Waiting for babies... Fingers crossed

With the way this good economy is, I scaled back my pairings, and this is the only litter I’m having.

I’m expecting babies in about a month, but of course the record keeping slacked this year, so that is a pretty loose guess.
Mom is an IMG Hypo Jungle, het anery 50% albino.

Here are some old pics, and a newer vid of her on the heat.



She was paired witha Sunglow, 50% stripe.
Kind of hoping to see an albino pop out. lol

Here are some of the dad.

A interesting fact I just realized while grabbing some pics of this guy, he is the first boa I ever pulled out of Goo! :slight_smile:



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Both boas are gorgeous, and I hope your female proves out to be het albino for you. I’m looking forward to seeing all the babies.

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I am wanting to see some babies!!!

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Still no babies… I’m starting to get anxious, and I’m going in the snake room and checking several times a day now. lol

I’ve been hoping with all the storms rolling through she would drop during one of them, but so far no luck!

The lesson is keep better records! haha

Although this girl never gave a POS… so that always makes it harder.

She is still spending most of the time on the heat, she is temping around 86/87, the floor around her is temping around 89… so as far as I can tell everything is looking good…

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Look what I found.
:slight_smile:



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They proved out!!! Congratulations!

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Yeah, verry ironic the first baby I pulled from under all the paper is an albino.

Got pretty good numbers I think.
There were 14, 1 didn’t make it, and a few slugs… I think 3/4 but could have missed some in the paper. I don’t really keep track of slugs. All that matters is those aren’t the majority. lol

5 are albino.
I don’t think the still born was albino, but not 100% on that.
That animal seemed way bigger then it should have been. Like 30/40 percent longer at least.
Weird.

I have a perfect male for her for her next breeding in a year or 2. I’ll finally have a good chance to make snows and moonglows finally.
That’s been a combo I’ve wanted to produce for years, but keeps proving harder and harder. lol

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Here is a quick vid taken with most babies still in the cage.
Not the normal camera person, so no clue how good the vid is, but maybe you guys see something good. :slight_smile:

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Congratulations, they look nice. I see the hypo is a jungle, too. I’m glad mom turned out to het albino for you. Please post more pictures of all the babies.

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Yes! Please do! Love me some baby boa pictures!

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Hi guys, I’m finally able to get a few pictures. Most have eaten F/T… I think my 6 year-old son has actually helped with that.

lol :slight_smile:
He helps hold the tongs, and helps me put the mouse in front of the ones that don’t pounce on it.

If only I could trust him to take photos. haha

Please feel free to let me know what you guys see.

Here is number 1.




This is number 3.




The last for this week is baby number 4.



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Dang, are they that ugly? lol

I feel like I should put a crickets emoji here. haha

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No lol, they are beautiful! Better lighting would help with IDing them. :joy:

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Lol THX.

Can you tell if there is enough lighting, or is it too much washing them out?

I know a light ring, plus room lighting above them is used…

This picture thing has to be the hardest thing about boas.

I’m open to all tips and suggestions…

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And some natural lighting would be your best option, but not too bright.

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Ok, so I Tried taking 2 of them outside to see if we could get some natural lighting…
I held a stick for them to perch on for the photos which worked pretty good actually.

I did 1 albino and 1 non-albino for testing. lol
Here’s hoping this works better.
If so, I know how to take pics of the rest. :slight_smile:
Here is 24-01-01 again.






The AI image discription thing on the iPhone said it was a white and orange snake, so I’m going to guess it’s a sunglow at least…? does anyone see jungle or IMG in it?

and here is 24-01-06



Thanks everyone for looking!

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@tommccarthy what are you seeing?

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All your babies are 100% het albino as dad is a sunglow. Both parents are hypos, so you should have some super hypos.

24-1 is a sunglow. Need a good side and top view picture of the tail to give my opinion on IMG. But I don’t think it is. But I do think it’s a super hypo. Need a good picture of the tail saddles to be sure.

24-6 IMG hypo jungle het albino.

24-1-4 hypo jungle het albino.

24-1-3 hypo IMG

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Think you so much @tommccarthy!

I’m noticing that the ones you are pointing out as IMG are the ones that had the best food responce so far… I wonder if most IMG animals are good eaters… lol

All but 1 out of 14 are eating, but those IMG’s pounded there first offering.

Were any of the pictures noticeably better? Just trying to find the magic formula to make taking pics a little easier on everyone involved. :slight_smile:
Thanks again so much for your help!

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Outside and not in direct sunlight. Seem to work best for me. Yours on the branches are nice.

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