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my first year doing planned breedings. Got my fingers crossed, hope they all take. Most are really swelled.

some more. They are T male and 2 het females 05 Burke stock. Normal female 11.5 foot prego by hypo or motley or super hypo jungle. hypo with high contrast prego normal female. Motley x normal. Super hypo jungle from frank martin, not bill kirby ha ha thanks for clearing that up Joe, bred to a normal female. I think they look prego. What do you think? All the ones that I think are pregnant stay tightly coiled on the heat and are swelled and the others seem to stay on the cool end unless I just fed them. Thanks give me all your input and keep up the fight for our rights to trade these beautiful animals worldwide.

You have some nice looking pairs. I hope they give you some nice litters.

Now, I'm sorry and I don't mean to sound rude, but is the female in the first picture alright?!!?!?!?!?

Her head doesn't look right. Her jaw seems swollen and her mouth is partially open. Her head is in an odd posistion as well. I'm hoping she doesn't look that bad in person and it's just the angle the pictue was taken from...

Anyway, is she alright??

She is fine.....now! When I got her six years ago,she had been rescued. She was dehydrated, skinny and her head had been caught under a door. Her head was almost destroyed. I didn't think she was going to make it but she started eating again after about four months of healing. Her head is now misshapen and full of scar tissue but she does great. She was my second boa, first to reproduce for me, and nursing her back to health put her in a place in my heart. After this year I plan on getting rid of all of my normal females but she is going nowhere and retiring. I will keep her for the rest of her life. She deserves the pampering. I will post more pics of her head. It is pretty crazy looking. Thanks for the concern though!
Jon Rice

I'm glad to hear she's alright. That picture had me a bit worried.

I believe if you hadn't rescued her, she wouldn't be around today. It's nice to know she's getting excellent care and has a forever home. We need more reptile keepers like you.