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My pregnant snake is about to shed, what does this mean? I know I have heard that it can be signs in redtails, I was wondering about rainbows.
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1.1 Motley het butter corns
0.1 Snow corn
0.1 Okeetee corn
1.0 Anery mutt corn
0.1 Stripe Ghost corn
0.1 Amelanistic corn het carmel
2.1 Colombian Redtails
1.0 Hypo Colombian redtail
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Anery Kenyan sand boa
0.1 Normal Kenyan sand boa

We're all in agreement here (I think) that there is no pre-lay shed in BRBs. If there is, it's just coincidental. In 2006, I produced three clutches of BRBs. One femlae shed six months, one shed 3 months, and one shed 1 month prior to giving birth. Your snake seems right on track but I suspect the shed is meaningless. Good luck and eep us posted. We're counting down with you,
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

..Like Mike said, shed dates do not mean anything with these snakes. I have had them shed 2 and 3 and even 4 times while gravid and have had them lay months after shedding and even lay while opaque. The only reliable schedule I know of is that most of my litters were born around 5.5 months after last observed mating.
Jeff

>>My pregnant snake is about to shed, what does this mean? I know I have heard that it can be signs in redtails, I was wondering about rainbows.
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>>1.1 Motley het butter corns
>>0.1 Snow corn
>>0.1 Okeetee corn
>>1.0 Anery mutt corn
>>0.1 Stripe Ghost corn
>>0.1 Amelanistic corn het carmel
>>2.1 Colombian Redtails
>>1.0 Hypo Colombian redtail
>>1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
>>1.0 Anery Kenyan sand boa
>>0.1 Normal Kenyan sand boa