I admit to mainly being a ball man, but four years ago I broke down and bought a few boas to mess around with. For one of my projects I hunted down for some of the best Sunglows available and found some nice Coral Sunglows and hets. I raised them nice and slow four the last four years, and this fall I paired a nice lean Khal Coral Sunglow male to a Salmon het coral albino female weighing 12.5 lbs. Reading balls are a piece of cake but reading boas through the breeding season was nerve wracking. The male courted the female on and off but I witnessed no visible copulation. Doing my homework I observed and I marked a pre-ovulation swell, two distinct separate ovulations, and a Post Ovulation Shed marking the birth for the end of May to beginning of June. Hoping that she wasn't full of slugs I purchased a fetal doppler monitor and recorded some heartbeats of the developing babies In early May. On Tuesday afternoon she dropped her pre-waxy birth stool and last nights torrential downpour made her restless and she tore up the newspaper. I went in for dinner assuming that she will birth early during the morning, but as I checked on her before going to bed there was a big pile of gooey babies staring at me. My first boa breeding project was a success and a boa virgin I am no longer. We hit a great ratio of Coral Sunglows possible supers in this 22 baby clutch with one slug. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Next year the leopards will be five years old and its their first turn.
The moment of discovery
The goo shot
The goo shot 2
all cleaned up
A nice big Coral Sunglow Possible Super
A nice clean Salmon Possible Super
