And this is the next morning litter on June 24…..
This was one of our most anticipated litters of the season – this genetic-striped DH sunglow was bred by a 50% possible het albino motley, and she did everything absolutely perfectly, right down to giving birth at POS plus 105! This motley had bred a het albino last season that slugged out early on us dropping 24 slugs and 6 d.o.a. premies - two of which were albinos – so we felt pretty good about him being het albino and were hoping for a sunglow Motley or at least an albino Motley or two.
The first glance into the cage was a bit of a let down, because we didn’t see ANY white boas….
Mama dutifully guarding the doorway.
....and it didn’t get any better when we found that the ONE white boa hidden in the pile – a sunglow - was stillborn as were many of the others. You can just see a bit of the sunglow toward the back right in this photo.
When we finished sorting through the carnage, the total count was:
(all are 100% het genetic-stripe and 66% possible het albino)
5 hypo motleys
2 motleys
1 hypo
3 normals
and,
1 still sunglow
2 still hypo motleys
2 still motleys
3 still hypos
3 still normals
We’re not sure at all what happened with all the stillborns – the live ones are all big, strong and robust. One of the hypos and one of the normals had some deformities, but the rest of the stillborns looked like they should have started crawling away at any moment. 
The upside to all this was that we got SOME! Even the one with the big yolk sac is doing great - we tied off and snipped the stalk, and it has all closed up nicely; doesn't look any different than the rest now!
The striping on a couple of the hypo motleys runs all the way from tail tip to mid body.
This little one was not at all sure about leaving the comforts of home! 
I am surprised to find how much I like the hypo motleys. I had not been very excited about the ones that I had seen previously, whether photos or in person, but having been able to spend more time with these little guys I am finding that I like their striping, I like the cheetah spots between the saddles, and I LOVE the black nose and white mask!
So, despite the bad albino odds and all the stillborns, I end up smiling every time I open their box. And with all of our boa litters, as much time as I’ll spend looking at the crazy morphs, I always find myself spending just as much time looking at their normal siblings. I guess that’s why I do this crazy thing that is boa breeding – they ALL make me smile. 
Steve Reiners
