Tim,

...This really is not an exact science and it can be very frustrating. I have had many times that females were bred and then looked and acted gravid for months even not feeding and then they passed a very large dark messy stool and no babies. Most Boa "experts" say that these snakes cannot resorb ova from their oviducts but I think that is what does happen. I have also seen them look and act gravid for a couple months without eating and then begin eating and acting normal and not lay babies. What has your snake eaten during the last few months? Did it look like the weight moved aft over the last few months with the front half of the body looking emaciated? What you describe is different than my typical "failed" reproductions with these snakes so it is hard to tell what is going on. Only some of the Pythons are easy to breed. Some of them are tougher than these snakes. If breeding these snakes was easy everyone would be producing so many babies that we would have to give them away.

Jeff



>>i think i am confused now. since i never seen the last copulation i have been goin off of the whole post shed count for my rainbow girl well she has been nice plum and scales seperated her whole prego time and laying on side temper to boot from a tame girl. well according to her post shed count if i counted right lol she should be dropping around the 10th of this month well i just did a nightly peek in on everybody to see how they were doin and it seems that she has came down in size since yesterday like kinda alot. more so twards back half of body. there is no wet mess no babies no goo no nothing in the cage any ideas? im now officialy lost. why arent boas as easy as pythons lol

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