Update on Gravid boas..Pics!

[C.Marshell]

All the female boas pictured here are 100%het for albino(Kahl Strain)This pic is of the last of the hets to ovulate,she Ovulated on the first of November ,and with any luck will go on to have her first litter of offspring sometime early this spring.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3138-3870_img.jpg

This is the second of the hets ,she Ovulated on October 13th and is starting to show the signs of being gravid now,allthough she will still eat from time to time..she will now not constrict the rodent at all..quite a change from the pre gestative state.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3138-3873_img.jpg

And last but not least..this little girl ovulated on the 27th of September and is well on her way..hopefully some baby albinos and hets early in the new year.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3138-3869_img.jpg

Here are a couple of pics of the males used to breed the females,The first of the males was used with the second and 3rd female in the pics above.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3boa2.jpg

This is male #2, a.k.a messy chester!..this bad boy was used for the first female in the pics above.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/31272733img-med.jpg

Thanks for looking!..hope everyone has a happy new year:D

[KaHane]

Great pics Chris, Best of luck:)

[Matt]

very nice, good luck with it

[PoiSoNouS]

Very cool !!! I cant wait to see those little babies :)

[Grant vg]

Awsome stuff chris! ..Goodluck!

[Lisa]

Good luck Chris. Can't wait to see the results.

btw how do you tell when a snake ovulates?

[C.Marshell]

Thanks everyone!...I can't wait to see the results either..I'm just hopeing they all don't pill out on me..LOL..that would not be good.

Lisa,When a female boa Ovulates it is usually unmistakeable,allthough sometimes it can be slight and hard to notice,thats usually not the case.You will see a large mid body swelling slightly lower than where the food item would be after a meal,This swelling usually subsides within days..but sometimes within hours...but if you check your animals on a regular basis you should catch it.

Check out this link in the boa constrictor forum,Big Dan has a pic of his Huge female albino Ovulateing http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7995 Hope this helps a bit.;)

[sSNAKESs.com]

DAMN NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shes gonna blow bi! shes gonna blow!!! :D:D:D:D

[C.Marshell]

By the look of the last pic you sent me Jeff...it definetly looks as though you may have a gravid boa on your hands as well!:thumbsup:

[Clownfishie]

Great stuff Chris!! :) Congrats, and best of luck... can't wait to see pics of the new babies in the new year! :D I'll keep my fingers crossed for some albinos for you.... a belated Christmas present perhaps :)

[Jeff_Favelle]

Lookout baby racks!!!! There's company coming!!!


Its going to be a wicked year Chris.

[Darren Hamill]

Gooking good Chris best of luck to ya! :D

[Tim_Cranwill]

Now, there's a fat snake! How many babies can you expect?

Good luck with them all!:)

[Linds]

That's great! Good luck, hope all goes well! :thumbsup:

[C.Marshell]

Thanks for the kind words once again guys and gals!..

Cranwill ,Avarage litter size can vary quite a bit,but a snake her size should have between 12-20 young..and she could also slug out as well, thats why it always makes me nervous to start counting baby boas before they are born...right now my bigest concern is the females,making sure they stay healthy and happy!..babys would just be icing on the cake so to speak:D

Jeff F..now thats the kind of company i can deal with year round..lol

clownfishie,..that would indeed be a good belated christmas present.

Darren,best of luck to you as well this year!

Linds,thanks!:D ..hope all is going well with your Rosy project this year.

[BigDan]

Great looking albinos and hets. They should pop out some killer babies for you this year.

Best of luck.

Keep in touch.

Dan

[C.Marshell]

Thanks Dan..good luck to you as well!