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pic of me holding the big female was takin a couple of years ago, thats the female that just dropped the litter of 28. final tally from that litter was 18.10, was kinda hoping for more girls but im not complaining! first shed pics are coming soon!

Thanks for looking!
~Steve Thompson

Nice big female and lotsa babies - congrats!!!
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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! 20 of the 28 just had their first sheds, some real stunners in the litter. I was a bit surprised at the abundance of males. I was talking to a friend and he mentioned that the female to male ratio is dependant on temperature while the female is gravid. I have heard of this in pythons while incubating eggs but is that also true for boas? the ratio was 18.10.

Thanks
~Steve Thompson

I have heard the same but have not been able to discern any pattern in my breedings that support the theory. Trust me, if I did I'd be working that into my process.
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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

Yeah thats kind of what i was thinking, this guy insisted that my cage temp had to be at least 90 because of the ratio...the cage def was no where near 90. temps hung right around 84 while she was gravid.

Nice looking big girl you have there, I'd be curious to know what her length and weight is at.

Congrats on the litter, that's going to be a lot of little rodents until those babies start finding their new homes! lol

I saw the mention of temps having to do with sex ratio, personally I don't believe there's any truth to it with snakes, I think it's just totally random. (Although I don't claim to know everything, so there may be a few species out there it's been proven with that I'm not aware of?) The only thing that I believe temperature can have an effect on is the gestation or incubation time length.

Charlie

Yeah def going through the rodents quickly right now. I'll post pics of first shed babies soon! Thanks!

Thanks! I'm not sure on her exact weight. I still have to invest in an accurate scale. But she sure is huge, she had 4 years without breeding prior to this year so plenty of time to fatten up