with this female at 15 to 16 feet and at least a 175 pounds, the odds of crushing a neonate in a relatively small cage is definitely increased. This is especially so on an un-naturally hard substrate (Jeff's comment) and over an extended time period. She was actually laying on another neonate when I first walked up, but fortunately it was just a few feet back from the mothers head. I would think that this would be less likely with boa constrictors as the weight factor is much less. As I said, I would agree with you, and that with smaller boids, it is probably more likely that they are stillborn than crushed. And it is possible that these neonates were stillborn as well, but that just wasn't my impression after checking them out and looking at the situation. Thanks,

Kelly

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