I was away on a much needed vacation to my favorite play spot. Went for a week of camping, sun, water and lotsa barefoot water-skiing. Had a great time and have loads of pics, all still in my camera, will post up some later. Not many herps spotted, only a couple of juvi frogs and a lizard that was too fast to even get a pic of.



I came home to not one, not two but three decent litters of BRB babies. All three of them being tied (give or take) for the earliest litters of BRB's I've ever produced. Two look to be several days old and the third maybe a day or two. Since I'm unsure of the actual B-day I'm listing it as today. Will have to factor that into this years calculations on gestation times. Sorry, no pics yet (also still in the camera) but here's some of the stats....





Litter # one Wilma x Fred (oh yeah, they look gooooooood)



20 babies

1 still

5 slugs

Baby weights in grams

3-31

3-32

4-33

5-34

4-35

1-36

Total - 667 grams

Average - 33.4 grams



Due 08/17 (base on last years gestational temps) I bumped up the temps this year and was expecting shorter gestation. Actual was 117 days (again, probably a few days shorter since I found few day old babies) Her cage was the most messy from babies crawling all over the place.







Litter # two - Tink x Phoenix (another really good looking litter)



17 babies (not too shabby for a first time mom born in 2005)

2 slugs

Baby weights,

2-28

3-29

10-30

2-31

Total - 505

Average - 29.7



Due 08/19, Actual was 115(ish)





Litter # three Clover X Diablo, some good looking babies but a bittersweet litter.



20 - babies

13 - dead babies in water bowl (that really sucked unknown if they were viable or not)

1 - dead baby on cage floor

5 - slugs in water bowl



My largest count litter ever - 34 babies + 5 slugs for 39 ova.



Baby weights (on the small side most likely due to huge size of litter)



1-20

4-21

5-22

8-23

1-24

1-25



Total - 447

Average - 22.4



Due 08/21, Actual was 113(ish) I think this litter was actually born today or yesterday.



All in all, came home to 57 new mouths to feed, many of which have already gotten their first bite of my fingers





Will get some pics up when I can, have lots of catching up to do!!!!
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Thanks,





Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com







0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)

0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:

26.49 BRB

20.21 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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