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A little relief to the agony...

rainbowsrus Oct 04, 2009 01:51 AM

Friday Night Bullseye was looking like she was ready to drop, caught her half in and half out of her hide but she ended up just going into her water bowl. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, around 5ish, she was still in her water bowl.

Then, around 11ish I found her still in her water bowl with babies squirming around and under her. Also many babies all over the place, on the rim, against the door, on the floor and eventually even found a few in the moss hide box. Sorry for the lack of pics, I was worried about the babies still in the water bowl with mom so pics were not even on my mind. I opened the cage door and pulled the loose babies from the front of the cage and around the bowl. Put them in a deep garbage can, one too tall for them to climb out of. Then pulled the water bowl and closed up the cage with the rest of the babies still loose inside. Like I said my main concern was for the babies still in the water bowl with mom. I carefully extracted mom and put her in an empty drawer I keep for holding adults while cleaning cages. Strained away most of the water/slime and dumped the rest along with the babies into a 15qt tub. This allowed me to pull individual babies. All but one still in the water bowl were just fine. Can't know if it drowned or would have been still born anyways.....????

Anyways, when all was said and done, 28 new babies, 1 stillborn and 1 slug.

Babies ranged from....
26 grams - 1
27 grams - 7
28 grams - 7
29 grams - 8
30 grams - 5

I did take a pic of them in 15 qt tubs waiting to be put away into regular tubs.

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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 (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Replies (9)

TimS Oct 04, 2009 01:54 AM

wow i guess she heard about the water birth that some humans do and wanted to give it a try lol.

glad to hear most of all of them are A OK

rainbowsrus Oct 04, 2009 08:13 PM

Yeah, good news was all the mess was mostly contained, bad news was slimy and wet made those still in the water a bit of a challenge to get hold of.
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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 (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

TimS Oct 04, 2009 09:09 PM

sure fire solution for cases lke that. Just pretend you are fishing and dangle your little finger in the water and when one latches on just pull your finger out lol.

Thats how i got my friends ferret out from behind the tv one day worked great

run26neys Oct 04, 2009 05:23 PM

Congrats on the nice size litter!!!
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Mike

7.13 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

rainbowsrus Oct 04, 2009 08:14 PM

Thanks Mike!!! My biggest one this year.
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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 (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

FRoberts Oct 04, 2009 06:34 PM

congrats dave very plump looking babies, that one was probably still born and most likely didn't drown.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

rainbowsrus Oct 04, 2009 08:18 PM

I would have to agree on the stillborn one. One year I found a litter in the water bowl, all frantically swimming and none could get out. None drowned in that situation. Ever since that litter, my pregnant females get "birthing bowls" I put a inverted clay saucer in the water bowl and lower the water level so the saucer is just a little under the surface.
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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 (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

waspinator421 Oct 06, 2009 12:29 AM

Congrats dave.. that's a big litter!!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

rainbowsrus Oct 06, 2009 11:26 AM

Yeah, she's pretty consistent with the big litters, 92 babies in the last three litters. She is a big girl!!
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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 (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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