I was playing with the Doppler and found fetal heart tones in RD one of my proven females. I have not been paying too close attention but I am pretty sure she is at least 2 months away from delivering this year. If she really is that far from delivery this makes the auscultation of fetal heart tones pretty impressive. My Doppler is a 3mhz versus the 2mhz that many people on the Boa Forum have discussed. RD is enormously blowed up and should (I hope) delivery a big pile of babies. With the Doppler I found her pulse at 28 beats per minute and found steady fetal heart tones at 60 and 62 beats per minute at two locations. My Doppler like most designed for fetal heart tones will not display these low rates on the screen and so I had to listen and count the beats using my watch for timing.
Jeff
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Fetal Heart Tones
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>>I was playing with the Doppler and found fetal heart tones in RD one of my proven females. I have not been paying too close attention but I am pretty sure she is at least 2 months away from delivering this year. If she really is that far from delivery this makes the auscultation of fetal heart tones pretty impressive. My Doppler is a 3mhz versus the 2mhz that many people on the Boa Forum have discussed. RD is enormously blowed up and should (I hope) delivery a big pile of babies. With the Doppler I found her pulse at 28 beats per minute and found steady fetal heart tones at 60 and 62 beats per minute at two locations. My Doppler like most designed for fetal heart tones will not display these low rates on the screen and so I had to listen and count the beats using my watch for timing.
>>Jeff
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Thanks,
Frank Roberts
I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.
Looking forward to hearing some from mine as well, keep us posted about ultimate timings between first hearing the beats and delivery dates.
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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 
Dave,
..Will do.
Jeff
>>Looking forward to hearing some from mine as well, keep us posted about ultimate timings between first hearing the beats and delivery dates.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Dave Colling
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>>www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
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>>0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
>>0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
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>>LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
