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I thought for sure the two girls bred to my Hypo male would be the first to drop. I guess not! A storm rolled through this morning, and Petunia decided to let loose first!

They are all normals, and my stats were so-so. 9 live, 7 stills (6 full term), & 5 slugs. Petunia is 18 years old, so that could account for the loss. Pretty even sex ratio of 4.5.

Plaid (sire):

Petunia (dam):

Here's the litter after pulling mom and cage furniture out. Sorry for the blurriness.

Hopefully the hypo bred girls won't be far behind!
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Aubrey Ross

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Hey Aubrey, glad she's still putting out babies for you. IMO the stills are likely drowned in the birthing process, contractions may have ruptured their sacs. Does really suck but happens and don't know if anything can be done to prevent it.

And welcome to them jacking with you re timing. Ginger is now two weeks past what I thought her due date should be.
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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! Ahhh... drowning makes a lot of sense! I was wondering why all of them (except for the preemie) were out of the sacs. Too bad.

Oh well, at 18 yrs old I'm happy to get any babies from her!

Gah Ginger! Have those babies already!!!
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Aubrey Ross

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Hey Aubrey,

Big congrats to you on the litter!!! Sorry about the stills/slugs but atleast you have more litters to anxiously wait on!! What did you breed to your hypo male??
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Ike Lightner

2.3 BRB Breeders (Dugo, Sultan, Roxy, Brazita, & Lucille)
1.0 BRB striped holdback (Nando) from Roxxy's litter of 25 on 8/23/10
1.2 100% het hypo BRB (Diego, Rasheena & Liddia)
0.1 Hypo BRB (Ireena)
Total collection of breeders and future breeders
4.6 Brazilian Rainbow Boas - Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria

Thanks Ike! I bred a het Hypo and a Pearl to my Hypo male. They look ready to burst!
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Aubrey Ross

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Aubrey,
...Congrats. Those stills and slugs are always disappointing. Seems like most of my litters with high numbers of fullterm stills have been in litters with slugs like your litter. The slugs are stickier than slimy babies in membranes and they have trouble delivering them and like Dave posted they break membranes trying to deliver. If the babies do not then get delivered quickly they drown.
Jeff

Thanks Jeff. Your and Dave's theory makes a lot of sense to me. Makes me feel better that the babies were most likely not defective, but still sucks that they could have had a good life. Such is the way of nature though.
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Aubrey Ross

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Thank you Cliff! Yeah, I was happy to get anything from such an "experienced" lady.
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Aubrey Ross

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