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Born earlier today, this is my dad's second litter, as well as the second litter of Panamanian BCI born from the first group to come in after the ten year export ban from Panama!

17 babies, 5 slugs. So not perfect, but all 17 babies are!

This breeding was between a perfect, normal, symmetrical female, and an aberrant male with a small reverse stripe. You can see that the patterns are well defined, a few have aberrancies. Doesn't answer all questions, but it does seem to be heritable to a degree. Hopefully Matt Lerer will get some nice litters from his FULLY Reverse Striped Hypos and that will do more to mark the trait as genetic.

It also appears 22 Ova are right on par for at the least first time mothers!
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Gilbert Boas
The Boa List!

Tango shots of mom and dad!


Sorry, don't have individual pics of them...yet.
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Gilbert Boas
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Just beautiful and thanks for the POS timing...now I am really freaking out lol. Can you milk babies from a snake?
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Matt Lerer
'Ghi Reptiles'
Ghi Reptiles

Not sure about that, lol. What date are you on?

Yeah, sorry we didn't have a POS time on the other female. Would have really helped. I sure expected them to be shorter than Colombians like other Central American boas are. However it is too early to say that they are notoriously longer gestation periods. We do just have the one sample for now.

Keep me posted with the POS times you get for your litters. It will be good information to add to the "history". Not often an opportunity comes along to follow a locale in captivity like these guys so I want to do what I can!
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Gilbert Boas
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Matt, sorry I could't give you a POS date on the last litter, but she just didn't shed. The first mother did shed at about the same time her babies did after the birth.
This female DID give me a POS and I had counted out the 105 day looking for the litter to be born last week.
I know I checked her last night before I went to be around 1:30 am and she was cruising the cage pretty heavy, but no waxy plug- so I figured another day or two. Woke up to find them all delivered by 6:30 this morning.
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www.GilbertBoas.com

Sounds cool...thanks for the info!
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Matt Lerer
'Ghi Reptiles'
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Congrats Shawn!

Andy
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Now I'm waiting to see if my possible Super Salmon can give me some nice Hypos like you have!
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www.GilbertBoas.com

Congrats, looks like a very nice 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:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Excellent.
I kinda like them better than the first group.
Parents are for real. Babies already beginning to glow.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

There are a few with some mid body reverse striping, but nothing right on the tail like dad has.
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www.GilbertBoas.com

AHHHHHHhahahahahaha! Killer Chris. You and your dad are going to the the Panamanian KINGS! I see a few keepers in there. Congrats buddy.

HERES THE THEME SONG!!!!!!!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o5g2yyvdjrE

Congrats Shawn!!! I love to see those fresh born gooey babies still swimming in all the goo! Great stuff!!!
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I think we all know how much you like to play in the goo!!
If you notice, with a little misting, they swim around quite well in the crappy grey cage they were born in!
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n/p
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Gilbert Boas
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Congratulations guys,
Thanks another great litter for you two.

Warren
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Dr Warren Booth
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology
3309 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613

Congrats Shawn and Chris - awesome litter and huge congrats on litter #2!
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Kevin Blumenthal
www.blumenboas.com

Congrats again!!! They are awesome looking babies and a job well done to you and your dad.
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Matt Lerer
'Ghi Reptiles'
Ghi Reptiles

I was more nervous about the second litter. After having such succcess on the first pair, I was afraid it would all blow up in my face and have the second litter slug out.
While it wasn't the perfect slugless litter we had the first time, I'll take 17 healthy little wigglers!
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www.GilbertBoas.com

Congrats Chris, they look great...
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Josh Ketchum
Sunshine Boas

Shawn/Chris,
If you are interested in finding out how related the parents of this and the last litter are, email me.

Warren
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Dr Warren Booth
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology
3309 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613

Sending email right now!
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Gilbert Boas
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