boa birthin question

unknownclown · 08-28-11, 04:50 PM

Ok so a thought just crossed my mind after figuring our snake is due in Oct. Will there be cords to cut? Forgive me if this is a.stupid question

marvelfreak · 08-28-11, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by unknownclown

Ok so a thought just crossed my mind after figuring our snake is due in Oct. Will there be cords to cut? Forgive me if this is a.stupid question

I know they come out in a sack. I don't believe you have to. I could be wrong not 100% sure. Wish i could be of more help.

infernalis · 08-29-11, 08:02 AM

There should not be any cord cutting..

unknownclown · 08-29-11, 08:46 AM

Well thats good to know :-) We've researched everything and have been doing everything by the book. But yesterday it just crossed my mind, like most random thoughts do that durring live birth there is a placenta connected yet Ive never read anything about removing it from snakes...

infernalis · 08-29-11, 08:49 AM

Garter snakes, Dekayi and water snakes all have live young.

I have peeled membranes off babies, but never had to cut any cords.

When my milk laid her eggs, I did have to cut one baby free, it had pipped from it's egg, but it was still attached.

I freaked out, there was so much blood for a little baby, the snake made it.. I kept that one and sold off all the rest.

unknownclown · 08-29-11, 08:56 AM

Ok so I went to YouTube to see what everyone else has done and came across this...
Boa constrictor giving birth to 30 with one striped - YouTube
Is it really safe to keep them in the sacks for so long? I know with puppies and kittens it sure wouldnt be...

BlindOne · 08-29-11, 10:29 AM

I've never removed the young from their placental sacs. They know when they're ready to come out and, IMO, shouldn't be forcibly removed.

stephanbakir · 08-29-11, 12:43 PM

I've never had to remove any, they come out when they are good and ready.
The one exception was a baby we believed was a stillborn, it was motionless for about an hour, we cut him out and thought he was dead, about an hour later it started twitching and was fine by the next day.

unknownclown · 08-29-11, 02:06 PM

ok cool I apreciate the help :-) the whole time I was planning for this I kinda figured it was one of them "let nature take its course" type things durring the births. But I guess I'm getting anxious since this our first time breeding boas and I want to make sure I have all my bases covered and avoid any last minute surprises if at all possible.

stephanbakir · 08-29-11, 02:18 PM

Its the right way to do it, better that then making a mistake that could have easily been avoided.

ladyjustice33 · 09-04-11, 08:33 PM

It'll be years before I attempt breeding my rainbows, 4 or 5 at least. I've helped deliver kittens and puppies, but never snakes so like you I'll be researching but will still have random questions that pop in my head I'm sure!! My parent's tomcat got a stray pregnant and she came home with him, lol, and had kittens in the shed. They were coming out backwards or something so I called the vet and he helped over the phone. I had to tug the cords and help her get them out, then give a few of them puffs of air, kitty CPR, lol. The puppies were also my parent's. Their poodle, Peaches, had a hard time and we had to help with the first two. When the last one came out, she wasn't breathing at all and we did the CPR thing with her too. She lived and Mom kept her cause she had siezures for a while, had to take phenabarbitol, and is a little "off". She is still alive and about 15 years old, her mom Peaches (17 years old) is too.

N1T24M · 09-04-11, 09:53 PM

some like to cut cords if they still have an excess amount of yolk that wasnt consumed, its a simple tie and cut situation. just tie about an inch away from the boa as a little bit of the cord gets sucked back in. the piece will eventually fall out on its own after a day or 2.