I have been checking on my possibly gravid Boas about 4 times a day and more when I am home from work. Last night I checked before bed and all were fine. This morning I check before leaving for work and I found one of my hopeful gravid DH Snow boas belly up. I just couldnt believe it. I took her straight to the vet and told them I needed to know ASAP what happened.
He just called.. he opened her up and said she was jammed full of babies and looked like NO slugs. She was only 35 days past POS, so babies were still very small and pale gray. He also said she had a perfect fat supply and he didnt see anything out of the ordinary as to cause of death.
I am sending her out for further testing and a necropsy, but I am still at a loss of the cause until then. If she had something, I need to protect the rest of my collection.
Is sudden death while Gravid common? I am just sorta floating around today.. so sad for my Venus. I have fed, cleaned and pampered her for 3 years before breeding to make sure all would go well. I thought I had done everything correct. Of course the cages are cleaned, fresh water NO mites or anything like that. Only F/T since the day I got her, temps controlled by thermostat and checked multiple times a day and so on.
Man............. this really sucks. I wish I would have waited another year now. I would glady give back all the babies to have my Venus back. Venus is on the left in the picture. Just look at how colorful she was. 
Shawn Morelan
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