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Jamaican Boas Breeding

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Looks like my two adults Jamaican boas, Montego and Alexandria, are trying to produce a pile of little Jamaicans for me. They've been locked up almost constantly for the last few weeks, which will hopefully result in a litter sometime in September or October. I'm really excited to be working with such a rare and interesting species. If anyone in Pennsylvania would be interested in purchasing some of the neonates, please contact me and I can notify you when they are ready for new homes. Enjoy the pictures.
 

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Thanks. They really are quite stunning in person. When these two finally pry the.selves apart, I'll try to get some better individual shots of them . I keep thinking they're done and its time to separate and then they start all over again.
 
Well, she just shed today, is spending a lot of time near her nesting box, and is looking especially lumpy. Here's hoping we might be getting some baby subflavus soon.
 

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BABIES

Well, she spent the last 4 days staying almost exclusively in her lay box, and yesterday had a very watery defecation with only a little urates (possibly a pre-birth sign). Then this morning, I came downstairs to check on her and found that the cage was littered with little red critters. The current count (not sure if she's done) is 20 healthy babies, 2 stillbirths, and 5 slugs. Please enjoy the photos.
 

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Reptile Frenzy said:
Goodjob Chris! Those are pretty nice!
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Thanks. I'm really excited about this whole thing. This is my first successful breeding, and is at the end of several years of work.

Also, I finally got to cleaning out the birthing cage, and found 2 more healthy babies, 2 more stillborns, and 2 more slugs, bringing the total to:

24 healthy babies, 4 stillborn, and 7 slugs. Hopefully she is done birthing, because I am running short on space. haha.
 
Yeah 24 babies is alot! I cant waiy to be producing brazilian rainbow boas and carpets but between just 2 of thos females we could end up with 20-40 babies compared to about 10 from 2 ball pythons! Goodluck with everything.
 
Reptile Frenzy said:
Yeah 24 babies is alot! I cant waiy to be producing brazilian rainbow boas and carpets but between just 2 of thos females we could end up with 20-40 babies compared to about 10 from 2 ball pythons! Goodluck with everything.
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Thanks. I literally had to shuffle a bunch of my other animals around just to make room. If she has one more baby, I'm going to have to keep it in a Tupperware bin. Haha.

On the plus side, they have been known to give birth to up to 46 babies, so I should be grateful that there aren't quite so many. It worked out quite well, and she managed to have exactly as many as I could handle. Plus, always grateful for healthy babies. Now to get them eating and hopefully figure out what to do with them all. Haha.
 
cguarino30 said:
Thanks. I literally had to shuffle a bunch of my other animals around just to make room. If she has one more baby, I'm going to have to keep it in a Tupperware bin. Haha.

On the plus side, they have been known to give birth to up to 46 babies, so I should be grateful that there aren't quite so many. It worked out quite well, and she managed to have exactly as many as I could handle. Plus, always grateful for healthy babies. Now to get them eating and hopefully figure out what to do with them all. Haha.
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Well im sure there is some kind of a market for them and can be sold to lighten the load minus a few holdbacks :thumbsup:
 
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