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I hate that frase, it seems to haunt me.

I came home last night to find the lavender sunglow going through her second shed in two months.

She had all the indications of being gravid, but a few weeks ago I began to have doubts. She didn't seem to be as full.

The positive thing is that she seems to be in great health.

Oh yes there's always next year....RRRRRRRRR

Brian

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Atleast she'll be bigger next season. and atleast you still have a couple of other promising pairings. and atleast youll always have next year!

past her POS?? I had a boa shed again in between her POS and birth last year for the first time. I bet Jeff Ronne could elaborate more on this too?? I don't think it has never happened to anyone else, keep your fingers crossed, YOU NEVER KNOW!! Good luck!!

I too have had a couple of intermediate sheds inbetween the POS and due date. If I were to guess, I'd say it happens about 5%-15% of the time.
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I'm just the snake room janitor

She is 39 days past POS.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Good luck, I bet she'll be fine!!

If you're right and she's not gravid, you still have her and yeah, there is next year!!!

If you're wrong and this is an oddball, then you may still have some babies coming from her.

Either way, she is gorgeous!!!!!
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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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

it might not hurt to put the male back in and see if you can get a late breeding.

I would.
This whole boa breeding.. is like a trip to vegas.

As soon as she was thru with her shed I placed the male back in with her.

Thanks

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

I would not count her out just yet....she may just be shedding due to her bigger size....just watch her meal size to be on the safe side.

Andy
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Andy:

That's great advice.

Thanks

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

I have a female in shed right now and I do believe she is about to give birth, last night she was stretched along the back of her cage and seemed to be having contractions, She is in full blue and I think she's about to drop!
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You are what you repeated to do, excelence is not an act, but a habit......... (Aristole)

i hope you are wrong, but if not, she will have beautiful babies next year...and more of them.
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Dave Lee

I had a female shed twice also-and I will go check and give you the exact dates between sheds-when I saw that second shed I thought I messed something up. I'm pretty sure I didn't even have the male in anywhere near the second shed. Then in x days (need to check how many) she had babies! So don't give up yet!

Don't give up, I have had 2 sheds after ovulation on many of my gravid females, keep an eye on her temp regulation. Craig

My 9ft Argentine girl shed 55 days after her pos a few years ago, and gave birth to 34 healthy babies 123 days after pos.

DONT give up!

D.E.

Hang in there Brian - I haven't lost hope in her and neither should you! I also had a female last year give me a second shed on her way to a healthy litter - 51 days after her POS.
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Kevin Blumenthal
www.blumenboas.com

I had a female last year-pastel het Sharp albino do the following
shed 02/25/07 shed 04/04/07 deliver 30 perfect babies 06/12/07
So the way I do the count delivery date was approximately 109 days past the first shed (ovulation shed) and 71 days post the second shed.

Sometimes when the female is very big you can have that two shed deal. Jeff Ronnes females probably shed 3 or 4 times during gestation based on this theory! Hopefully that is the case and you will be getting babies approx 105-110 days past her first shed date. If she doesn't get increasingly larger you may have missed it.

Hope this helps. Tracy

Thanks everyone for your kind words and support.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the best.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com