I awoke this morning to a very sad sight. My pregnant Anery female who was due to deliver on Nov. 27th 2005 had passed away.

She has been showing signs of discomfort, that I assumed was signs of just being overly full of babies....which I did not really think was all that bad. Laying on sides alot.

She was a very healthy boa, I had never suspected anything to be wrong with her at all.

The way I found her...and what I had been observing leads me to believe she was having trouble breathing, or maybe had a seizure ??? really I do not know.

I opened her up and everything appears to look healthy to me except the lungs look too white...??? What I mean is they do not have that pink look when filled with Oxygen, as I have seen in other animals. That also leads me to believe trouble breathing or suffacation.

Her neck was laying twisted when I found her....maybe seizure? I do not know.

I will post pictures, but they would have to be under a graphic heading so others can pass by them.

It appears that there were 27 or 28 total egg sacks, 17 of which were babies.

I realize that when we are breeding any animals, there are going to be some painfull and sad experiences. Hopefully I can learn some things from this and others as well.

I can hope this is the last I will ever see this, but reality says probably not. Take care all.

Andy Federico

AJF Reptiles

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• Very Sad morning here at my place....... - ajfreptiles, Thu Oct 20 09:55:59 2005
• Andy..... - bthacker, Thu Oct 20 10:04:36 2005
• RE: Thanks Brett......... - ajfreptiles, Thu Oct 20 10:09:51 2005
• Are you going to get a necropsy? np - LauraV, Thu Oct 20 10:25:12 2005
• RE: Andy..... - Dove_3, Thu Oct 20 10:47:28 2005
• RE: I am sorry for your loss Andy...............................n/p - Hypoboa1, Thu Oct 20 10:15:23 2005
• I'm so sorry...that is very painful! - LauraV, Thu Oct 20 10:24:30 2005
• So sorry to hear that...... - rainbowsrus, Thu Oct 20 10:36:18 2005
• RE: Very Sad morning here at my place....... - snakepimp, Thu Oct 20 10:57:09 2005
• Andy, sorry for your loss.....n/p. - cnb2, Thu Oct 20 13:00:29 2005
• Very sorry for your loss!!! - methistina, Thu Oct 20 13:20:47 2005
• I'm sorry for your loss Andy - michaelburton, Thu Oct 20 18:00:26 2005