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My first Albino / Sunglow litter

trivalleycon Apr 07, 2007 01:22 AM

Day 116 from POS I get my first litter of 2007

Well my wait for my first litter of the year is finally over. Electra had her babies today on day 116 from her POS. I still haven't been able to remove the babies from the cage as mom is still checking them all out. Once she moves to the other side of the cage I can get a better idea on how this litter turned out. So far it is AWESOME.

I thought at 9:30 this morning something would happen really soon. But Electra decided too make it even more agonizing for me. and waited a few more hours before dropping her load. .

From the very beginning

It didn't look to be starting off that great. I saw this and my heart sunk to the floor. I was devastated. I thought the worst was going to happen with the rest of the litter. An awful slug

But then right after the slug, the first hypo Het albino was born. My heart was still pounding like a jackhammer, but was satisfied that the entire litter didn't slug out. Now it was just a matter of seeing if I was going to get albino's and Sunglows or not.

Then I was overjoyed and damn near hootin and holerin at the top of my lungs. I ran outside and let out a nice load scream, as if I just caught the biggest fish of my life.

just a bunch of pics now.

Poor old mom did a fantastic job, She is skinny as heck now. Time to thaw out a XXXL Rat for her.

More pictures to come. I got to get the babies out of the cage and seperated from mom. She is hovering over them like a hawk.

Ken Burns
Tri Valley Constrictors
(925)895-3347

"Continued"

The father was a hypo Pos. Het albino. Which is now a Proven Het

Pretty good numbers too
Baby Count:

5 Normal Het albino

8 Hypo Double Het

6 Sunglows

7 Albinos

1 Slug
No stillborn

26 perfect babies total (my largest litter so far)

Cont..... More pics

I seperated the Albino's and Sunglows first. Who wouldn't with there first litter of white boa's?

Here are the Hypo's along with the normals in the tub in which they were born in. OH and the lone slug

And all 26 in a new clean tub, Its still gooey

The Sunglow on the bottom left is the lone baby with a little yoke left, he should be fine, but I'll keep my eye on him.

Here is the Sunglow again with the partial yoke, got some nice colors.

couple sweet lookin hypo

One of the Sunglows

Well time to see if mom will take a rat. I'm sure she's hungry. She last ate on March 2nd.

I'm diggin the pin stripes and finelines on the hypos and sunglows. (no these are not from the Proven fineline or other Pin striped boas that have been labeled already). It was just the best description I have for them at the time

I hope you guys like um I do
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Ken Burns
Tri Valley Constrictors

Replies (19)

trivalleycon Apr 07, 2007 01:27 AM

I just wanted to thank you guys for the Boas that produced these for me.. Thank you Shane Kinney, the male I got from you in 04 proved to be a Het Albino.
And Clay Thanks for selling me Electra, I know you regret ever selling her, especially now. she's the best.

Ken Burns
Tri Valley Constrictors
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Ken Burns
Tri Valley Constrictors

rainbowsrus Apr 07, 2007 01:32 AM

Very sweet looking litter!!!! Love it when there are so many different looking babies in one litter!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
19.29 BRB
13.18 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

FRoberts Apr 07, 2007 01:34 AM

...;
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Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

L.A.Snakes, Inc. Apr 07, 2007 06:43 AM

Ken those are all awesome looking! Good luck on the rest of your season, and look forward to seeing more fine boa from you.

Griff / lasnakes@hotmail.com

http://groups.msn.com/L-A-SnakesInc-Griff

http://imageevent.com/lasnakes

L.A.Snakes, Inc. / Griff

kirby Apr 07, 2007 07:35 AM

babies and pictures.
Bill Kirby

boaphile Apr 07, 2007 10:07 AM
chris nicholas Apr 07, 2007 10:08 AM

Nothing better than fresh baby boas.

Chris

diggy415 Apr 07, 2007 10:15 AM

anyone notice the old mans's face 5th pic from bottom, just past the center's baby's neck in the first coil it stood right out for me.lol
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1.4 various boas(Flicka,Felony,Nova,Alias,Abby)
0.1 BRB Abalone; ABBI
1.0 Rott X (OSO)
2.0 cats (Simba, Morris)

fish & feeders

Shane Kinney Apr 07, 2007 11:31 AM

...It's good to see that boy prove out for you. One of his brothers who has the same thin saddles and nice colors as the hypos and sunglows you produced proved out for me last year and bred again this year.

boawoman Apr 07, 2007 11:41 AM

That is one beautiful litter. Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!1

JasonRobeck Apr 07, 2007 11:42 AM

smell of goo in the morning!

Randall_Turner Apr 07, 2007 12:02 PM

Awesome litter. I am happy to see you drop such a nice litter.

I can only imagine the way you felt going from slug out worries to 26 awesome offspring.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
Boas make the world go round.

kblumenthal Apr 07, 2007 01:35 PM

Awesome looking litter and terrific pics. Great bunch of kids you have there!
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Kevin Blumenthal
www.blumenboas.com

Sharpman Apr 07, 2007 01:36 PM

congrats on a great litter , some very nice babies in there , i love the ones with the fine lines

trivalleycon Apr 07, 2007 02:08 PM

well I finally got to bed around 2:30am last night. Before I went to bed all the babies were fine. When I got up this morning I had found one of the Albino's didn't make it through the night.
I wasn't expecting to find this, if anything I would of thought the Sunglow that still had some yoke left would have passed but its doing fine, infact all the yoke has been absorbed and it looks fantastic. So although one of the babies didn't make it I'm still overjoyed at the results from this litter.

Thanks for all the nice comments, I appreciate it

Ken Burns
Tri Valley Constrictors
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Ken Burns
Tri Valley Constrictors

MarcS Apr 07, 2007 04:47 PM
ajfreptiles Apr 07, 2007 08:21 PM

Congrats those are some real beauties!!!

Andy
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Jeremy Stone Apr 07, 2007 08:25 PM

np

L.A.Snakes, Inc. Apr 11, 2007 04:40 AM

Congratulations Ken! That is an awesome clutch love those sunglows!

Griff / L.A.Snakes, Inc. / lasnakes@hotmail.com

http://groups.msn.com/L-A-SnakesInc-Griff

http://imageevent.com/lasnakes

L.A.Snakes, Inc. / Griff

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