So this was the pairing that made this baby:
She is a Bloody Salmon produced by Rich Ihle, while the father is a Jungle produced by Mark Miller. This was one of the breedings this season where I had the really quick ovulation. The female ovulated November 23rd, just about two weeks after the introduction of the male. The interesting thing is this; I then introduced a Motley and removed the Jungle, the moment I saw this ovulation. Sixteen days later, she had a second, just as obvious lump type ovulation on December 9th. I was really hoping that she might have babies from both fathers but that didn't happen. At least there weren't any Motleys in the litter to make it obvious.
She had her POS on December 25th. I predicted a due date of April 3rd, 100 days after the POS, because Central American Boas and Hogg Island Boas have always had a slightly shorter gestation period for me. Here she was having a really nice ovulation on November 23rd:
Then the Motley went to work:
I got a visual on actual copulation but apparently that was just for fun. I am happy with the results of this breeding for sure. I'm trying not to be greedy and look at the bright side which is a whole lot brighter than no babies at all, right? Don't tell Chris, but there actually was more than one baby... shhhhh...
So, I also had this female that had the really quick ovulation. Some of you will remember this one. This Monster Tail Hypo ovulated after only about two weeks courtship by a Motley:
and here she was ovulating:
This breeding did not result in any Motley babies either. No babies actually. Just about 40 slugs. That was hard to take. They arrived March 25th, just 112 days after ovulation. She was opaque when ovulating too. That is very unusual but I don't know if that had anything to do with the slugs or not. I have no idea how to avoid that in the future either. I didn't take any pictures of the slugs. I generally don't. They are yuckier than poop as far as I am concerned.
Then there is another strange breeding that had a very quick ovulation. Now this one, unlike the previous two discussed, is looking really promising. This bad girl was my favorite baby born in 2003. Here she was as a two week old baby:
Then at four years of age:
Then in passionate embrace with her little hubby:
Here he is about a year ago:
This female ovulated November 28th, but did not have a POS until January 18th. This was 51 days later. I did not observe or identify the second ovulation. She had an intermediate shed March 15th. She ate during the gestation period as well. I fed her the last meal about five weeks ago. So how do I know when to expect babies? I don't, but I am as sure as I have ever been about any female that I will get babies. A mess of them hopefully if she is anything like her mother, the "Monster Tail". I am really looking forward to this litter! I have her due date listed, from April 1st, which of course was 5 days ago, till May 2nd based upon the seemingly late POS plus 105 days. It will be interesting to see when she wants to have them. In the mean time I just wait.
Here were the newlyweds cuddling:
What do you think? Am I boring you with this dribble?
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