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Hey all,

Just wanted to share and pose an interesting question to all who've had sibling sisters from the same litter give birth nearly on the same day.

First, on Friday, I came home from my internship to find a nice healthy litter from my big 7' 1999 Normal female bred by my 2001 Het Anery male from Basically Boas. 26 babies in all and 4 slugs, as can be seen in the pic below. Nothing "crazy" in the litter, just a nice healthy bunch of lil guys and gals. Some do have some interesting coloration to them, with some pink trying to come thru from the usual gray coloration of baby boas. Still, I'm simply psyched that I had another healthy litter over here.

The cool thing is that this big gal's sister who is about the same size if not bigger had her litter the next day on Saturday. This big gal was bred by my 2000 hypo male who fathered my very first successful litter back in 2004. Again, nothing in the litter that will turn the boa world on his heels, but I am very happy to have another healthy litter born here. Total from this bunch was 30 babies, with the usual 1/2 normal and 1/2 hypo breakdown, and 1 slug.

Anyone else ever have sisters give birth so close together. They had their Post Ov Sheds a day apart as well so they were due pretty much on the same day. A good reptile friend of mine said that reproductive behavior is genetic, meaning that siblings from the same litter will more or less breed, ovulate, and give birth around the same time. Any truth or supportive evidence to this theory from any of you all? Just wondering.

I'll post a pic of some favs from the Het Anery x Normal litter and a pic of the Hypo x Normal litter as well.

Thanks for looking and hope everyone is having a wonderful season.

Jay

The two on top are two of my favorites from my Het Anery x Normal litter. The background coloration just seems to want to be more pink, but alas the normal gray baby boa coloration just won't let the pink come thru. Their father has a lot of red coming thru in his saddles and some pinks in his background. Maybe these two lil guys will look like their pops once they shed a few times. Anyway, hope you like.

Jay

Here's the Hypo x Normal litter from Saturday. Very busy weekend over here. Never had to clean up sooooo much baby boa goo in my life! But I swear nothing could be more fun to do.

One other thing, both moms were a bit of a chore to get out of their cages when it came time to clean up the babies. They both gave out a half-hearted hiss when I tried to initially snake hook them. I even got a bit worried myself thinkin that I'd have to deal with two fairly large and p!ssed off moms who simply wanted to protect their newborns. But thank god they didn't try to strike or anything, and they just took a little gentle coaxing to get out and into another cage. Still, I sweated my a$$ off here in So Cal just moving the moms out of their cages.

Anyway, one more litter expected in August and that's the one I've really got my fingers crossed for. It's my Anery female bred by the same Het Anery male that fathered the litter born on Friday. Hope he had enough in him to get the job done with my precious Anery girl.

Regards,

Jay

I see some really nice hypos in there. Good luck keeping all of those mouths full. Please post some post shed pics.
Michael Burton

Fantastic babies! Andy
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.Congrats and good luck!
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