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Yes, I finally produced some sunglow motleys! This litter was born Good Friday afternoon, 4/2/10 from a hypo motley het albino male that I produced from a original Jeremy Stone motley X a very orange pick of the litter outbred sunglow that I produced X a Tom Burke produced Lipstick line Sunglow female. This is the same sunglow female that produced some nice hypo motley het albinos for me a couple years ago. I missed her ovulation, but she went 100 days POS. This litter represents several firsts for myself- the first albino and sunglow motleys I've produced, the earliest litter produced in the year, born during the afternoon(it was stormy, windy, and rainy out) versus at night or early in the morning(still dark), and the largest litter I've had born.

Any guesses to how many live babies are in that pile of goo?

She's just daring me to come closer! She was an absolute beast to remove from the cage! lol.

getting cleaned up

some lipstick poss super sunglows and sunglow motleys

a hypo motley het albino, albino motley, and motley het albino

a motley het albino, sunglow, and albino motley

I'm looking forward to watching these guys color up! Thanks for looking and good luck on your upcoming litters and seasons.

By the way, the final count was 38 live babies, 2 still born, and 2 slugs. 2 years ago she had 29 with a couple slugs. Gotta love baby boas!

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Thanks Chris. I know you must have been stoked when you produced your first albino and sunglow motleys way back when.

What an awesome litter!!!! WOW! Nice job Shane!
They all look really great! Congrats

Alex
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Alex Barreiro
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Thanks Alex. Appreciate it and I hope things are going well for you.

Wow, VERY nice litter Shane, congrats ... now if only my CA boas had litters that large !!

cheers, John
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John Berry
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Thanks John. Yea, you just don't see litters like that with CA's. I've actually had bigger boas have smaller litters. These 2 lines are really hardy and solid lines and grow quickly with little food and breed well.

Great news ! So how did you go about coaxing her out?!?

Thanks. This girl is the absolute toughest I've had when removing after giving birth. I actually did the same thing I did with her a couple years ago and that is getting a big rat half way down her throat and then grabbing her quickly and carefully and moving her to another cage. She wasn't very happy about it to say the least!

Congrats..worth the wait.
thanks for sharing.

Thanks. Yes, worth the wait, but I hate waiting that long! lol.

Congrats Shane... I cant wait to see them after there first shed.. The hypo Mot I picked up from you in 2008 had the most color Iv seen on a mot. Cant Wait to see what they look like in the Albino form. Sunglow Mots, Very very nice shane..
Dave Savickey

Thanks Dave- appreciate it. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing them after a couple sheds. As you know, they just keep developing more color. Did that hypo motley breed for you this year?

Shane,
Unfortunately I resold that male hypo mot, I just didnt have any female for him and went a different direction with my projects. I wish I kept him tho. He was very colorful. And Yes I do know first hand how much those hypo mots color up with age. And being from the lipstick line, I can only imagine what those Sunglow Mots will look like. Now did you say you used a brother to the hypo mot I had? I gotta say that the best part of that litter is that you get such a diverse amount of babies. 8 different snakes. That sounds like a good idea what you did getting the mother out. By giving her a big rat and let her get half done to remove her. I have a female about to give a litter in about 3 more weeks, and she large so I will try giving her a good meal when I remove. Did you female tag you? Did it spit out the rat? Good luck shane and please post more pics of them after they shed.

She did not tag me, but she really wanted to and put in a good effort! lol. I timed it just right and she did not spit the rat out. After she got the rat down she had a little hissing fit! lol. She'll chill out with a couple more big rats.

Wow congrats Shane, My guess was 32 babies ,

what a smokin hot litter

Looks like fun to me !

. . . Lar M
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Thanks Larry. Yea, I guessed 30 at first, but those little heads were everywhere in the pile of goo!

Congrats. The wait is so worth it. You have some very nice ones in there.

Robert
Baker's Boas

Thanks Robert. Yes, the wait is worth it!

Congrats Shane. I know you've been looking forward to this for a long time. Awesome litter!

Matt

Thanks Matt. Yes, long time coming!

Glad you finally got your Sunglow Mots! Mom looks killer(in both ways!) and 38 babies,nice size litter. Damn,she did you good. I'm sure she got a nice rat for her troubles! Funny she made you work for them first. Of course it had to be a litter i'm sure you wanted to dive right into! Have fun playin your new babies!

Thanks Ruben. It was beyond work to get to those babies- it was a battle! lol.

They look great! Congratulations. Please keep posting pics as they shed and grow.
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Cheers,
Jessica Gibbs
Ball Pythons; Corn Snakes; Green Tree Python; Jungle Carpet Python; Bci; Bcl; Bco
3.0 Crazy Dogs and 2.0 cats
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...........and growing!

Thanks Jessica. I will definitely post more pics after they shed and get some growth.

Shane,

WOW!!! What a nice litter.

Congratulations bud.

How exciting.......

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Thanks Brian. I'll trade you one for your sunglow motley you produced almost 2 years ago! lol. I hope all is well you.

That one Sunglow Mot. is FANTASTIC! Congrats! Dan

Thanks Dan. I agree- that one is nice. I look forward to seeing that one and others shed and 'color' up some!

Congrats! Awesome litter.
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Thanks Chad!

I know you've been waiting for this litter a couple of years now ......but better late than never. I hope you have more motleys because that would mean I'll get some too. I'll come by when my shoulder get better.

Thanks Derek. Some more motleys wouldn't be all that bad!

Wow not only did you do it but you did it with style! Those select few at the end are just awesome! Congrats Shane!

John

Thanks John.

Shane, Big congratulations on a job well done. A beautiful pile of gorgeous boas, for me life don't get much better than that. Looks like some serious smoking boas especially the Motley's. Take care and hope your season only gets better. Andrew

Thanks Andrew. I agree, a pile of beautiful baby boas can make you easily forget other current stresses.

Now that's a nice litter, looks like you got yourself some really nice Sunglow Motleys! Judging from they're background, those Sunglow Motleys will probably just get better and better with age!

Congrats,

Chaz Neely

Thanks Chaz. Yea, I'm hoping these guys only get better with age like the others have.

Congrats Shane!!! Like all of your stuff, they look killer! Best of luck. Mike Panichi
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Thanks Mike and good luck with your stuff!

Congrats shane they look great.

I hope to make my own this season also.
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Richard Ceniceros

Thanks Richard and good luck making yours this season.

Huge freakin' congrats!!! How wonderful to finally see a project produce the results you've been waiting for, and those are some amazing results too, they look great, some killer motley patterns going on there too. I'm really happy for you!
-April
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Thank you very much April!

Shane, congrats on an AWESOME litter!!! They should turn out super nice, they look like that already. I love the mom, she has nice contrast!

Thanks Ant. I like the mom, too, but she can be a real #@%$&! lol.

very nice my friend....good luck with them!

WOW you should be proud man! Those are wicked cool shane I remember several years back I bought my very first boa from you man It was a Poss triple het salmon produced by craig Tanner. You are responsible for my BOA ADDICTION shame on you lol
regards,
Jake

Shane, that is SOOO cool. I know how hard you have worked, and all the patients seems to pay off... It is great to see poeple like you believe in a project and even though you have had many dissapointments like us all, this litter shows the efforts of your labor.... CONGRATS my friend...

Jeremy