SNow breeding pics cont'd

[BigDan]

They are still at it I, my DH for snow male seems to have lost interest in the snow female but I did not observe any ovulation so I decided to try old Mr. reliable again. My anery male, well he did not waste anytime and has been on her for over a week. He has bred 2 females already and after a brief rest and a couple of meals is back at it.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1112Snow_breeding_pic-med.jpg

You can see my DH for snow male in the corner observing (lazy *******) maybe the seasoned veteran can teach him a few things.

If she does produce at least I will know who dad is by what comes out.

DH for snow fathers the liter, 25% double het for snow, 25% albino het for snow, 25% anery het for snow and 25% snows.

Anery male fathers the litter all will be anery 100% het for snow.

Dan

[Rob McRobbie]

Sweet.... sweet sweet boas.... uuugggggggg... hopefully this will be some year for you huh?? Good luck Dan..



Rob

[JAdkins2451]

Awsome, that is an awsome boa.. congrats and good luck..

Jamie

[thunder]

it is possible for members of the same litter to have different fathers, so even if you get a mixed clutch, you still wont know who fathered the anerys.

[BigDan]

It can happen but either way they would anery 100% het for snow.

If I was to have a large %age of anerys in the clutch along with albinos, DH's and snows it might be that each male had fathered a portion of the litter.

It has been proven that 2 male boas can father babies in one litter. This has been proven a number of times by various breeders.

It will be interesting to see what happens, I just hope she produces babies. LOL

Dan

[Tim and Julie B]

Wow. That is a lot of thinking involved to produce boas. :D Good luck..........Mr. Reliable too funny! TB

[greenman1867]

What a gorgeous girl that is! She is looks HUGE!! Good luck with the pairing.

*edit* Wow Dan I just notice what an OLD MAN you are! April 2nd 1971!!! Holy Crap your almost 34!

Shawn

[BoidKeeper]

Best of luck Dan!
Cheers,
Trevor

[BigDan]

Easy there greenman, you do not want to get us old guys too excited. I might have a heart attack or something.

It looks like I am getting my wish for my birthday a brand new motorized scooter and the clapper. LOL

Ahhh to be 20 again.

Dan

[smeagel]

Hey BigDan. Are you going to have any anery babies this spring?

[gonesnakee]

Is that a current Calgary newspaper that its on? LMAO! She sure has grown, I'll have to come visit your new house soon, Mark

[BigDan]

My pair of anerys that produced this year have bred again the female is due last week of March so if all goes well I should have some. They are the same pair that produced the really clean babies last season.

The father of those is the anery breeding the snow, he has also bred my DH for sunglow female so I should have some DH for ghost 50% possible het for albino babies as well.

Mark she sure has grown from the tiny little white worm she was 4 years ago. She is about 6 feet but I do not think she will be a very large female. SHe has not grown much in length over the last year but her girth has increased quite a bit due to sexual maturity.

Dan

[BoidKeeper]

What kind of cage is that Dan?
Cheers,
Trevor

[gonesnakee]

That would be one of Dan's new "Zillatanks" made by a fellow named Greg Reschke out of EDM, AB I think? He is new to custom designed reptile enclosures & Dan's were created from the prototype Greg had at one of last years AB shows. I got to snag up all the old enclosures : ) Mark
P.S. Dan, ya I don't think I've seen her for just about 2 years, but these Snow Boas can be very elusive apparently : )

[Minnow]

Hi Dan,
Do you welcome visits to your 'facility'?
I have a 'lazy *******' that could benefit from viewing some of that activity.
This is from one who understands ' girth has increased quite a bit due to sexual maturity.' lmao
I work in a nursing home and can find some used equipment for your 'golden years'. If you talk nice I will even take care of all your needs as you age. I can show you the pot of gold at the end of the 'rainbow' (if it doesn't 'snow').

Sorry Tony, the devil made me do it!

All kidding aside.....Dan that pic is priceless! Good Luck! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

Carol

[Scales Zoo]

LOL, Mom!

Very nice Dan. I was just in Calgary with my camera, and plan to be again very soon - I think I need to see that snow boa of yours in person, and document pictures of it, dates, times, get your finger prints, you know - just normal stuff.

Ryan

[chappy]

Lookin' good Dan! Congrats and Good Luck!

[BigDan]

Thanks everyone keeping my fingers crossed here but like I said before not too many female snows have produced viable litters.

Trevor the cages are the ones Mark stated, Greg made me 24 of them this season.

We had to change some things from the first prototypes like latches and hinges from lexan to metal. Never use plastic for those. LOL

But I am very happy with them and the boas sure seem to like them.

They are easy to heat with 24 in flexwatt on a helix (gives a very nice hotspot) and they keep humidity in well. Very good in our dry Calgary air. Very easy to clean and disenfect and they weigh about 20lbs.

I had to move my collection twice last year due to buying a new house and after moving 40 some odd melamine cages I was ready to kill someone.

Greg was also a great guy to deal with and even delivered them to my house since we are only a few hours away from each other. He even chaged out the plastic latches for metal and so on.

I guess people in Eastern Canada might shy away from them due to shipping and I have seen the reptiplastics cages in person and would say there are very well made also and would not hesitate to buy them but the shipping would have killed me on such a large order.

Finally we have a couple of very good craftsman making plastic cages here in Canada.

Dan

[Gary D.]

I make it a habit to generally not respond to picture posts, as really my input doesn't offer any insight, or useful information. Coupled with the fact that any post not solely proclaiming admiration tends to end up in a flame war. As such I view responding to such posts as unproductive use of my time and others who would read my posts (as you all are now doing). But in light of the shear volume of time I have wasted reading brutally excessive and completely pointles threads here over the last while. I'll waste some of everyone else's time as well. As you can see this post is equally pointless and is now becoming equally long winded. While it is known I'm not really into morphs and/or the genetics required, I do say that you certainly have done an amazing job over the past few years, and are a credit to herpetoculture in Canada. So with no further edieu'

Here's hoping for the best, good on ya' Dan. We need to talk peruvians some time soon.

Gary D.


edited for clarification

[JonD]

Wow Dan, thats so sweet, she is quite the looker!!! best of luck!;)

[Stav.T]

Dan you should stop now enough.... you gonna flood the boa morph market in Canada this year !

Congrats man! Can't wait to see the babies!

Stav

[SnakeyeZ]

SWEET boa...now thats a snow!...they should make snake viagra...would sure help you. good luck man.