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My Dumerils Boa Cleopatra had her first litter today, and I was lucky enough to be here when it happened. She had 2.2 babies and no stillborn.
Here is a group photo I snapped. See if you can find all the heads 
I was also able to record some of the babies coming out. More footage to come later.
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Paul D
congrats on the litter, and cheers for the video, great footage.
Is it common for dumerils to have such small litters?
cheers
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Dave
15.24 brbs
4.8 crbs
It's common for Dumerils Boas to have larger litters than this. However, this is Cleopatra's first litter and she has a few more years till she's full grown. Another thing to keep in mind is that baby Dumerils are born much larger than BRBs. The 4 babies weighed 88g, 80g, 72g, and 70g. Something else that's interesting is that Dumerils Boas have their first shed right after being born.
First Shed
Mommy with Baby
Here is a video clip of one of the babies breaking through the egg sac:
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Paul D
Congrats Paul, so glad you made it back from survival training in time to witness the birth. So cool watching them being born and YEAH, I saw all four heads!!!
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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 
Thanks Dave,
I feel really fortunate that I was here to watch the litter come out. I'll take some individual pictures of the babies tomorrow. Here is a video of another one of the babies coming out.
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Paul D
>>My Dumerils Boa Cleopatra had her first litter today, and I was lucky enough to be here when it happened. She had 2.2 babies and no stillborn.
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>>www.MoonlightBoas.com
Congrats, i like the video footage. Its not something i have seen alot of. Thanks.
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OGFSnakes
VERY COOL!! MAJOR CONGRATS!!!!!! I love dums, that vid was pretty cool.
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