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I've produced hundreds of BRB's and had my first pair of twins just his last Friday. Know for certain they are twins since I found them both still in one sack together. Their combined weight equals that of the average sibling.

So, how often does this occur? I've heard of it a few times but not really that many. Any stats?

If you've read this far, you deserve pics:

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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:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I've only produced one set of twins, and they were stillborn while the rest of the litter was fine. They both had very wild looking reverse striped tails which were "identical" as well, but there was some saddle variation. By the way, they were BCI. Congrats on that litter!!!

Thanks, the litter was a monster one, at the far end of the scale for BRB's, 34 live, 1 still
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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:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I too have had one set of twins that I know of (BCI). I found them in the sack. Their could have been others thru the years that have left the birth sac I suppose.
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I'm just the snake room janitor

Congrats!!! Those are beauties!!!

Andy
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Thanks Andy, I'm really excited about having twins....really makes me wonder how common / unique that is!!
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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:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

occur with some frequency. The strangest twins I've produced were these twin Albino Iguanas this year!TC

Congratulations on a GREAT litter. Those Twins are beautiful.

I don't know how common it is to have twins, but I had a set of twins last year.

They were almost identical in pattern. They even had matching stripes. They were both small and seemed to be premature. The main difference between the two was, one was a Hypo and the other was a normal. Only the normal one survived. They were very small. The baby that survived is still very small, but she's growing.

I have never observed twins but I suspect it does happen and probably has happened to my animals many times. It's obviously more easily observable in egg layers. Very cool you were able to see it in those Rainbow Boas. Very cool! Great shots!
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I had what people told me were twins in one of my first litters in 2003. I did not actually see them in the birth sack, by the time I found the litter momma had pushed her way through all the babies. I just noticed two out of the 34 babies were much smaller than any of the others. One was slightly larger, but both were noticibly smaller than the rest of the litter. Saddly out of all, they were the only ones that didn't survive. Wish I had the pics handy but I don't, alas. They were very cute and tiny.
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Exactly describes my twins except I found them sooner before they even pipped the sack. The typical sibling was 31 grams, the twins are 19 and 13 grams. They seem fine, hope they do well for me. Look like perfect smaller versions of their siblings.

I did buy a pair of pre-shed BRB's earlier this year where the male may have been a twin, only one in the litter was that small though. He weighed in at 17 grams while his sister was 25 grams. He's doing just fine and caught up to her in no time!
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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:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Dave:

Congratulations on those beautiful twin BRBs.

I've hatched out just under 100 ball pythons in the last two years and have had two sets of twins. It's probably just as common with boas as it is with most other snakes. I think it would be more difficult to observe with baby boas.

Eggs can take days to hatch where baby boas can be out of their egg sacks within seconds of being born.

Brian

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com