Best/most important ovulation! Post shed pics 7-31

[The_Boaphile]

This female shown below:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monstertailclose7web.jpg

was bred for three months by the Pastel male on her still. He is the father of the best Scarlet Hypos we produced in 2003 by the way. He looks pretty yucky in this picture compared to how good he looked when he was about 3' but still a handsome devil.

This female is arguably, color wise, the most shocking Hypo on the planet. Certainly the most impressive one I have ever produced. I am really shook up a little seeing this happen... I am extremely nervous about what we could get from this breeding! Scarlet Monster Tail Hypos!

I am NOT going to be able to sleep tonight!

So far this year, a pathetically small number of females have ovulated for me but, some really important ones. Time will tell but ... I just don't know what to say. I can't think straight.

Later,

Jeff

[Randy_T.]

Oh man.. I truely hope she produces successfully and makes babies as beautiful as she is.. (that monstertail is the one of my monstertail dreams.) She is by far my favorite of all of the animals you have shown us.. GOOD LUCK

[coldjoe]

I totally agree with Randy T. That Monstertail is a dream. And that Pastel looks awesome too. The best of auspicious Jeff. :'(

[denny_rimes]

I'd have to guess that anything you put with that girl would produce awesome babies. I can only imagine how nice the babies will be with that pastel! The one problem with a litter like that is going to be WAY too many keepers. ;D The rest of us will have to be satisfied with looking at the great pics of them! You're killin me, Jeff.....way to go!

Denny ;D

[beastie]

i'd have to agree with that, i'd have trouble letting even one or two go! :P

where do we sign up? (cuz i'd have to get on the payment plan right about..............NOW!)


bc

[kasper22]

I've got an extra kidny I'll give as payment on one of her babies :'(

[Randy_T.]

And I will give you Kaspers other kidney for one for me ;D

I'm like the ghetto kid that just watched a lambourgini drive by..

[John_Lokken]

I'm like the ghetto kid that just watched a lambourgini drive by..


LMAO! I got a good laugh from that one! ;D
John

[Dr._Klopson]

That female is just amazing!

[Darrin_Brasher]

She definately has the best contrast of any hypo Ive saw .

[The_Boaphile]

P.O.S.: 4/12/05
Due Date: 7/26/05

[Dr._Klopson]

I'll be taking a few of those off your hands my friend! Its gonna be a good year!

[The_Boaphile]

Update!

Two months into it she is doing everything perfect so far. I will know better in another month or so. She is measuring in at 88-89 degrees consistently. Sitting in the "Heat Conservation Position" most all the time. She is still eating. She is getting thin in the front end of her body while the rear is getting bigger. I can't wait for this one. If I only had one litter this year and this was it that would be just fine with me!

[E.S._Tropicals]

Very nice Jeff, she is gorgeous, the babies are going to be something else. Best of luck with everything going on over there this season. I look forward to seein a bunch of baby pics, and whatever new and cool stuff is produced of course.

Amelia

[The_Boaphile]

She is looking absolutely terrible in this photo as far as her normal color is concerned. Pregnancy has not been kind to her overwhelming color but look at this pig! She is looking absolutely perfect right now! Look how huge she looks on the right side of her body and how skinny she is up front! Makes me very very nervous.

If this is the only female that given me a good liter this year? Who cares? That would be just fine with me!

P.O.S.: 4/12/05
Due Date: 7/26/05

Due in one, two, three... 45 days but who's counting. Right?

[ratman]

She looks huge. I'm guessing there are 50+ little ones in there! I hope they are all little ones! :'(

[E.S._Tropicals]

Wow Jeff, that girl is just huge, I hope there are a bunch of great looking babies in there for ya. I just can't wait to see them. Congrats, its really something to see the way a gravid animal can totally change in coloration.

Amelia

[najt]

WWWOOOWWW

Awsome...

A beautifl girl... I wish you luck Jeff!

You have to upload MANY pictures of the litter when they come!!!!

// andreas
www.reptilia.tk

[najt]

what is her weight?

Tha BIggggiiiieee :)


// andreas
www.reptilia.tk

[The_Boaphile]

She isn't that big. I mean she is enormously full of babies but she is only about 7' or slightly over 2 meters in length. She weighs about 25 lbs. She is looking really really good still. She is due in 35 more days, that's five weeks from today or July 26th of next month, about 840 hours or 50,400 minutes but who's counting right?

[dberes]

50,399
50,398
50,397
50,396

[denny_rimes]

50,395
50,394
50,393
50,392

[najt]

50,391
50,390
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:P

11 kg? that is a good weight... She will pop out a big bunch of GOOD looking juveniles :)

Iam holding my thumbs for you Jeff.. Good luck with that beauty... I want to have more of these in sweden.. Jeff maby going to move into sweden in the future? *haha* you can be my neighbour :)

See ya!
// andreas
www.reptilia.tk

[The_Boaphile]

Rönne / Boaphile se be Norske.

A tiny bit of Swedish in there too, but don't tell anyone.

[stevo]

I believe this litter will have the whole Boa community on there toes until July 26th. I will be turning 33 on that date, which makes me believe she will have 33 babies on my birthday. By the way I own one her sisters, and she said she like to raise up one of her nephews or nieces! ;D

[The_Boaphile]

She is roughly the same size her mother was when she had 53 babies and 6 slugs in 2003. Same length. She is not as enormous as the Monster Tail was when she delivered that huge litter of the first genetically proven Pearlescent Boas. Anyhow, I am still hoping for lots of really small babies which is what her Mom does for me. 40 babies would be really great but we will take whatever we get won't we? I just hope there are a few that are as much more RED as she was compared to the rest of the litter and LOTS of them just as nice as she was and is. That's all I want. That's not too much to ask is it?

[Sojourn]

Doesn't seem like too much to ask to me! I think we will all be hoping for the same, because if you get some much better, there will be at least the possibility that you might sell one of the ones that will be just as nice. ;D

[denny_rimes]

50,387
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50,384
50,383

Norske? I'd have bet $100 you were a Spaniard! hehe :(

I think 40 is a good round number because it will give you SO many babies to take care of that you might actually let one or two of them go to your good buddies like Sojourn who really NEEDS them!

50,382
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Denny ;D

[The_Boaphile]

33 days
792 hours
47520 minutes
47519 minutes
47518 minutes
2,851,200 seconds
2,851,199 seconds
2,851,198 seconds
but who'se counting right?

[najt]

really? :) haha

iam holding my thumbs for you Jeff. trust me..

I wish you a really good luck with that beatiful one..

// andreas
www.reptilia.tk

[Killer]

I'm very happy for you and your gravid female Jeff.

Are you going to hold onto all the babies or are you going to share your passion you have for that female with us by selling some of her babies?

Are we going to have to sell our house or car to be able to buy one?

[The_Boaphile]

I'm going to have to sell some of them I guess. I am hoping that most of them look as good as she did as a baby and that the rest of the look even more red. That's very hard to imagine but knowing how color works, that is what I expect will happen. I am giddy with excitement not being able to talk most of the time when I think about her and the possible babies she should have. I had the Denny and Kathy Rimes here today for a visit. They were able to see her in the flesh and though darker because she is gravid, she is still an unBOAlievable animal. Kathy took numerous pictures of the hopefully Momma to be. Time will tell and hey... only 26 more days to wait. 26 days isn't really that long is it? I mean it's only 3 1/2 weeks, about, sort of, OK so it's 3 weeks and 5 days. Can't blame a guy for trying to look at the bright side.

So how many babies do you think she will have?

I am guessing 37 babies just like the litter she was born in. 37 babies will be perfect as far as I am concerned. Yea, 37 sounds good. Any other guesses?

Sorry, no prizes for the right answer.

How many babies?

How many of them will be Hypos?

How many of them will be Hypos like their Mom or better?

I can't wait!

[coldjoe]

I will say 39 babies. ;D
18 will be hypos. ;D
11 of the hypos will be like mom or better. :'(

[denny_rimes]

41 babies

22 hypos

And there is not a boa on this planet as nice as Mom....I hope her babies are though.

But then it's kind of cheating for me because I saw her in person and even the best pics of her do not show her true color.

Denny ;D

[The_Boaphile]

Yup, Denny just saw her on June 31 of last week. She of course is in the thick of it and gravid looking terrible. She looks like absolute kah kah in comparison to her normal "Candy Apple" red coloration contained within her tail and pattern. She is absolutely by far the most impressive animal I have had the good fortune of having born here. I check her multiple times every day. She is due July 26th too, did I mention that? That's just 3 weeks away now!

[son_of_the_serpent]

is the male a scarlet hypo or just a very red pastel????

[denny_rimes]

OK, Boss.......it's about time for an update. How is the BIG girl doing this week?

Denny ;D

[The_Boaphile]

She was bred by a really nice Pastel male pictured in one of the earlier photos in this thread.

13 days more till the 105th day past the P.O.S. date. I am biting my nails in anticipation. I was really nervous about a week ago because she was already quite restless but she settled down again allowing me once again to get some sleep. She is doing everything exactly right. I caught her laying on her side and was going to take a picture of her but she rolled over before I could get the shot. I have seen three or four Boas laying completely belly up when gravid before. That is quite disconcerting to say the least. She hasn't done that one for me yet. Anyhow, we'll just have to wait a little while longer now...

[ratman]

Well, I know I can hardly wait! :'(

[MissAddicted]

I'm like the ghetto kid that just watched a lambourgini drive by..

LOLOL...I know how you feel. I'm so small time right now, all I CAN do is dream & live vicariously through all these amazing pictures.

[LindaH]

Jessica and I send our best wishes for a beautiful, healthy litter!!

Linda Hedgpeth
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/730Jessica1-med.JPG

[louie]

GOOD LUCK Jeff!!

[The_Boaphile]

Today is day 96 P.O.S. I took this picture of her last night while she was parked on the heat.

[goofykid87]

despite being gravid, she still has more color than a lot of boas ive seen.

[MissAddicted]

I don't know how you're able to sleep with THAT nearby. She looks like she's going to drop off some cargo anytime

She looks super.The male with her as great color.Cant wait to see the babies.Nice pairing.

[The_Boaphile]

Day 100 and she is making her nest. She has cleaned out a spot on the right rear of the cage. I think this is very likely where she will have them. She is now almost constantly on the move investigating every inch of that cage. I am having a hard time thinking about anything...

My seven year old daughter is making me check her about every hour. She loves baby Boas and is enjoying the fact that I let her operate the "snake light" and check the two females that are due to give birth any time. I explain all the stuff they are doing as it happens. I had her and the "Big Wig" there looking at the Red Monster Tail female and told the Big Wig she might have them any time. My wife said, "Oh honey, isn't it too early"? My seven year old said, "no Mommy they will be OK now. They will just have big bellies full of yolk". She knows more about Boas and breeding them than most herpers do. That is great fun. The wife and I just smiled at each other. I would rather her wait another week or so but it looks like she is already looking to make the ideal spot for those puppies. I want to just sit at the cage waiting to see them pop out but I have too much to do. Feeding time at the ranch today and the plastic work just continues to run as well. I'll have to check her again in another hour or so...

[louie]

That is AWESOME Jeff!!I love the fact that your wife and daughter are so involved and educated with your operation.Your daughter is a VERY fortunate young lady to be the heiress(hope I spelled that right) to the"BoaBlackHole".Best of luck, Mike

[The_Boaphile]

I tell ya! I go to pick up some plastic and am gone a total of less than two hours. My seven year old and I go down to check her again and BOOM! It's all over! She had them right in the corner she cleared out! What a mess! Pictures soon!

[najt]

WOOW cool :) How many in the litter?

Congratulations...

Fun to hear about your daughter and wife :)

I dont have to say this. *I want to see pictures*
But ive done it anyway :)

See ya!

// andreas
www.reptilia.tk :'(

[reidness]

Jeff you better get those pics up asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are all waiting!!! pics of mom to please. reid

[The_Boaphile]

Here is Momma with the babies in the right rear corner as predicted.

[The_Boaphile]

Another shot:

[The_Boaphile]

The whole litter in "Letter Format".

[The_Boaphile]

THis baby is out in front. Look like his Mother. I hope it's a "he"!

[beastie]

BOAGRATULATIONS!!!! that's wonderful! soooo glad to see this litter come out alright, and can't wait for individual pics!!!!



bc

[The_Boaphile]

It's a party... No a "Monster Ball"!!!

[The_Boaphile]

See one you like? Tonight I will sleep like a baby... finally.

[najt]

wiiiihooooee :)

Congrats m8 :)

They look SOOOOOOOOO good :)

You little baby ;D

Now i can go sleep :)

// andreas
www.reptilia.tk

[MissAddicted]

WOO HOO!!
Great shots...I know I'm not alone in saying "can't wait to see them after clean up!" They all look amazing...congratulations...how many additional grey hairs in your beard did she give you? LOL

[louie]

I like them all!!!Congrats on a beautiful litter.Sleep well Mr. Ronne.I`ll bet you will have some "Monster Dreams".

Conngrats!!!They all look special.Please have a good nights rest.Cant wait to see them all clean.

[ratman]

SAHWEET! Congrats Boss! I can't wait to see those puppies individually and up close after they shed! :'(

[kasper22]

That is awsome Jeff, I can't wait to see individual pics of them.

[LindaH]

!!!OMG!!! THEY ARE SPECTACULAR! I'll bet you are thrilled and I echo what everyone else has said. I can't wait to see them individually.........and I want one or two....if I was lucky enough to make the "list"!

Linda

[Paradigmboas]

What can I say? That litter is boa perfection! A big huge CONGRATS to you Jeff. Now get some :o

[denny_rimes]

We had thunderstorms here last night so I had to turn off my computer. Looks like I missed quite a bit, Jeff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! :'( :P :'(

What a wonderful sight to behold for me this morning!

Denny ;D

[The_Boaphile]

Sleep? I finished work last night at 10:45 PM making some display show cases for Derek Yagi and was back up working at 6:15 AM. I guess I'll have to get caught up on my sleep after I die. However, I did sleep like a baby! The Monsters look even better this morning too!

[ajfreptiles]

What an awesome looking bunch of little MONSTERS!!!! They all have smokin' tails Jeff..!!!!! Andy Federico

[The_Boaphile]

They are all still in the cage where they were born. I normally remove the Mother and leave the babies till they shed. That will happen in nine days from now and you can bet I will be posting lots of pictures after that. I just moved the babies around a bit so I could count them all. Here is the count:

33 Live Babies (18 of which are Hypos)
1 Preemie dead baby
3 slugs
37 Total potential in litter

Does anyone remember, did anyone predicted 37 babies several weeks ago?

[reidness]

Jeff you know that you were the one who guessed 37! i feel that the 3 pills dont count in my book, so 34 should be the winner! someone did guess 18 hypos! pretty good. nice looking kids!

[dberes]

Rigged!! LOL. I think Jeff cheated with a ultrasound and didn't tell us! ;D I can't wait to see the pics.

Later,
Drenton

[coldjoe]

Congrats Jeff
Those baby Monsters look outstanding :'(
Congratulations again Jeff :'(

Joseph ;D

[boxingboa]

Congratulations Jeff.Hope all those screaming baby boas dont keep you up to late.Super Super nice looking baby.The tails look super teriffic tails I spy in them photos.cant wait to see them fresh and clean.

[The_Boaphile]

By the way a couple things I wanted to mention:

My seven year old Daughter Christina saw the litter of babies where they where in the cage basically a large circle of babies and goo when she said, "It's a PIZZA sized litter Daddy"! It's a little bit difficult to tell from the pictures but she was right. All those babies all coiled up into a large pizza sized spot on the bottom of the cage. Pretty cool really. Two of my absolute favorite things in life are PIZZA and BABY BOAS... not nessesarily in that order.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster-ball-closer.jpg

Another thing is this: Notice how these babies tails and saddles are the same color? Just like theri Mother. She had this enormous red tail, red side blotches in the tail, and that same color in those blotches went all the way up to her head. Saddles too. These babies, many of them anyhow, appear to have the same thing going on. I can't wait till they shed. They already look a more rich red color than the day they were born. I am so excited I am dreading them shedding becuase once again, I am going to want to keep way way way too many of them. I have a sickness you know.

[The_Boaphile]

Just a little history:


Here was the entire litter of "Monster Tail Hypos" born in 2000:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/PIC00009.JPG

Here is a picture of their Mommy:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/monster_tail.JPG

Here is a close up shot of the litter in 2000. I believe that's her shown at the top right of this picture:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/7.JPG

This is the litter the "Red Monster Tail" was born in back in 2000. Here is a picture of her before she shed her first skin:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/littlemonster.JPG

Here is a poor picture of her after she shed:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/Monstf1.JPG

Here she is at about 18 months of age:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/monsterhypo.JPG

Another shot of her later the same year:

http://theboaphile.com/Uploads-7-24-05/monster.JPG

Can you say unBOAlievable?

Here she is in the Summer of 2004 aged just over four years:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monstertailclose7web.jpg

Here she is again:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monstertailclose4web.jpg

How badly do you think I have been wanting to make more Boas that look like this one?

[ratman]

Aahh buh hah ga gah agh! Wooh! :'(

[denny_rimes]

I believe the term you are searching for is un-BOA-lievable!

::)

[louie]

I`ll take one of those pizzas,party size of course with EVERYTHING.lol.Goergeous animals as usual!!Keep up the GREAT work Jeff.

[ratman]

Now all you have to do is raise up the best male and female from this litter and breed them with the best male and female from the litter you just had today and the entire boa world will bow down to you! :'(

[mo1416]

Any post shed pics of those amazing babies?

[The_Boaphile]

They are shedding today. About half have done so by 2:50 this afternoon. The Hypos seem to be the ones that have shed first. That is interesting. They look... well, they look... I guess I'll just let a few pictures tell the tale...

[goofykid87]

way to go Mr. Boaphile, great job on leaving us hanging s4.gif
:'(

[The_Boaphile]

I tried but they just would not sit still in my hand. I did get a couple of shots though. They are really squirrelly right after shedding. Here is a blurry one:

[The_Boaphile]

Another one. Just like their mind blowing mother, their pattern is the same color as their tail. Blotches on the sides too although you can't see that in this picture. How many shall I keep???

That's all the pictures for now.

[boxingboa]

Thanks for the new photos the look hot hot hot.Caint wait to see more I keep coming back and looking at them they are awesome looking thanks for sharing.Post more soon please.

[denny_rimes]

Thanks for the pics, Jeff.

I'm looking at the babies and thinking to myself..."Well that one is a keeper....hmmmm...and THAT one is another keeper....and the other one...well thats a....." I think you kind of see where I'm going here.

Those Monsters are yet another awesome litter for you.
Again I say to you...Congratulations, those kids are among the BEST around!

Denny :'(

[ajfreptiles]

Hey jeff ...Those are some fantastic looking babies!! I still can't get over the way the mom looks...it's like burned into my mind...when I close my eyes she is all I see!! I think you should include that one in the second pic in your hand...with that albino girl you are sending me...lol...that one most definately looks just like mom! All I can say is WOW! Great job! Andy Federico

[Killer]

Ok, after seeing these babies on all the forums I think I want to be put on a list for either a male or female.

So Jeff in order to keep all these babies from your Montertail to your Pastel, are you going to be more likely to part with any of your past boas that you have kept?

Hey it was worth a shot, you never know until you ask.

[The_Boaphile]

A few tails for you.

[The_Boaphile]

Here is the whole litter.

[The_Boaphile]

Just the hypos:

10.8 Hypos to be exact:

[denny_rimes]

Nice pics, Jeff. I already see a few that are going to be hard for you to let go. Those "Whole litter in a Bucket" shots really show off the subtle differences in the babies!

Denny ;D

[boxingboa]

My O My what great photos.I see so many super awesome looking boa in the bucket it is just mind boggling.So how many are going to the Boa Black Hole?

[The_Boaphile]

I took a mess of photos but most of them turned out blury. I did get a couple decent shots though the color is a little off. I'll do better later...

[The_Boaphile]

See looks a little weird but...

[boxingboa]

Wipe the drool from my mouth.Jeff you just always blow me away with your babys.Awesome

[Jarylo]

I agree the "Boa-cket" shots always do a litter justice... :( I just wish there was a hole in it so one of'em could sneak out and head to "The Windy City" for refuge? ;D

~Jay

[The_Boaphile]

I can't believe how red these things are! I am weak in the knees looking at them. Today I forced my 24 year old son, who doesn't really care about Boas, to look at them. I have it bad! But this is really terrible! Will I be able to part with any of them? That is the question. And if so when?

[HeavenlyHerps]

Man, I cant wait to see these babys when they are yearlings Jeff. They are going to be awsome!!! Looks like you need to start making room for these guys and gals.

[The_Boaphile]

This is the best Red Monster Tail Hypo from this litter as a tiny little baby. She is in there toward the top just a tiny bit to the right with her nose pointing toward you. You can sort of see the third and forth saddles that connect on her:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster-ball.jpg

This is a shot of her right after shedding:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/8-6-05-1.jpg

Here is another shot of her in my hand:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/7-31-05-2.jpg

I have taken a lot of pictures of her because she is the best one in the litter. Her color intensity is variable depending on when she ate last and when she is going to shed next etc... This time I caught her at a time when she was really red. The red just keeps on coming in more and more just like her Mom did as she got larger.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/this-is-what-she-looks-like.jpg

Here is another shot of her:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster12-26-05.jpg

This is her slightly less atractive sister with a bit of stripping going on in the tail:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/red-monster-12-12-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Another shot this time on the moss:

http://theboaphile.com/upload12-31-05/monster-finally-12-31-05.jpg

[scaleman]

Awsome Jeff.. I took some pics of mine tonight too, but none of the pics turned out :D they were blurry ;) doubt it had anything to do with the booze lol.. Happy New Year and good luck in 2006!

[mo1416]

Did you? Or are you selling any?
Happy new-year everyone.
Mike

[HeavenlyHerps]

What would you call thoughs black spots on her tail, they kind of look like a paradox thing going on..quite intresting!!

[The_Boaphile]

I don't know what those little specks are. I have them on lots of my Pastels though and Pastel Hypos too. I have seen them on other peoples Boas too. I think they look cool!