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.........so there i was, the day before a huge storm a rollin in and a female Bolivian short tail on day 118 pos.....as the rain started to hit relieving days of brutal heat i thought it has to happen tonite. at midnite still no babies BUT she was finally moving around the cage.....at 4:20am we awoke to the full brunt of the storm and decided to sleep downstairs for fear of one of our trees crashing into our house. i decided to check and got to see the last 2 babies born! what a thrill! heres a horrible pic sorry, i will get some new ones up soon. there were 11 healthy babies 5.6 and 4 slugs. a few of the babies have a nice peach/pink coloring on their backs just forward of their tails in place of the gray base color. although it isnt as bright a few days later, hopefully its just as bright after they shed. thanks for looking, john yocum

Congrats! Its always amazing to get to see the birth. I remember how rare it was for people to see them and Steve and I have watched 75% of all our litters born. I guess its just luck but you know you never forget seeing it happen. congradulations! Awesome experiance huh!

Sincerely,
Rose Aguilar

www.srsnakes.net

congrats on a real nice litter there

have any problems getting them to breed?

Did you use more than one male?

i set up two pairs in two cages in late dec. (my group is 3.4) although i saw courting in both pairings the bigger but younger (4yr old) female did not become gravid. this female is 7-8 yrs old and this is her first litter. the male courted her constantly til march 29th, i did add 2 differnt males for a 3-5 day period in early march. i did not notice any aggressive combat per se, but did see the both males on her. i never saw copulation from any of the males. i love this species, heavy bodied, short(er) than some boas, great feeders and nice personalities, i have never had one hiss and strike (ok when they are babies they do, but they calm down soon enough). i have been told they are more "delicate" but i just keep them as i do any of my non-arboreal snakes (dumerils, nics, colombians, hogs, BP's). i will get individual pics of them as soon as they shed. thanks for looking, john yocum ZOO-OTICS

girl that almost died from constant regurges.

She was right at death's door so to speak. Her spine was jutting
out from her skin. I managed to nurse her back and now she is my
all time favorite.

None of mine have ever hissed, not even coming out of their
shipping boxes when I first got them.