My last post stated "my latest newborns" I meant latest newborn rosies, this is my latest and only Rubber boa for the year. Born on 10/4. This is from a litter of three although the other two were born still. This is my second birth of Rubber boas, the other being is 2003 from a different mother. I thoroughly enjoy finding these little guys in the mother's enclosures as they are one of my favorite little boas. It amazes me how docile and calm to the touch they are from the start and remain for life. Very fun and interesting little creatures.
Later, Milo
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Newborn Rubber Boa
miloradovich
Oct 05, 2005 09:53 PM
Replies (3)
chrish
Oct 05, 2005 10:33 PM
Milo,
Could you describe your setup? I am particularly interested in what kind of heat gradient you provided your gravid female and how hot it was in that area.
The reason I am curious is that I have bred Charina several times and have always had high frequencies of stillbirths. Richard Hoyer suggested to me that it may be that my female was basking too much on the heat tape and the offspring were using up the nutrients in the yolk sac before they were born.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, TX
RichardFHoyer
Oct 06, 2005 07:40 PM
Chris,
This season I had 14 female C. bottae produce 49 neonates. All were live births except for one litter of four in which there were three still births.
A friend had two females produce litters. There were two still births in the litter of 4 and four still births in the litter of 8.
Richard F. Hoyer
miloradovich
Oct 06, 2005 08:31 PM
Chris,
With this particular female I just kept her at room temp, about 72. She had a large water bowl in with her and a small rubbermaid container full of damp moss, this is where she spent the majority of her time. The female that gave birth in 2003 had a similiar set up with the exception that she had a small heat pad at one end of the tank. She had four babies and no stills so I assumed that the heat was benificial over just the room temp set up that I had this year even though she spent very little time on it. (That is why I didn't use a heat pad this time) I am not really sure though as these are my only breedings of rubbers so I am pretty much an amatuer and I consider those more luck than anything.
