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Trying again this year

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Last year, for the first time, my hog island boas copulated heavily...but nothing came of it. I put them together again back in November (I think); but they'd shown no interest in one another until a few days ago. There have been some serious wrap ups that I didn't want to disturb, and I'm more hopeful about the results of their current activities.
I did take a few shots today, not great pics, as I didn't want to be too intrusive; and I didn't want to break the mood, so to speak.
 

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Good luck Brother! Hope you get a large litter this time around.

BTW, is that male still young? Just curious. He sure does have a pale background color. Like his adult colors haven't kicked in yet. ???

Either way, he seems up to the task at hand. Hope it goes like planned.
 
The male is......... an 05 (or maybe an 06, lol). I'd have to do some digging to get a definite answer. (The girl I'm sure of...she is an 05)
 
As long as I'm trying again - here's another one.
This is Cass. I've bred her twice before, and gotten two loads of slugs. She's had a couple of years off, and she's now looking very gravid. I can't say she has an attractive glow about her, though - she's all dark and ugly.
(I hate the urate stained paper....but I also dislike moving gravid females unless I have to.)
 

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This is an older photo of her, looking a bit better during cage cleaning (that's a VE-175 tub...pretty much as big as a 4x2 cage)
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:shrug01:
I pretty much just let them do their thing - didn't pay much attention to sheds, didn't see ovulation. I'll either see some signs, or be surprised one morning, lol.


Actually, I checked her with a doppler a while ago (no idea whether it was 2, 3, or 4 weeks ago - its all a blur), and didn't hear anything...but I was planning on rechecking her this week.
 
Nice. That would make a good suprise. Hopefully she does not give you anymore slugs. Good luck with her Harald
 
Last year, I plotted things out, had due dates for both boas....and they just had babies when they felt like it. (That's why I didn't bother this year)
 
The doppler says there are at least a couple of real, live babies in there....
 
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