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113 days POS, 11 babies and 5 slugs. One of the babies is a 'premie' with a HUGE belly and a little bit of yolk sac left, and I'm not sure if she'll make it. The other 10 are all much larger than she is, and most of them are darker as well.

Here she is:

and here's the rest of the litter:
s159.photobucket.com/albums/t154/littlereptilian/herps/?action=view¤t=1178486632.pbw

mom is a very pretty, calm golden-brown girl with a bricky-red tail and abberant saddles:

dad is slate-grey with a DARK tail and tons of irridescence:

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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

sorry, the link to the premie didn't work... here are two pictures of her:

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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

Keep her moist and warm. Congrats on the litter.

I had a couple with a little of the sack still attached. I had them tied off with dental floss about an inch below the belly. Then cut what was below. They absorbed what was left and it dried up and fell off. Some people prefer to just leave the babies alone and let them absorb it fully. You just have to watch it doesn't go bad, or you may have a baby with a hard belly, which sadly many die from.
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I have the babies divided up into two 12qt sterilite tubs, with moist paper towels and belly heat in the mid-to-high 80's. I put the more active, 'empty' ones in one tub, and the bigger-bellied ones (including little 'yolkie') in another tub. The ones with big bellies are definitely more sluggish, but I'll give them 36 hours before I decide to do anything... 'yolkie' is the only one with sac, the rest just have little umbilicals.
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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

>>113 days POS, 11 babies and 5 slugs. One of the babies is a 'premie' with a HUGE belly and a little bit of yolk sac left, and I'm not sure if she'll make it. The other 10 are all much larger than she is, and most of them are darker as well.
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>>Here she is:
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>>and here's the rest of the litter:
>>s159.photobucket.com/albums/t154/littlereptilian/herps/?action=view¤t=1178486632.pbw
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>>mom is a very pretty, calm golden-brown girl with a bricky-red tail and abberant saddles:
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>>dad is slate-grey with a DARK tail and tons of irridescence:
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>>65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

changes you forever. Have fun with the babies.
Bill Kirby
KRBS HERPS

yeah, when I first noticed those slugs up against the wall of the tub, I was kinda sad, but when I saw that big pile of babies, my brain just SHUT DOWN... all the knowledge just GONE!

I was shaking and giggling and trying to run around and get a rat for mom and tubs and paper towels and...

it was awesome

They are all doing well right now, we have 4 with yolk bellies still, but only the one premie looks like she might not make it... everyone else looks fine, and all eleven of them are FEISTY as can be!
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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

LOL, that's one thing many new first time breeders find out. Babies can be quite nippy and very wiggly. It's instinctual, not programed to be held and anything that moves is either above or below in the food chain and can either be eaten or should be chased away. I'm still waiting for my first boa litter but have had many Brazilian Rainbow Boa litters so even though it will be new for me as well, I do carry over some "boa" experience.
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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:
20.28 BRB
14.18 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I take the feistiness as a GOOD sign... listless babies that don't 'track' hands or try to get away when they're picked up probably don't have that drive for survival!

I'm still trying to keep my hands off of everyone until after that first shed, but man, I practically have to tie myself up to keep from peeking in those tubs!!! I got a few pictures of my favorite baby in-hand though, he's one of the smaller babies but I love the little bands on his tail...

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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

Absolutely it's a good sign. My point (clear as mud as it was) is that most folks have never held or seen a newborn boa. Anything you purchase has already been handled many times during the course of simple care, cleaning requires moving the baby typically twice. I find my baby BRB's mess the cage at least twice a week between urates and feces. Just the simple care of cleaning the cage twice weekly will tame it significantly before it gets to the ultimate owner. Add to that handling to sort out who looks like what, sexing, taking pics and they get handled a lot even by a breeder who has many babies. A lot of taming is already done whether intentional or not.
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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:
20.28 BRB
14.18 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

hehehe, these kiddos will all be hand-tame by the time they leave home... I'm planning on keeping everyone for 3 months, just to make sure everyone is established and feeding/shedding well. I already have 6 people waiting for babies, and we're planning on keeping 3 or 4. Depending on whether or not the yolky babies make it, we've got homes for the whole litter!
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65 animals... and the number keeps growing!

CONGRATS Very Nice litter!!!

Andy
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