And not a happy one. Got home last Sunday night from a trip to find Kali, my younger, smaller female lying in a pile of slugs. She is fine though she looked tired. Sad watching her nosing around the slugs. I didn't observe her eating any, though I may have missed it. There was one tiny premie in the pile and it would have been easy to mistake it for a ribbon of red slime.
The next day Eve was restless and I knew she was close to parturition. Sure enough Tuesday morning she starts laying around 6 am and I was there for the whole show. Slugs. There were two premies that looked nearly fully formed. I didn't have great hopes on Eve because she didn't look as big as she has in the past. Kali looked huge but she is smallish anyway.
Needless to say, bummer.
Both girls are healthy and have eaten.
Going by last years time from POS I had them due around April 5. Kali went on the 4th and Eve on the 6th. Kind of interesting.
Looking over my notes one thing may have contributed to the failure; neither snake had eaten since November. In December they both acted gravid and refused food. Unfortunately, I did not offer again. In the past Eve has eaten up until 2 months prior to giving birth so I may have screwed up not offering. Sigh.
As we like to say; 'there's always next year'.
Thanks for reading,
Paul
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Update on my girls.
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Sorry to hear that, Paul. But I am happy to hear that the females are doing ok... that is the most important part, IMO. They can always try again next year! 
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Aubrey Ross
Hey Paul, Sorry to hear that. IMO it's nothing to do with feeding or not. The ova were either not fertilized or not viable.
Glad moms are OK is kinda odd they both slugged out within days of each other.
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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 (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
Paul,
Very sorry to hear this. I've got nothing scientific to base this on, but I agree with Dave the feeding thing probably made no difference. Don't beat yourself up over it. Thanks for keeping us updated, if nothing else sharing information helps everyone.
Thanks,
Ed
Paoul im sorry to hear that, the impression i get is that sometimes it just happens no explanition. but you have the right atitude about moving on and trying agian next year, glad the girls are doing good
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-Stephen-
0.1 Fiance (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)
