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All of these females are currently gravid. The four of them they have together only eaten 7 medium small rats in the last 5 months. They all weigh almost as much as they weighed five months ago but they have become thin in the front half of their bodies and more distended aft of mid body. They all also spend lots of time coiled in warm areas in their cages. They are much less likely than the other BRBs to move around in their cages at night.

This first one is Fiona. She laid babies on 10/10 last year. She is due about the same time this year.

This next one is 04F36. I pick some really cool names for my snakes. This is the fmeale that I had trouble finding fetal heart tones until a few weeks ago so she may be due later than the others.

This is Caat99F1. My Caat litter in 1999 had lots of pretty babies so I kept several of them. They have all been good breeders.

This last one is Caat99F4. Her litter last year was delivered on 10/05 and it looks like this year will be about the same time.

Jeff,

very nice brb's and looks like some lookers are on their way into the world!!!

>>All of these females are currently gravid. The four of them they have together only eaten 7 medium small rats in the last 5 months. They all weigh almost as much as they weighed five months ago but they have become thin in the front half of their bodies and more distended aft of mid body. They all also spend lots of time coiled in warm areas in their cages. They are much less likely than the other BRBs to move around in their cages at night.
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>>This first one is Fiona. She laid babies on 10/10 last year. She is due about the same time this year.
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>>This next one is 04F36. I pick some really cool names for my snakes. This is the fmeale that I had trouble finding fetal heart tones until a few weeks ago so she may be due later than the others.
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>>This is Caat99F1. My Caat litter in 1999 had lots of pretty babies so I kept several of them. They have all been good breeders.
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>>This last one is Caat99F4. Her litter last year was delivered on 10/05 and it looks like this year will be about the same time.
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

Does going in shed tell you anything about when the litter will be born? I've been waiting on a female that is also in shed, and wonder if they will have the litter while in shed, or a certain period of time after. Mark

Mark,
...They can have litters when opague before a shed or between shed cycles or right after a shed.
Jeff

>>Does going in shed tell you anything about when the litter will be born? I've been waiting on a female that is also in shed, and wonder if they will have the litter while in shed, or a certain period of time after. Mark

lol, Jeff is right though, when you can identify the POS, that shed and that shed only can be used to determine a due date but that is also dependent on gestational temps. This year at 82 degrees, I'm averaging around 117 days after POS.

Any shed following the POS (typically there are none but sometimes there are) has nothing to do with the timing of the arrival of the 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