>>That is one awesome group of babies. The one that was still born, did you say it was possibly hypo? I'm curious, was that part of the parent's genetic background? If not, what do you do with an odd baby like that? Freeze it? Photograph it? Was hypo part of the parent's genetic background. I'd keep some form of proof showing that the parents may have a possible hypo gene floating around. Isn't hypo co-dominant? Or are there different forms of hypomelanism in boas? I'm still trying to fully understand boa genetics. Anyway, CONGRATS!
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It was possibly a hypo, not sure. Very light colored baby, no black. I took photos of the body for my records, but it was very light colored compared to the rest of the babies. It could also have been caused by temp fluctuations-although I constantly monitored temps and rarely let the hot spot go below 94F the whole time.

I do not know the genetic background on these guys. Last year, another female that I no longer have gave birth to 7 babies, 1 stillborn. One baby and the stillborn were anerythristic in coloration (no red/yellow) and in that case, it could very well have been temp problems. Note that I say "anerythristic in coloration" so that I don't get complained at... seems like some people don't believe a color they see, rather they prefer the color that it is het for.

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