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Mother's Day litter: A CHERRY of a treat

LauraV May 14, 2006 08:51 PM

Wasn't sure if I was going to get anything from my Cherry Red BCI. She never had a noticable swell, just grew gradually, and went through 5 sheds during gestation.

Well, she did drop a litter today. Not the best of litters, but I am thankful I had a few babies from her. She was bred to the same Summit Hypo male that bred my Pastel CBLT.

This litter consisted of 7 Normals, 5 Hypos, 7 Stills, and 26 pills. Don't know sexes yet. The 7 stills were 18" babies, fully formed, colored, and had absorbed all their yolk. The only thing I can think of is the high number of harder pills may have ruptured sacks, during contractions, before they could be expelled. It is just a guess.

Most of the offspring are very high color; I can't wait to see what they look like after a few sheds.

Dad:

Mom:

Mom's Cherry color:

Stills:

Hypos:




Reds & Normals:






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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...

Replies (8)

JohnLokken May 14, 2006 09:15 PM

Those babies are beautiful!!!
John
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"To be the best..........You must lose your mind."

JOEP123 May 14, 2006 09:28 PM

Nice and pleasant surprise.
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Joel Pretz

drimes May 14, 2006 09:42 PM

Sorry about the stillborns but the rest of the babies are absolutely stunning.

Denny

michaelburton May 15, 2006 02:46 AM

Congrats on procucing such a beautiful litter. Please post some pictures after they shed. If they have that much color as newborns, I am going to guess they will be killer adults!
Michael Burton

mpuexotics May 15, 2006 05:08 AM

Congrats
They are beauties
Mike

RyanHomsey May 15, 2006 11:19 AM

incredible!
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Take Care,

-Ryan Homsey

www.topnotchboas.com

envyexotics May 15, 2006 04:43 PM

Congrats on the litter Laura. They all look beautiful.

salmonboa.com May 15, 2006 05:03 PM

Congrats on the litter. There are some really pretty animals in there!

Rich and John
Salmonboa.com

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