107 Days POS... Still waiting

[Bushbaby]

Hi there,

Boas know just how to make you wait. It's 107 Days POS and still no babies. It is overcast today though, so I'm holding thumbs for some time soon.

Here's two pics of her.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/AnotherSnakeLover/baby-darwin/100_0861.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/AnotherSnakeLover/baby-darwin/100_0859.jpg

[Jarylo]

Specimen Report: 2005.08.15 JAC
NameSpeciesObservation(s) BabyBoa constrictor ssp.:P BushbabyHomo sapiens:-/

~Jay -> :'(

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[Bushbaby]

Thanx for the report caveman! I think. That was just weird!! lol

My records on Baby is as follows:

POS 30 April 2005
Mid term shed 27 June 2005
Then another shed 4 August 2005??

How many of you have had their Boa shed just before birthing? A friend of mine's Boa did that last year. I have never experienced it, so this would be my first!!

She ate about 4 weeks ago, one rat. Refused food since beginning June 2005.

The male was with her until 10 June 2005, although had lost interest by then.

Any ideas?? Do my calculations look correct?

[The_Boaphile]

I have never had a gravid female have more than just the one intermediate shed. That doesn't mean it can't happen, just that I have never seen it myself. The shedding schedule you have posted looks normal to me. Perhaps she is not gravid.?

[HeavenlyHerps]

When I did my first breeding( this season ) My female shed three times. I didnt even think that she was gravid untill she really started showing sighs three to four weeks befor she had her litter. I hate to say it but there were not neonates just 9 slugs! I also just heard from a lady that used my male to breed to her female and again the same thing happend. The only thing that I know is that everytime that I have seen when a female sheds like that its normaly a bad thing. But then again I have all of what, two breeding experiences. Well good luck and keep us informed!

[Bushbaby]

When I did my first breeding( this season ) My female shed three times. I didnt even think that she was gravid untill she really started showing sighs three to four weeks befor she had her litter. I hate to say it but there were not neonates just 9 slugs! I also just heard from a lady that used my male to breed to her female and again the same thing happend. The only thing that I know is that everytime that I have seen when a female sheds like that its normaly a bad thing. But then again I have all of what, two breeding experiences.  Well good luck and keep us informed!

Possibly your mail is infertile, or has he produced live off spring before?

My friends Boa shed a third time, before she gave birth. She had 20 viable young, 1 still born. So I defenitly don't think it's a bad sign. He just didn't take records of it, so I do not know how long before the time she shed.

I also was not sure that my girl was gravid, till my friend (she's at a friends house) told me that she looked lumpy. And then after that he said she's started lying on her side.

Thanx Jeff, I'll keep you posted. If she isn't gravid, I'm gonna be sorely dissappointed, but will try her with an albino male next year. ;D

[HeavenlyHerps]

No hes not infertail that was proved later. I think that either I pulled him out too soon or he was still too young. He was only 15 months when I put him in with his first female. The frist two that he was in with both had the same responces. The last female had 9 live neonates with no problems. I just dont know what happend with the other two. Anyways, keep us updated!

[Bushbaby]

I had a young male mate with my females last year. He was also about 18 months old. He produced good offspring. This year he did not want to mate with any female. It was really strange.

I'll keep you updated, but nothing as yet. Possibly I misinterpreted her Ovulation.

[Bushbaby]

115 Days POS and still nothing. Now I am doubting whether her first shed was her POS, or if the second Shed perhaps was.

Oh well, only time will tell.

I bought in another pair a few weeks ago. Last night I found the female on her side, all lumpy!! I was exstatic!! She shed around the same time as the last shed of Baby, so hopefully that was her intermediary shed, as I have not seen any mating action between the two since I have them.

The guy I bought her form did say they had mated. ;D

[Jarylo]

It would be great if you acquired a gravid female, so long as she isn't too stressed from the relocation. :'(

But you know, if you really want your luck to improve,
click this
437 times, e-mail everyone you know 5 times, and dance around like a Barbary Macaque, trust me. ;D

~Jay

[Bushbaby]

It would be great if you acquired a gravid female, so long as she isn't too stressed from the relocation. :'(

But you know, if you really want your luck to improve,
click this
437 times, e-mail everyone you know 5 times, and dance around like a Barbary Macaque, trust me. ;D

~Jay

Haha!! Funny!!

I doubt the female got too stressed while being transported, but only time will tell.