidleaf at Sat Mar 3 20:30:40 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by liquidleaf ]  
   

It is hard to tell from the pic, but she was very backheavy. Yesterday, she was very thin in the front half and thick in the back half. Since she died, it seems the weight moved back up a little. She had a preovulation swell, but I think she has slugs present but not any viable young. This was her first breeding, so while I believe she did ovulate, no, I'm not sure that she was gravid with live young. We will see what the necropsy shows - before I took the photos she looked very swollen right near her vent, like she had been pushing.... but this is my first attempt at breeding, so I can't say for sure about anything.

This is very discouraging.
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