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My female het albino that i bred to my anery het snow is due in 8 days. Last night she produced a very small "waxy stool." Formed but moist, and the urates are creamy. This is my first gravid boa. I thought someone told me they shed before they give birth? She is huge in the back end and began looking thinner in the fron the last week or two. Should I be getting ready?? Thanks for helping a beginner out.
Jack
Colubrids shed before they lay eggs. Boas don't typically shed right before birth. That's very rare. The next event you are hopefully going to see is birth.
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Hi Jeff,
Every time I have bred sonoran boas the female has sloughed around 10 days before parturition. I've never seen it with a colombian, however my El Salvador/Colombian poss het blood female sloughed 10 days before parturition last year also.
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North Carolina State University
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