Multiple Ovulations a poppin!

[The_Boaphile]

I wanted to get everything together in September this year but my cage/rack cusotmers would not let me. So I am later than I wanted to be but earlier than each of the past two years. I sure hope I have some babies... I have six or seven really interesting breedings heretofore undone by anyone including me. If all works out well, it could be a really really good year.

Lots more updates will be posted as stuff starts to happen.

This is what you call Monster Tail (Hypo) Jungle Love.

http://theboaphile.com/upload12-31-05/monster-jungle-love12-04-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This is one of the females I put a male in with today. This 6' Pearlescent litter wildcat Hypo with the striped tail shown below is ready to make some babies for me soon:

http://theboaphile.com/Pearlescent/pearls-11-05/pearllitter-11-05-number6-f.jpg

Here is the male from this pairing, "Mr. Jiggles"! He is from the second litter of Pearlescents we had born in 2004. She was born in 2003.

Here are actually three pictures of him. Can you tell he is one of my favorites?

Here he is before taking his first breath of life:

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

Here are some of the other babies in the litter he was born in:

http://www.theboaphile.com/summary_2004/page_05_files/can-you-believe-this-2.jpg

Here he is on some moss:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/testP1010047.jpg

Here he is on some Aspen:


http://theboaphile.com/upload12-31-05/mr.jiggles.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This little Pearlescent male is trying to figure it out... by the way, this is one of "Mr. Jiggle's" brothers.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/figuring-it-out12-04-05.jpg

[boxingboa]

Just wanted to say good luck and what awesome boas.

[polacan]

::) Wow!! Those boas are awesome!! Can't wait to see what you produce Jeff,they will surelly be outstanding babies :'(!!

[denny_rimes]

Can't do much better than that ol' Jungle Love now can you?

Best of luck to you with your breedings this year, Boss!

Let's keep the streak alive...........20 years and counting. ::)

Denny

[The_Boaphile]

A long shot all the way under the shelf but here is a Pastel Albino doing his best...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pastel-albino-12-04-05.jpg

[Unas-TheSlayer]

Good luck this season Jeff.  You've certainly got some amazing stuff going on there.  

WOW @ that pastel albino.  The color looks totally inversed... white side diamonds and red all around... amazing.  Is that a het albino he is with?

[The_Boaphile]

More Jungle Love!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster-jungle-love12-05-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Check out these two! This little tiny Ivory male is working over about 9' female het for Ivory Anerythristic. Looks like a big job for him doesn't it?

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

[The_Boaphile]

This female Albino is being worked by a Monster Tail Hypo from the Pearlescent litter...

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

[The_Boaphile]

This is an 8' Monster Tail Hypo female I have been trying to breed with an Albino for three years. Maybe this is her year.

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

[The_Boaphile]

Here is a little Fine Line little guy all over this wonderful Hypo female. She is from a Hypo to Hypo breeding and may be a double dose or Homozygous for Hypo. This could be an interesting breeding too...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/fine-line-12-05-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Here are a pair of Fine Lines trying to work it out!

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

[The_Boaphile]

I love this stuff! I can't remember breeding starting out with such a bang as it is right now! Here are a pair of Pearlescent Boas trying to make me some "Super Pearlescents"!!!

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

[The_Boaphile]

Look at this! Look what's under this Albino! Look closely now. This is a 66% possible het with a huge inverse tail stripe. This could turn out really nice. We shall see. I consider this one of the most important breedings I may ever be fortunate to have. He isn't any slouch either is he? We shall see...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/look-what-i-got-12-05-05.jpg

[william1]

jeff. you officialy get my jealous face. hold on to one of those jungles for me.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/jel.JPG

[dberes]

Jeff,

I remember you mentioning that you ran out of room and had to move baby boas into the bathroom for the first time in your career. I think at this rate, you're going to need a bigger bathroom!! ;D

[ajfreptiles]

Jeff, those all look and sound like fantastic pairings!!! That pastel Albino still has me a little short of breath.....why not just finish me off and post a few more pics of that fabulous animal!!! At least I can go happy! LOL....Great pics my friend! Have a great season! Andy Federico :'(

[Gabor_Kaminski]

Good luck Jeff. It seems you will have some AWESOME babys in the next year... :P

[The_Boaphile]

This female is quite a package. Her father is a Coral Albino. Her mother is a Pastel Hypo produced by me in 2000. Not just any Pastel Hypo but a sister of the original Pearlescent male. Same litter! So this animal has or has influence from all of the following:

Het for Coral Albino
Pastel
Het for Pastel Albino
Pastel Hypo
Maybe the Pearlescent thing will make another surprise appearance...
Double, triple or quad het for Pastel-Coral-Sunglow-Albino

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/multi-het-female-1.jpg

Who knows exactly what will come of this aberrantly patterned animal. I do know one thing. The babies will absolutely be spectacular!

What should I breed with her? The choice is obvious isn't it?

[The_Boaphile]

Oh yea, he is on her. One of the Pastel Albinos is courting as of this morning. Cute little fella isn't he?

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pastel-albino-12-06-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Here is a picture I have never posted before of the grandfather of the female above the day he was born. Not a good picture to be sure but you do see him pretty well. Imagine for a moment if you will, imagine my excitement when I saw that little fella in all the goo. I don't mind telling you I had sexed him within two minutes of when I first saw him and was jumping out of my skin to find he was a boy!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/first-pearlescent.jpg

[ajfreptiles]

Just Delicious!!! Thanks for more pics!!! :'(

Andy

[The_Boaphile]

This little tiny 18 month old Pearlescent male is still going at it though both she and the huge Pastel Hypo she is on are fully opaque.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-still-going-12-08-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This is a still secret breeding going on here but I can let you see this much...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/top-secret-boa-12-08-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

I have been trying to breed this most beautiful of all Monster Tail Hypo males for three years. The last two with this unbelievable Pastel that made some of the Scarlet Hypos two and a half years ago. I am really hoping he finally gets it done with her this year. She is so SAHWEEET it just makes me sick we haven't had babies from her that past two years. Look at this male! He has to make some babies!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster-pastel-12-08-05.jpg

[mo1416]

You're just making me want a monstertail even more. I emailed you to see if you had any available. Do you?
Please say you do :)

[The_Boaphile]

It's about time! Much of the time male Boas do not climb right on females and get down to business. In fact they often go into a shed and then after shedding they are ready to do their thing. Well this little fellow was introduced on 12/4/05 and didn't do anything until this morning five days later. This is the best Pearlescent pairing. They look dark under the shelf where this picture was taken but you get the idea. He has the longest inverse stripe of any of them from the first litter. There is another male with a longer inverse stripe from the second litter though. He is in with his Mom and is working her over hard. She had already swelled up full of egg follicles and I think may be the first Boa to ovulate this year. I hope so anyhow. They are constantly ON the shelf where there is even less room for a photo so I have not taken one of him working her over yet. I sure hope we get some "Supers" this year! Time will tell...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-best-pair-12-09-05.jpg

[j_becwar]

No wonder It takes you so long to set up for breeding!(LOL) How many pairs are you breeding this year? Can't wait to see what happens with those finelines... they're great.
Good Luck!- Jamie s9.gif

[scaleman]

WoW, congrats and good luck!!!! Look like alot of awsome pairings :'(

[The_Boaphile]

Recognize this little fellow:

http://www.theboaphile.com/images/available/header_pearl.jpg

Here he is working over his Mom. If you remember we had a "surprise" litter of Pearlescents in 2004. He was one of those babies and who better for him to breed in this case but Mom to see what on Earth happens.

They are both opaque right now with her really in the thick of it. She looks terrible but she is beautiful to him... Here he is doing what I am paying him to do:


http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-pearl-mother-12-11-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This Pastel Albino was out front so I had to get a shot. He is fully opaque today but still quite a looker isn't he? She is hoping for a rat...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pastel-albino-12-11-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

The best pair of Pearlescents hard at it still. I could not resist another good opportunity to take a picture of them. I can't wait till spring!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-12-11-05.jpg

[scaleman]

congrats!! thats really exciting!! Are you going to let any of them go next year? *crosses fingers*

[boxingboa]

Man alive you have the coolest boas a live.They have color pattern.I want all your boas .Your efforts truly pay off.

[The_Boaphile]

Here is a Monster Tail Hypo working over a huge Peters bloodline Pastel. She has made some beauties in the past but has only been bred by other Pastels. This is the year of the Monster Tail Hypo so let's bring him on!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster-peters-pastel-12-14.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

One more for "the road". This little tiny fellow is three years old. He is about 4' long and around 1 1/2 lbs. tops. He is working this huge female Bolivian over hard. She is about 8.5' and near 40 lbs. Just a little bit bigger than he is. She is opaque and really dark for this shot. She is normally pretty dark anyhow but especially so for this shot. She is also the oldest snake in my collection. I acquired her in 1990 when she was about 6' long. Wild caught and a fresh import at that time. I figured she was probably around 7 years old at that time which makes her around 22 years old now! Nice huh? I'm just guessing her age really. I have had her for 15 years though and as I said she was 6' when I got her. She is remarkably well adjusted considering. She has had babies for me three times so far. The last time being when she gave birth to the little fellow in the photograph with her. He was and is one of those baby Bolivians we had three years ago with the dramatically reduced number of saddles. He only has 14 cross bars total if memory serves me correctly. That is from nose to tail tip. Only 14 saddles and tail blotches. This breeding too could make some really cool Bolivian babies with even more reduced pattern. The little fellow has been in with her since the 4th of December and just started courting two days ago. I am pretty excited about this breeding too!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/bolivians-12-14-05.jpg

[mo1416]

Jeff, are you planning on taking deposits for monstertail hypos since I don't see anymore for sale on your website? Like everyone else I absolutely love all of your animals but the monsters are what I really feel I need. Please let me know.
Mike

[suri]

Is that female one of the Bolivians you got from Vance?

[The_Boaphile]

By the way. Yesterday, fully 11 days after I started, I finally got the last of my males in with females. It's a lot of work to make sure I get the best combinations together. It can be a little tricky.

Hey Suri, refresh my memory, who is "Vance"?

Jeff

[suri]

It was Vance or maybe Vence Jimmerson (sp?) I think he was in Richfield at the time. Early 90's. He's the one that told me if I wanted smoking Boas, you were the guy to call. I see not much has changed..

[The_Boaphile]

Vence Jimerson... one of my old friends from the old days. Vence is a good kid. Kid? He is maybe one or two years younger than me. Makes him an old timer too I guess. I would have loved to have him work for me but the drive is too long for him I think now that I live in the boonies and I do mean boonies. Yup, I have known Vence for nearly 20 years now. One of my oldest Herp friends. No, I did not get that Bolivian from Vence. Are you from up here is the great frozen wasteland that is Minnesota?

[suri]

Yeah, I'm way up in northern Minnesota, almost Canadian.
I have a monopoly on the market here ;D  Now if the female would just give it up. He's been courting since late August!

I'm sure you remember me.  I bought alot of animals from you in '93 and '94. I'm indebted to you. I'll shoot you a pm.

This is a crummy, digi pic of a polaroid.  I bought this girl from you in '94.  Does she look familiar? She was one of a pair I bought. The male was the most yellow Pastel I've ever seen.
I don't remeber you refering to them as "Pastels" at the time.
Is she maybe one of the "Orange tails"? Regardless, a fine animal, even by todays standards. I didn't realize what I had at the time. Letting those animals go was one of the dumbest things I've ever done, and there has been some stupid stuff!

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/83802pumpkin.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

I must confess I do not remember the Boa. I think I know who you are though. I love a mystery! Did you drive a light blue station wagon? Chevy I think. Did you need a hair cut really bad back then? Does your first name begin with a "J"? What is an "Argonaut" anyhow?

[suri]

You're spooking me! It was a black Chevy wagon. I drive a blue one today!
I am the lead Argonaut, (we're adventurers) and I still need a haircut.


jason

[The_Boaphile]

Hey Jason, could that Boa you pictured be one of the offspring from "The Demon Snake"?

[suri]

That sounds familiar. I know I had a couple of the "Suzi" babies too. I wish I had kept better records back then!

[The_Boaphile]

This pair of Pearlescents are just "fooling" around so far.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-12-19-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This pair however, afforded my the first clear shot of actual copulation of the year. I could see the pink in there very clearly. I could just get a little angle for this shot. I could not get the same angle with the camera I could with my eye but you can see he is certainly doing the deed for me.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-copulation-12-1.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

The same pair backed up a bit...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-12-19-05-2.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Whenever I look at these guys, it's hard to imagine who their Mother is. The beautiful golden color of these guys just blows me away!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-12-19-05-3.jpg

[boxingboa]

Jeff you are trully one of a kind.Your snake are mind blowing.I can hardly type I am so floored at just looking at your photos.How do you even walk or get anything done.Thanks for shareing please dont ever stop.

[The_Boaphile]

A little tail shot I just took. These two Hypos were both white as babies showing no color whatsoever. Times have changed but I hope the two of them make some killer white no-color Hypos! We shall see...

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/tailshot-12-22-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

One of the "Surprise" Pearlescent Boas working over his Mom.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-pearl-mother-12-23-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

She really made a mess of things but he doesn't care!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-pearl-mother-12-23.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

A pair of the older Perlescents from the first litter having a little private get together. I can't get enough of looking at these guys!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-12-23-05.jpg

[ratman]

All I can say is SAHWEET! :'(

[The_Boaphile]

Look at the tiny poopy pants back there working over this huge Pastel Hypo!

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-still-going-12-26-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Are you a rat or what?

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/are-you-a-rat.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

A little Brazilian love.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/brazilian-love-12-26-05.jpg

[Jarylo]

Jeff (err SuperSleuth),

It appears you identify past customers as well as you identify Boa ssp... j/k. Saw the barrage of questions that you slung @ "suri". Good to see things are going well, been very busy as of late. Oh, and being a Jason as well... an Argonaut is one of "Jason's" fellow travelers/adventurers on the Argo, the vessel which held the "Argonauts". While for many ::) + >:( = :o, I get engrossed in almost anything I >:(.

~Jay (CAVEMAN, Obi-Wan, BoneSaw)

[The_Boaphile]

I thought it was time to post a couple more shot I just took...

Here is that really small Bolivian Male working his best moves:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivian-1-12-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

ANother view closer up

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivianclose-1-12-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Here is a tiny FineLine male working over a possible double dose or homozygous Hypo female. She is really an unbelievable animal isn't she?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/fineline-on-hypo-1-12-06.jpg

I just can't wait to see what kind of babies we get from this breeding!

[The_Boaphile]

By the way... take another quick look at "The Matrix Boa"!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/matrix-1-12-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

You would not believe how tough it is to get some of these shots! These guys are up on the shelf in the bottom cage. I would not have any trouble if I were a gymnast. Most of you know, I am NOT a gymnast!

Here is the Jungle male working over another Monster Tail Hypo female:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/jungle-monster-1-12-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This is another possible double dose Hypo female. This one is not a Pearlescent but is distantly related. She is being bred hard by this normal Monster Tail male. She is an unBOAlievable looking animal. I think this is actually the first photo I have taken of her. I took this photo last night. She may have been ovulating this afternoon! Let's hope so right?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-on-hypo-1-12-06.jpg

[ChadHorne777]

Great Pics Jeff, best of luck with all your breedings, just AMAZING!

[scaleman]

wow, good luck this year!!! they look great!

[bigjon]

How about some updates on those Ivory Aneries.

[The_Boaphile]

I am hoping for more Ivories this year. We shall see. In the mean time here is the lesser attractive sister of my better known Calico female being bred hard by another animal that is also laden with the lighter colored sides part way up. This could be interesting...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/whitesides-1-16-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Ovulation! This is my best reddest adult Pastel female. She is being bred by the best Monster Tail Hypo. I have pictured the two of these kids earlier in this tread. Here she is with her first ovulation! I am very excited about this breeding! This is going to be really interesting!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pastel-monster-1-16-06.jpg

I mean look at this thing!

Here were the two of them a few weeks ago:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/monster-pastel-12-08-05.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Here he is again less than hour after I found her ovulating. He deserves a little break but not too little. I have been trying to breed this male for four years and this is the first year he has really tried his best. I just hope we get the mother load of kids from this breeding! This kids will be mind-blowing!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pastel-monster2-1-16-06.jpg

[boxingboa]

Look at that boy go.If that is not the pretty sister.Man o Man then do you got your hands full.

[The_Boaphile]

This is the bad boy:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/tarzan.jpg

That did this to this Monster Tail Hypo:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/Monst-Jungle-Ov-1-22-05.jpg

Just in case you didn't notice, this is Tarzan the Jungle Boa!

[The_Boaphile]

More pictures of the massive ovulation:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/Monst-Jungle-Ov-1-22-06-5.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/Monst-Jungle-Ov-1-22-06-4.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/Monst-Jungle-Ov-1-22-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/Monst-Jungle-Ov-1-22-06-3.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This time a little tiny Pearlescent Male is out front looking a little guilty isn't he?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-4.jpg

Here is a weird angle shot of the two of them:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-3.jpg

Another shot showing the ovulation a bit better:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-2.jpg

I never caught him actually copulating. I sure hope he did though. I sure hope so... Here are a couple shot of him while he was still working hard at it:

Very early on trying to figure it out:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/figuring-it-out12-04-05.jpg

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-still-going-12-08-05.jpg

The color is really stupid on this shot but you can see the little guy doing his best in the back there:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-still-going-12-26-05.jpg

I just hope he got it done... By the way, she is the sister of the female that had the surprise little of Pearlescents two years ago. She is the best female from the first little of Pastel Hypos ever produced born here in 2000. The little fella is one of the Pearlescents from the "surprise" littler of Pearls. I can't wait!

[scaleman]

Lookin good Jeff. Hope it works out well for ya. I've e-mailed you a couple of times and i can't pm you because your in box is full.

[The_Boaphile]

This female is just about to ovulate. She was white as a baby though it would be hard to prove looking at her today with that color. So was he. I am hoping that together they make a litter of many many white HYPOS!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/near-ovulation-1-24-06.jpg

Look at the scale separation on this puppy!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/scaleseparation-1-24-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Here he is at it again...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearlxpastel-1-27-06-2.jpg

This little guy won't quit. Here he is on female number two. This is a huge Pastel female that hasn't produced for me yet... yet.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearlxpastel-1-27-06.jpg

Here he was looking over his handy work a few days ago...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-4.jpg

Here is a weird angle shot of the two of them:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-3.jpg

Another shot showing that ovulation a bit better:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-2.jpg

Nice work little fella! Not get busy and do it again!

[ChadHorne777]

He's a little fella, looks like he's becoming a marathon runner!

[The_Boaphile]

Do I have a gravid Pearlescent?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/gravid-pearl-1-28-06.jpg

This little girl is darker than normal. She and the male both went opaque about 18 days ago and both shed. She came out of it sitting in this weird position ALL the time and he is no longer willing or interested in doing any breeding. What position do you suppose this is that she is sitting in directly on the heat!?

Pinch me, I am now REALLY nervous...

Here she was with the male the day I introduced him. December 4, 2005:

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

Here are the pair actually copulating up close:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-copulation-12-1.jpg

The same pair about one minute after I caught them copulating.

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearlxpearl-12-19-05-3.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

How about the big old Bolivian female?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivians-1-28-06.jpg

Here she is up close. See that bulging out to the right side?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivian-bulging-1-28-06.jpg

This is not her normal appearance. She has not eaten in four weeks either. I am pumped about this breeding. She produced a mess of really reduced pattern babies 2 and a half years ago. The male breeding her is one of the reduced pattern babies. I am hoping for lots more like him and some that will be even better. She by the way, is about 20 years old!

[The_Boaphile]

Still going at it!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearlXpearl-1-28-06.jpg

Time will tell right???

[The_Boaphile]

The same little guy who made the big Hypo ovulate a few days ago and is now working this huge Pastel female hard is still at it.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearlxpastel-1-28-06.jpg

His little brother, also a Pearlescent, is on the female in the front. Unfortunately the only time he climbs on a female is if his stronger and so far more effective brother is on the same female. He never gets the upper hand on him. I keep putting him in on occasion just to see what happens. So far this is it. The other Boa way in the back is a Pearlescent male that is not breeding any more. Must be out of gas.

[The_Boaphile]

This is an interesting pairing. She did not have any male in with her until last night.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivoryxinverse-1-18-06.jpg

She is a five and a half year old female Ivory Anerythirstic that was a runty baby. Certainly not genetic but she lagged way way behind all the others from 2000 when she was born. Now she is only maybe 6' long now and about 12 lbs. The other females from that same year are fully 7' and about 20 lbs. So last night I look at her and she is REALLY REALLY thick with a pre-ovulation swell. Really obvious too. She has never ever been in with another snake since I removed her from the cage where she was born in 2000. So how does she know to begin developing egg follicles and possibly ovulate? I hope she ovulates very quickly.

This shot doesn't show it very well but, he has an inverse tail stripe. She has some lateral stripping of the side blotches too. Very interesting huh? His Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather are Big Daddy and Big Momma. The first Pearlescent Boa, which has been proven to be genetic, was also a Great Grandson of this same pair of Boas. This was my first pair of Boas that I bred for the first time in 1986. Could it be? Could this inverse tail stripe be genetic just like that in the Pearlescent Boas? Could be. Time will tell... Either way though. More Ivories would be fantastic!

By the way, here is or was the tiny little fella just moments after breaking out of his birth membrane:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/a4.jpg

[denny_rimes]

Looks like it is another good year for babies at the Boaphile's place! Good luck Jeff.

[louie]

UNBOALIEVABLE!!!!!!!My jaw is on the floor.Good luck with all of them!!!

[MortiPrimaReptilia]

Congrats Jeff.

If my snakes would just do what they ought, I'd be much happier. It's good to see SOMEBODY getting some boa action!

-Your Sick Uncle Morti.

[The_Boaphile]

Another ovulation! This time a Lucy Bloodline female after having been bred by a Scarlet Hypo male. The Lucy Bloodline is the same bloodline the original East Bay Vivarium Red Group animals came from long long ago. Here she is in the background ovulating!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/lucy-scar-ov-2-07-06.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

This little Ghost is hard at it on this adult female Leopard:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/whatsthat4.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Ain't she a beauty! This is the orangist of my Monster Tail Hypo females. I have been trying to breed her for three years with Albinos. Not of them have been successful. The Jungle male was done with one Monster so I figured, why not do another one!? Right!? You can see him back there working her over sort of. He is working her but on the shelf he is a tough one to get a picture of. I hope he can get it done with this one too!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/tarzanbackatit.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

Peruvians a-court'in

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/peruvians-2-7-06.jpg

[denny_rimes]

A-court'in in the comic section no less. Maybe you'll have a bunch of Peruvian babies with a sense of humor!

Denny

[The_Boaphile]

More news!

This pair that have been going at it hard have finally seen a little success.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/near-ovulation-1-24-06.jpg

Look at the scale separation on this puppy!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/scaleseparation-1-24-06.jpg

Here she is at the tail end of a really raucous ovulation yesterday 2/8/06:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/chrystal_ovulation-2-08-06.jpg

You sure can't tell it by looking at these two but they were both white as babies. White Hypos with no color whatsoever. I am hoping to make some more babies like them. Maybe even more washed out. We shall see in about four months I guess huh? The very best Pastels start out white and the color comes in as the get larger making for the best of all Pastels as large adults. The more colorful they are as babies, the quicker the surpass their best color and muddy up. The exact same thing is true of Hypos. So I am hoping for some really outrageous light light light Hypos and Pastels too. The male that bred this female is from the first littler of Scarlet Hypos we produced in 2003. I feel a bit tingly all over with anticipation!

This is a picture of the male taken one year ago when he was 1 1/2 years old:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/scarlet-male-12-16-04.jpg

[Dr._Klopson]

What a fatty, she really should keep an eye on that figure.

[The_Boaphile]

I haven't posted a while so figured I'd show some more good news. I have had a number of additional ovulations occur. This one is the one I am most excited about so far for this year...

I have been wanting to get a really good angle on a female ovulating for a long time for good pictures. Now with the new camera I really wanted to get a good angle to shoot my High Definition Video for my new Boa Breeding DVD and there she was!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/action2.jpg

I could not have ordered a more perfect layout, nor could I have hoped for a more spectacular animal to have ovulate before my eyes for the purpose of shooting video. This is the "Calico Hypo Boa" I have been trying to breed for several years. She has been bred like crazy for each of these years and we had hoped for babies last year as she looked gravid though I did not see her ovulate. This time I did catch her in a nice ovulation March 4th. Then I introduced the special secret Boa for a "Piggy Back Breeding". Trust me, if she produces babies from him I will know which one they are. At least half of them anyhow... hint hint... HE bred here thoroughly for several days then climbed off. She ovulated last night, March 8th. I took these pictures and shot the video from about 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. As of today at noon, the day after I shot the video and photographs, she is still ovulating! A really nice raucous ovulation! I can't wait for those Hypo Puppies and maybe a few from the secret male too!!!

I was able to get a total of 1 1/2 hours of great video of her ovulating on the High Definition camera! You can bet that will be on the DVD when we have all the footage ready to put the final touches on the DVD. I am really pleased we were fortunate to both have this great female ovulate and for her to ovulate for the camera as well! Now we just have to wait for the babies and the new DVD right? I plan on doing what I can to make sure I get video of her delivering those puppies too! We shall see...

Look at these ovulation photos! These are all in the order I took them. I took a break to do a couple emails between the , hence the noticeable movement between positions. However, the camera just keeps on rolling! Here they are:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-1.jpg
http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-2.jpg

Look at the size of that puppy coming around!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-3.jpg

BAM!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-4.jpg
http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-5.jpg

She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-6.jpg

This is the point where I had taken a break but the camera never takes a break...!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-7.jpg
http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-8.jpg

I wonder if that hurts...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-9.jpg

[louie]

WOW! Excellent pics Jeff.Good luck with her.

[ChadHorne777]

Holy SH$*! Jeff, awesome! Best of luck.

[scaleman]

very cool Jeff. Can't wait to see the little ones that pp out.

[boxingboa]

WoW That got to hurt man I am glad that not me.She look awesome

[denny_rimes]

Put me on the waiting list for the first bunch og DVDs that you make Jeff. This new Breeding Video is going to the BEST available. What an incredible series of photos you captured of your Calico female ovulating.....absolutely perfect!!!

[j_becwar]

Holy crap, that does look like it hurts! Can't wait to hear what happens with her. -jamie

[The_Boaphile]

How about this one?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/old-bolivian-3-10-06.jpg

This is a 20 plus year old Bolivian female being bred by a tiny little fellow. I acquired this female in 1990 or 1991. She was a 6' wild caught adult when I got her. They guy I bought her from said he had a friend that was a trainer of some sort with the FBI. This FBI friend was working in Bolivia training some guys to do something and found this Boa hanging in a tree. Since he knew his friend was interested in snakes, he grabbed it, stuffed it into a pillow case and brought it home for him buddy. This guy had her for some time before I got her. He was a colubrid guy who really didn't like Boas so he put it up for sale. This was at a time when few Bolivians were around and a large adult was at a premium. I was very happy to lay my hands on her. She was 6' when I got her and probably about 8 years old I would guess. Making her now 22-25 years old! Not too shabby for an old gal. Anyhow, I have tried breeding her every single year after that till she finally had 3 babies in around 1996. They were all premature and did not make it. I continued to try every year. I do not give up easy. In the winter of 2003 I introduced one of the very few legit "Silver-back" Bolivians produced by Joe Terry in 1987. This now old guy didn't know he was this old and bred her like a champ. Actually he had been breeding her every year since 1997 without success. This year, 2003, was going to the first success finally! I only had him in with her for about a month. I then removed him as it was the end of breeding season for all the Colombians. I was just too busy to put him back. I always bred Bolivians later in the year but because I was so busy I did not take the time to put him back. After all, he hadn't gotten it done in all those other years why would this year be any different? Right?

So let's move down the road about 3 months later. She refused to eat. She never refused to eat but this time she did. She was in one of my old melamine cages on the shelf and would NEVER come down. She still really likes the shelf but in her new "Boaphile Plastics" cage, she does come down a whole lot more. Anyhow, she was always on the shelf so I never really got a good look at her. I didn't crank up her heat like I would have had I known she was gravid. I just thought she was being fussy and didn't want to eat. She is not a striker but only eats after I leave the rats on the shelf for her to gobble up in the middle of the night. So she missed about three meals. I was now starting to worry about her a little bit. It's not normal for female Boas in late summer to skip meals. Then it happened. I was in her isle checking on a gravid het for Albino Boa across the isle from her when BAM! In an instant in knew in my heart exactly what had happened. You see she would never ever ever strike at food let alone at the door. Never! My mind raced to the fact that she had refused several meals and that she never strikes and it; hit me like a ton of bricks! BABIES!!! Yes!!! There were babies! These were not ordinary babies either. These were Silver-back Bolivians with tremendously reduced pattern. Some with as few as 11 cross bars from head to tail tip! Needless to say, I was beside myself with excitement and she was as hungry as a lion now! That is the one and only time she ever stuck at anything.

Now she is the biggest Bolivian I have ever seen. Many who have seen my 1997 video will remember this female I described in that video that was sitting on a huge rock in the video. She is pushing 9' now and 45 lbs. A horse. The male breeding her is one of the babies she produced in 2003. He has been on her almost every time I have checked since I introduced him December 1, 2005. She is as huge as a cantaloupe in the back half right now. If I didn't know better, I might think she was ovulating right now but I do know better. She is just in a pre-ovulation swell right now. Is she ever! She is just massive! I am really hoping to get her soon to be ovulation on video too! She is going to just about rupture she is SOOOOOO huge! One of the largest thickenings I have ever witnessed. Then we have to wait for the babies!

[Dr._Klopson]

and a great animal! What a beaut! This is yet another example of patience paying off for you over the years! Good work boss.

[sheldon]

Wow Jeff some awsome pairing's you have. Can't wait to see some babies.

[The_Boaphile]

Five more ovulations and some yucky slugs!

The first Monster Tail Hypo that the Jungle male bred had the slugs I was expecting on March, 22nd. This is what they looked like:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monsterjungleslugs.jpg

Smallest slugs I have ever seen. There are about 30 in this little pile.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monsterjungleslug.jpg

Here is a Fine Line female I found ovulating this morning:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/fine-line-ovulation-3-25-06.jpg

I had a small Brazilian amaralli ovulate earlier this week on March, 21. She is only about 5' long but four years old. She should have a few but not a lot. I did not get a photograph of her ovulating though. Sorry about that.

I also had a female that I had purchased from Sharon Moore ovulate that had been bred by one of her "Carmel Hypos" or "Carmel" Boas. I am not sure what they are calling them. I bred this same female last year with this same make and she had all slugs. Let's hope she doesn't pull that one again.

I also have had a really SAHWEEET Anerythristic ovulate. Here is a picture I took of her outside a while back:

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

She is the whitest Anerythristic I have seen as an adult including the vast majority of Ghosts I have seen. She has been bred a ton over the last three and a half months. First she was bred by a really nice Ghost male. Then most recently, that secret Boa that I have not posted any pictures of has been breeding her. Believe me, he is not an Anerythistic so I will know which babies came from which male when they are born. I have a terrible time getting a picture of her in the cage. She is so light with that black cage the pictures come out looking really funny so I don't post them normally. I can't wait to see what comes of this ovulation and multiple breedings.

Finally the big huge Bolivian female is ovulating!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivian-ovulation-3-25-06.jpg

It just seems like I have been waiting for months for this to happen. She has been super thick for weeks and the male has just kept on breeding her over and over. She has looked like she was going into a shed for about a month now. Not quite opaque but really dark and just about to cloud over but it never happens. It should happen now. I'm sure she is relieved too!

[The_Boaphile]

Here is the "Secret Boa" breeding the White Anerythristic:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/white-secret.jpg

I set up to shoot video of the Bolivian ovulating:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivian-ov-video-3-25-06.jpg

Here she is a little bit closer:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivian-ov-3-25-06.jpg

She is having a HUMONGOUS ovulation. This is the same thing she has done in the past except she is even larger than ever. I have had some people quiz me about how big some of my Boas are. You have to remember, I have a lot of Boas that are old Boas. This animal is at least 20 years old and could be as old as 25 years of age. She has bred for me three times in the past 15 years since I got her. This will be only the forth litter for her. I don't give up easy and neither does she. I am getting great video of her even as we speak as she ovulates. I am on a second 2 hour tape so far for her ovulation. The door of the cage is wide open and neither animal is trying to leave the cage. There's no place like home I guess.

[scaleman]

sorry to see the slugs. I can't believe you have a poka dotted boa!!! lol Good luck with them. Can't wait to see the video!

[Eclyps19]

oh my! the polka dotted boa! HOW EXCITING! I cannot wait to see what babies that ~~~~er makes!

[ajfreptiles]

I like it!!! I like it!!!

I hate slugs too!! Those are yucky! I am determined to figure out how to prevent them if it's the last thing I do!!!! I think I may understand a little more myself about it now...but I really won't know till I breed some more!

Good luck on the rest of those breedings Jeff!!! Hope to see those Polka dot babies soon!!! Your killing me with curiosity dude!!!! Take care, Andy

[The_Boaphile]

Another ovulation this morning! This time a Peruvian Red Tail Boa. This female is a little over 6' long. She is six years old and was born right here. This will be the first litter, assuming I get a few babies, that we produced using one of our own captive born Peruvian Red Tail females. She has a really definite spot where the front end of the ovulation is occurring and at the back. She is really tense and kinked at the front of that ovulation and at the back end. It look like it hurts a bit. Here she is ovulating:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/peruvian-ov-3-26-06.jpg

The male is a little aberrant. You can't really see it in the picture but he is missing a bunch of side blotches which are very widely spaced apart. He is also kind of a green color which is weird. Here is another shot from a slightly different angle.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/peruvian-ov-3-26-06-2.jpg

[goofykid87]

how did you know to expect slugs, how does the female act?

[boxingboa]

Sorry to see the slugs.Really love that Anery.Hope all goes well.

[The_Boaphile]

I haven't posted for a few weeks so how about an update?

Well I don't have many pictures to illustrate all this stuff but I have had two "Fine Line" Boas ovulate. Two Pastels 66% Possible het for Albino Ovulate. One that was bred by a Pastel het for Albino. One I never pictured because he is just toooo nice. The other was bred by a Coral Albino with racing stripes of orange going all down his sides. I sure hope they both the females prove to be hets!

But one of the most important ovulations is happening right now as I type! This is the female that is ovulating:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/medium/topsecretboa.jpg

This is actually Mrs. Polka Dot! The Polka Dot Boa has been breeding her since about January 1st. He has been on her about 90% of the time doing what he does best. I have had him breed four other females in addition to this one. Two of which are gravid for sure. The other two are still holding out on me but hopefully for not much longer.

Here she is ovulating like a good girl!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/mrs_polka-dot-4-13-06.jpg

A little bit closer:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/mrs_polka-dot-4-13-06-2.jpg

I had fully intended to document this event with the High Definition camera but she was very upset that I was peering in at her I guess. She stopped doing her thing so I decided to leave her alone. I'll have to wait till she has all those little polka dot babies before I get more great video of her in action.

The proud Papa? He is taking a much needed break. He buried himself under the Aspen. Aspen in another females cage that is. I am hoping to get a little more action out of him before years end. What a work horse he has been!

[BOAMAN76]

I hope it works out for you Jeff! Put me on a list for a Polka Dot Boa! Maybe we can do a trade as I hope to have a few babies this year with $$$$ signs on them! LOL

Mike
'BASICALLY BOAS'

[scaleman]

I sure hope she's not het stripe, polka dots and stripes don't go together lol.. She's looking huge!! Good luck Jeff.

[The_Boaphile]

Post ovulation Shed from the vast majority of gravid females now. Yesterday, this female:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/bolivian-ov-3-25-06.jpg

had her post ovulation shed. Just waiting for about five females that have ovulated in the past three weeks to shed that P.O.S. now...

You know after more than 20 years of doing this and waiting for hundreds of litters, it doesn't really get any easier. The stakes are always higher than they once were and the waiting... oh the waiting... and waiting... it just doesn't get any easier...

[denny_rimes]

You poor....POOR man! LOL

[The_Boaphile]

What do you think about this one? This is a 66% possible het female. A Pastel too. She is HUGE! She is pushing 10' and nearly 60 lbs. At 13 years of age and an eating machine, she is one of the largest Boas in the place. She has only eaten one jumbo rat in the past four months though. I put a $5 bill in the picture for reference so you can see how truly massive she is:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pastel_x_sunglow.jpg

She is fully opaque right now. Unfortunately, I did not see her ovulate so I do not know when those babies might be due. I have believed she was gravid for over a month now. If she in fact has been gravid that long, then this is an intermediate shed. I really don't know for sure though. I checked her often but she made herself difficult to observe clearly, choosing to spend most of the time on the shelf. She has been in the heat conservation position most of the time for well over a month. Probably around six weeks now. The male quit trying to breed her about eight weeks ago.

Note how relatively thin she is in the front half while how absolutely MASSIVE she is in the rear portion! She is loaded with something that is for sure! Time will tell. I really really hope she proves to be in fact a het. What did I breed with her? A Sunglow of course! She could be getting ready to have the first "Pastel Sunglows"!!! Needless to say, I am very nervous about this breeding too...

[ajfreptiles]

She is a big momma for sure! She should have a ton of babies! Hey Jeff where do you get the thermometers??? I like those! Andy

[boxingboa]

That is one big boa.Good Luck with her.

[The_Boaphile]

I better post some babies right?

The Monster Tail Hypo that was bred by the Jungle male gave birth on yesterday around 11:00 PM. Born May 23, 2006 exactly 105 after her post ovulation shed. I was out with the wife all evening before the birth. I didn't have any choice as our 16 year old daughter had a high school banquet to attend and we just stayed in town to pick her back up and bring her home. As some may know, I live in the boonies about 35 miles from the girl's school. Anyhow, before I left, I talked to out 8 year young daughter and told her she was in charge of "baby identification". It was her job to check this gravid female about every half hour to see if she was giving birth or not. Mind you, the Monster Tail had been crawling everywhere since the evening before looking for that perfect place to give birth to her litter. My 8 year old girl knows what females look like when they are about to give birth. She knows the position females get into just prior to the birthing of the kids so I trust her to give me the most accurate information possible. Her last call came into us at 9:30 PM when she told me she was all stretched out mostly straight and not moving at all. This is typical of females that are just about to deliver. I told my little girl nighty night and that I would check again when we got home around 10:30 PM. My 25 year old son was with her at all times by the way. She was not home alone and she is not allowed in the snake room without either him or myself. I gave her this little task so I could be updated and so she would feel like I had given her a very important job, which I had. She did very well.

So I get home at about 10:30 PM and sure enough, she is all stretched out and not moving at all. I get cleaned up and ready for bed and figured I might as well check just one more time. This time I bend way over and peak at her up on the shelf in the bottom cage and she has her tail up with a slug sticking half way out! It has just started. I sit down on my little chair and watch. One slug, two slugs, three slugs! I am getting really concerned at this point when finally much to my delight that first dark sack with a normal baby in it! I was very relieved there would be babies! Not a lot of babies with only ten and 22 slugs but still babies from the Monster Tail Hypo and the Jungle male! So I have mixed feelings about the babies. It is much better than no babies though and I should still have a couple more litters before the year is done.

Here is a shot taken about 10 minutes into the process:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-jungle-5-23-06.jpg

Lots of slugs huh? I despise slugs!

Here you can see her pushing a lump toward the vent in a sea of slugs:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-jungle-5-23-06-2.jpg

If you look closely, you can see a baby being born here:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-jungle-5-23-06-3.jpg

Here are a couple babies. The one on the right I believe is a Jungle. The one on the left did not make it unfortunately:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-jungle-5-23-06-4.jpg

Here is the whole litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-jungle-5-23-06-5.jpg

Here are all the slugs. Makes me wonder what all these could have been. Slugs are icky poo...:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-jungle-5-23-06slugs.jpg

Thanks very much for all the support and hugs as I waited out this first litter of 2006. This marks the 21st year in a row I have had baby Boas now. It looks like it should be a pretty good year too...

[The_Boaphile]

The Brazilians had a mess of babies and proved their pattern abnormalities to be genetic on May 25, 2006!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/isthisasuper.jpg

I have been raising the mother and father of this baby very slowly hoping that what they express pattern wise was more than just a fluke, but a genetic abnormality that could be inherited. We didn't know if it would be or not, but really really hoped it was for obvious reasons.

Here is the Mother in 2001. She is the nastiest Boa I own:

http://www.theboaphile.com/collection_files/bamfemale.JPG

Here is the glorious Father of this little fellow:

http://www.theboaphile.com/collection_files/bammale.JPG

Here is the entire litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/brazilians-5-25-06.jpg

So what do I do now? I have to wait for ten days for them to shed. I have to look at them about 20 times a day until then. Then I have to decide what to do next. The really beautiful thing is I may be able to make more next year. That is a very very beautiful thing...

[The_Boaphile]

Look at these babies born here May 28, 2006:

Here is one baby:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-4.jpg

Here is another:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-3.jpg

Another:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-1.jpg

Here is their Daddy and Mommy in a romantic pose:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/pearl-still-going-12-08-05.jpg

Here is Mommy in the background and the Daddy in the foreground looking around for something to eat. By the way, Mom is ovulating in this shot. She is a Hypo but not a Pearlescent. She is the Sister of the original Pearlescent though. Same litter. And also the sister of the mother of the surprise litter of Pearlescents born here two years ago who was also born in that same litter. The Daddy, by the way, is one of those surprise Pearlescent babies...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-4.jpg

And she had those puppies up on that shelf above in the very back right corner! See that spot way way back there? It is nearly 7' off the floor up to that shelf! That is the first time any of my females has had her babies in a top cage on the shelf. It takes all can reach to get to that back corner but somehow I was able to force myself to get back there.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pearl-hypo-1-24-06-2.jpg

I was pretty pessimistic about this breeding. This was the only female I was able to get gravid by a Pearlescent male except one Pearlescent female that was bred by another Pearl that died gravid. Very depressing. Makes me even more optimistic about what those Pearl X Pearl babies are going to look like though! Next year will hopefully be the year! Pessimistic meaning I was afraid I was going to get all, then after she did not have them early, nearly all slugs. But! I was WRONG! Only four slugs and at least 20 babies I would guess. Massive, gigantic babies too! I only saw two non-Hypos in the mess too though I have yet to see all of them. I am going to leave them till they all begin to disperse. Today marks day 106 so nothing wrong with that right?

That first Pearlescent to Pearlescent breeding is going to be mind numbing I think and why not?

I am still waiting for this girl to have her babies!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pastel-monster-1-16-06.jpg

She is on day 113 POS today! I think it could be tonight though...

[The_Boaphile]

A few more pictures of some of the kids from the Pearlescent Hypo X Hypo litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-5.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-6.jpg

This one looks like it could be an Anerythristic doesn't it. Same litter. Same Father. I produced the parents of these babies going back two generations on the Mothers side and three generation on the Fathers side. None of these animals has ever been exposed to an Anerythristic. I know who fathers the babies here so I don't have surprises but this one I must admit, does surprise me a bit:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-7.jpg

Look at this thing!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-8.jpg

I mean look at this thing!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-9.jpg

When I first saw one of these, I could only see the sides. Imagine how excited I was seeing all that white and no pattern on the sides. Can you imagine how exited I was? I was only very slightly disappointed when I found they do have some pattern on the backs. Only slightly.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-10.jpg

So, what do you think?

[The_Boaphile]

Today was day 114 after the POS for this female:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pastel-monster-1-16-06.jpg

The male Monster Tail Hypo that bred her is in her coils watching me. See him?

Well tonight, two days in a row now, I had another litter. Here is the mess:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-29-06-3.jpg

What is most interesting about these litter being two days in a row is this; I just posted earlier today that it appears that the litter from the Pearlescent breeding contains what appears to be at least one Anerythristic. Now this litter today, completely and utterly unrelated, has again at least one Anerythristic! What are we to make of that? I can go back three generation on the males side and tell you that no Anerythristic were used in their production. I can only go back one generation on the female but the same is true with her. Here are two of the babies for contrast from this the Monster Tail Scarlet Hypo breeding:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-29-06-4.jpg

I am so distracted by this puzzlement, that I am having a hard time just enjoying the wonderful babies she had. Look back at the picture of the entire litter for a second. See that wild looking baby sort of crawling up the wall on the left? Wild and whacky and we have come to expect from many of the Monsters!

You know Sojourn had this same thing happen to a Pastel female a while back. I think three Anerythristics popped out of a large litter. I am currently scratching my big bald head...

[Sharpman]

WOW you have some stunning babies there jeffe the Pearlescent Hypo X Hypo litter is totally awsome and that Monster Tail Hypo litter is just saweeeet ,nice pic of the 2 babies in the contrasting pic ,its really interseting as you say on the anery`s you have in both litters (must be something in the air )

Hope its not too long until the next litter

Kev

[MortiPrimaReptilia]

I have figured it out... Jeff, you are actually microwaving your females while they are gravid to produce these mutants, aren't you? Aren't You!?!

I am still Irate that you are still The Man and I am not though. ;)

Seriously though, Congrats on your recent success, and I hope you have continued success in the future!

-Donnie "Morti" Smith

[The_Boaphile]

Thanks very much everyone for your kind words. I and the babies really appreciate it. Well the babies really don't understand very much yet I suppose, though I have talked to them a lot. Mostly saying things like, "Holy Mackerel! Look at this one!" etc... I am absolutely shocked at the way these babies have come out! The genetics of what we are working with here is just mind blowing. It makes me weak in the knees to look at them! You think they look good on your computer screen. You should see them here in the flesh! Plus, I have only photographed a very few of them. These kids are out of this world! Microwave... I'll have to try that next year Morti! I think it must be something in the water. Why just the other day I noticed one of our rats was growing an extra pair of legs... LOL

Well the count is in. The litter that this little fellow was born in:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-1.jpg

27 babies in all. 24 of them are Hypos! Only 3 non-Hypos! Seven slugs. SAHWEEET!!!

The litter that contains these kids:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-29-06-4.jpg

We had only 17 babies and two slugs. 9 Hypos and 8 non-Hypos. The color on these babies is absolutely mind numbing! The aberrancies are insane as well. Just crazy! I can't wait till they all shed out! Don't worry, you can count on seeing lots more after they shed out.

[The_Boaphile]

I thought I would show off a couple more of the new kids. Here is one of my favorites from the Pearlescent litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-21.jpg

It just makes me want to cry when I see these kids. Know what I mean? It's a wonderful thing to hope for something only to have it turn out much more, I mean much much more exciting than you could ever imagine.

The Hypos seem to be two basic groups. Ones that are wonderful really nice Hypos and those that are basically at a new level for Hypos. Pearlescents that are just that little bit extra. I don't know what I am doing here but I am very fortunate indeed.

Here is one of the normal Hypos showing a really whacky pattern.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-22.jpg

If this was the wildest thing I would have had, I would have more than satisfied. Thankfully though, there was much more. Look at these things!:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-24.jpg

Here is one of the Scarlet Monster Tail Hypos:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-29-06-10.jpg

Another one of the little fellas:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-29-06-11.jpg

And this is a "Normal" from the same litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-29-06-13.jpg

How would you like to infuse a little of this guys genes into your babies?

[BOAMAN76]

What a really nice group of babies!
It is starting to kill me now waiting for some babies of my own!
Good Job!

Mike
'BASICALLY BOAS'

[denny_rimes]

It just keeps getting better and better for you this season Jeff!

I'm so excited I can hardly stand it, I can only guess how happy you are these days.

Way to go....keep em coming!!!

[Jason Dowell]

They are all truly beautiful, but I think that anery is my favorite... seriously.
IMHO, the two luckiest guys in the world (or the ones I envy the most anyway) are Jeff Ronne and Steve Irwin..

[Sharpman]

WOW .there is some very very nice babies there you are so so so so lucky with that lot ,good luck with any more you are expecting this year

[j_becwar]

Wow I'm gunna give you a hug for bringing such nice boas into the world. That "anery" is funky. maybe one of the original parents that you had was a het and just by chance it finally showed??? That a pretty far fetched guess though, I'd think it would have shown earlier is that was true... Well anyway congrats and the funky boa just makes this all more interesting. :D

Hey Jeff, I saw the male in with that female that was about to pop, and I was curious how long you wait to take the males out.

Jamie

[Ryan Homsey]

Wow ... Thats all I can say.

You've taken hypos to the next level, thats for sure! I can't believe how white that one is in your hand! The pattern variation from the pearls is amazing... Absolutely incredible boas Jeff, Congrats.

[The_Boaphile]

I'll let you in on a little secret regarding Anerys. I absolutely love them. They are among my favorites of any Boas. I have lots and lots of them. I have 6 or 7 of them that are aberrantly patterned. Aberrant Anerythristics are very rare. Thin saddled Anerys are also very rare. I have some of those as well as hets that have very thin saddles. I have pretty much bought every aberrant Anery I have ever found for whatever I had to pay. You can ask Brock of Brock's Boas fame if that is the fact or not...

Another little secret; I have an inverse tail striped Anerythristic from a litter I produced three years ago. He is a male and he bred an Auntie of his that is also an aberrantly patterned Ivory female. She has a lot of lateral striping. She is due June 14th. She is less than six feet long and should only have about 15 babies. Maybe 15 at most. We shall see.

One other little secret is this... These Anerythristics are related to the Pearlescent Boas! They ultimately are related going back three or four generations back to my original pair of Boas that I bred for the first time in 1986. The Anery male is Great Great Grandson of my original pair. The female is the Great Granddaughter of that Pair. The Pearlescent babies produced this year are Great Great Great Grandchildren of that original pair! They branched off from two different babies from my first litter born Feb. 17, 1986. The Pearlescents from a female baby I creatively named "Big Baby" and the Anerythristic line through a baby male I called "Jamie".

So it is possible I could have something outrageous! It could happen. It could even be the exact same genetic abnormality that has created the Pearlescents. Who knows? We shall see right? We shall see...

[The_Boaphile]

I just took a cute picture. You can see my reflection in the knob. Pretty weird huh? Anyhow I had set up a bunch of the babies in a Sweater Box rack. I had also separated a bunch of the Pearlescents from the non-Pearlescent Hypos. This morning I saw a bunch of them smashed up against the front of the Sweater Boxes. The upper box obviously has the Pearls. The lower one are not Pearls but are Hypos from the same litter. The difference is like night and day isn't it? Indisputable I would say. Very cool! I am very very blessed. Much more than I deserve...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/5-28-06-30.jpg

[boxingboa]

Very cool photos.You look like you have a ax or something over your head.Very cool.

[j_becwar]

Obviously only very cool things are named Jamie. ;) How many more cool births can we look forward to soon?

Jamie

[The_Boaphile]

This morning I found another female had made herself really skinny sometime overnight. Here she is before she made herself skinny:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/near-ovulation-1-24-06.jpg

Look at the scale separation on this puppy!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/scaleseparation-1-24-06.jpg

Here she is as of this morning after making herself skinny:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/mom6-4-06.jpg

Here is the mess she left me in the corner:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/6-4-06-2.jpg

Here they are a little closer up. I counted 27 heads up:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/6-4-06-3.jpg

Mostly Hypos. She was a possible Super but is not one since there are some non-hypos in the goo here. Still a great litter and lots more Hypos! Here is a good photo of the father of these babies:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/scarlet-male-12-16-04.jpg

Now if somehow I can bring myself, to wait for this litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivoryxinverse-1-18-06.jpg

The female above is an Ivory Anerythristic. She is about 5.5' long and six years old. She has some unique lateral side striping up front where she has stripes instead of side blotches. The male is three years old and also an Ivory Anerythristic. Not the best Pastel wise but look at the tail on that puppy! Here he was just moments after being born here three years ago:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/a4.jpg

The Aberrant Anerythristic is a very rare beast. The aberrant and genetically aberrant Anerythristic is an even rarer animal. I actually do not know of any proven animals out there at all yet. I am hoping that this fellow proves to be genetically aberrant with that inverse tail striping. It could happen, but time will tell for sure. She is due in a few days but I doubt she will make it that long. She is already acting antsy and could have them soon.

This one is due any second too:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/lucy-scar-ov-2-07-06.jpg

This is a Lucy Pastel that was bred by the outstanding male Hypo also in the cage with her. He was an extremely washed out Hypo from the first litter of Scarlet Hypos we had three years ago. She is eight years old and a Granddaughter of the original Lucy matriarch. The Lucy bloodline are some of the reddest Pastels available and are where the parent East Bay Vivarium Red Group animals originated from as well. Great looking kids. I can't wait to see these Pastel Hypos any time now...

[Sharpman]

another gerat litter you have there ,congratulations

i cant wait to see some of the other litters that are due ,especially the ivory anerys

[ajfreptiles]

Those are some sweet babies!!! Lovin' all the gooo!!! Andy

[boxingboa]

O boy I cant wait I love the Ivory Anery.

[The_Boaphile]

We were fortunate to have a mess of Scarlet Monster Tail Hypo babies on May 29th. A relatively small litter for the size of this female but since we were actually expecting slugs, we'll be happy with the babies we had. Plus about half of them have aberrancies like their six year old father. I produced him in the first litter produced by The original "Monster Tail" female.

http://theboaphile.com/uploads/monter-tall-June-2005-tall.jpg

Here she was when she was about three years old in about 1996:

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

I have been trying to breed him for four years. Finally babies! Here he is, the father of this litter:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-daddy.jpg

The mother is a great looking Jim Peters Pastel. She produced a bunch of the Scarlet Hypos we had for the first time three years ago. Here is a picture of Mom while gravid with Scarlet Hypos three years ago:

http://www.boaphileplastics.com/pastelgravidtempature.jpg

Here are some of the Scarlet Monster Tail Hypos and non-hypos in no particular order:


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-7.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-8.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-9.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-10.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-11.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-12.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-13.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-14.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-15.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/monster-6-10-06-16.jpg

[Sharpman]

WOW another nice litter you have there and some very nice aberant ones too

[LdyDrgn]

I'm a little late, I know, lol.

Congrats Jeff!!! They are absolutely beautiful.

And don't mind Morti... he's just jealous. And rightly so. ;)

[polacan]

Jeff,those babies are killer!!! I have a question...is your original Monster Tail female a colombian? Also...are you gonna be selling any of those babies soon? Theres a normal there that i would buy right away!!! It has a killer tial,something i looooove to see in boas!!

[The_Boaphile]

The original Monster Tail is a Colombian. I will be selling some babies but I am not sure how soon. Sooner rather than later I hope.

[polacan]

She is sooooo awesome!!! Geeeeshhh!!!...your such a lucky guy!!!

[The_Boaphile]

Well more babies to report. Today this female seen here ovulating with the male that bred her up front:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/lucy-scar-ov-2-07-06.jpg

This is a "Lucy" bloodline Pastel female that was bred by the Hypo up front. The babies are really SAHWEEET! Very pink! Even the normals are great pink Pastels. Here are a couple shots of them:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/lucy-hypos-6-11-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/lucy-hypos-6-11-06-1.jpg

[Sharpman]

WOW there are some stunning babies in that litter ,~~~ you are one lucky man :)

[The_Boaphile]

Here he is was January 18, 2006:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivoryxinverse-1-18-06.jpg

This was him the day is was born:

http://www.theboaforum.com/forumpics/a4.jpg

Here he is today:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/inverse-ivory-2-10-06.jpg

Here is the whole litter born June 13th:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-mess.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

I did get great photos of them being born too:


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-1.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-2.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-3.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-4.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-5.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-5b.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-5c.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-6.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-7.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-8.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-9.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-10.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-11.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-12.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ivory-6-13-06-free.jpg


I'm still having fun even if there aren't any inverse tail striped babies you know!

[The_Boaphile]

Then today after a very very long ten day wait without any Boa Goo I just found this:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/510/searshoggs-6-23-06-2.jpg

More Hogg Island Babies! Bob Sears bloodline too!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/510/searshoggs-6-23-06-close.jpg

I just love little Hoggs. Looks like about 15 more of them. Now I wonder how many Hoggs I have... The are so cute.

[The_Boaphile]

A double het for Ghost is due or was due June 20th. She is till holding out on me. The Hogg above was due June 19th so maybe this other female will have her kids tomorrow... after that nobody is due for over a week. Another long week of waiting...

[Sharpman]

congrats on even more nice litters ,some stunning babies you have there too

[The_Boaphile]

Well, we have the products of a double het for Ghost to double het for Ghost breeding. Only we didn't get any Ghosts and we didn't get any Anerythristics. We did get these babies though. I guess I'll just have to get over it.

Here are a couple shots still in all the go:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/514/6-27-06-1.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/514/6-27-06-2.jpg

The five most striking Hypos. What am I going to do with these now!?

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/514/6-27-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/514/6-27-06-5.jpg

All the Hypos together:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/514/6-27-06-6.jpg

Total count is 12 Hypos, 7 non-Hypos and 2 slugs. No Ghosts. No Anerythristics. But then I guess I shouldn't really complain should I?

[Serpent_Servent]

One word: Wow!

[Serpent_Servent]

One word: WOW

[Serpent_Servent]

ONe word: Wow!

[Sharpman]

another nice litter you have there ,you lucky *** ,shame you didnt get any ghosts ,but hey msome great looking hypos you have there ,i wouldnt mind then instead of ghosts :)

[The_Boaphile]

Well a tremendous disappointment but still a pretty good litter. This huge Pastel 66% possible het female proved not to be a het. Major bummer! She was bred by a Sunglow male relentlessly. He did get the job done. Here is a picture of her taken about a month ago:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/pastel_x_sunglow.jpg

Last night she delivered a litter of around 30 babies. A small litter considering the huge size of this female. She could have carried 60 or 80 babies as big as she is. Several slugs and a number of stillborn babies is also disappointing to say the least. You don't always hit the jackpot I suppose. She still has great weight on her though. I have been trying to breed her for years and all she has done is get fatter. At least this litter trimmed her down to a more healthy girth. I will definitely try to breed her again this year. She already has good breeding weight. I won't be using a Sunglow or Albino for that matter again though... Here are a series of pictures I took just a little while ago.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/517/7-1-06-1.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/517/7-1-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/517/7-1-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/517/7-1-06-4.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/517/7-1-06-5.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/517/7-1-06-6.jpg

I had been looking forward to this litter with great anticipation for a long time. I could not wait to finally get babies from this animal. Oh well. Still it looks like a mess of nice babies in there. Just none that are all yellow and orange.

[ChadHorne777]

Congrats on another nice litter! Too bad she didn't prove out for you.

[Sharpman]

shame she didnt prove out for you ,some nice babies all the same

[BOAMAN76]

You are still having a great year though, and I imagine it will get better!

Mike
'BASICALLY BOAS'

[The_Boaphile]

Great year indeed Mr. Mike. I am not complaining but I did have a brand new disaster happen today that has never happened to me before;

One, two, three... baby after baby from the female "calico" that had an enormous ovulation four months ago. Baby four, five, six... one after another. Hypos, non-hypos, great looking babies but that "Polka Dot" baby was illusive. Seven, eight, nine... a bit of a wait for number 10, you guessed it another non-Polka Dot baby. Well, in reality, a Polka Dot baby was not counted on. In fact the "Polka-Dot" male only bred this female when she looked to be ovulating or very very near to it. Just the last few days before the really massive ovulation I took numerous photos of. Then I waited, back to the birthing scene; I waited and waited and waited, about 15 minutes for baby number 11. I have waited that long before plenty of times. I was a little bit worried just because of the possibility of the "Polka-Dot" baby. So, I am in the cage like a coal miner with my head lamp on hoping for a glimpse of the little fella, when here comes baby number 11. Just the head came out. I grab hold and ever so slowly extricate the little normal baby. Uh oh, this one is dead. I will not have to wait long for the next one. Actually two coming out at the same time and YES! One of them is the illusive "Polka-Dot" Boa! I am so excited! She is still having trouble delivering. Seems there was a flap of extra flesh sort of blocking the Cloaca and the babies were slow in coming. Again, I pulled the "Polka-Dot" baby out as well. He is lifeless. I mean completely limp. I have also seen this many times before but this time it is the first "Polka-Dot" Boa I have ever produced. Nothing. I am holding him in my hand. Sort of wiggling my fingers trying to get him to move a little bit. Nothing. What to do? I wished I had a straw so I could give him mouth to mouth. What am I thinking? This could be the only one I might have this year. I have no way to know anything different for sure. So I put his head in my mouth without thinking and blow. Carefully but I try, then I remember, you moron, if the glottis isn't open, all you are getting air into is the belly. So I rush upstairs Polka boy in hand, franticly looking for my bird feeding tube while his lifeless little body lays on my wife's countertop. The bird feeding tube would be great for this. I can't find it. I grab a syringe and a needle and insert it gently into the glottis. I fill the lungs with air and gently rub the air out. Then again and again and again. Nothing. His membrane clearly had ruptured while she was struggling and he suffocated. I go downstairs hoping maybe she has had another one. Another polka dot baby I mean. Well, none there but there are about eight more babies. All dead.

This is the first time I have ever had this happen. I have had the isolated still born baby mind you, but never a mess of them and certainly never ever 25 of them! I am very disappointed.

A total of 25 still born babies born. Only one "Polka-Dot" baby in the litter so far as I can tell. Ten live babies. Some really beautiful animals but the dead ones, for some reason, look so much more beautiful. Especially that single "Polka-Dot" baby. So the Polka Dot baby remains illusive for me. At least for another week or so. You see the female that gave birth today, was only bred by the Polka Boy at the very end. Another female Hypo, a possible super by the way, was bred by him a whole lot more. A whole lot more. She was the female that was on the loose for two weeks roaming the rafters. Remember? I thought she was already gravid when she began to ovulate one side. Boom! Polka Dot male introduced and he bred her repeatedly. The first male had not bred her for nearly two months. So I am hoping for a much greater chance of Polka Dot baby soon. She is due July 16th. I am semi-patiently waiting.

This was a litter finally from this Calico female though. I can't wait to take a better look at those kids!

This was her four months ago ovulating.

Look at these ovulation photos! These are all in the order I took them. I took a break to do a couple emails between the , hence the noticeable movement between positions. However, the camera just keeps on rolling! Here they are:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-1.jpg
http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-2.jpg

Look at the size of that puppy coming around!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-3.jpg

BAM!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-4.jpg
http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-5.jpg

She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-6.jpg

This is the point where I had taken a break but the camera never takes a break...!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-7.jpg
http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-8.jpg

I wonder if that hurts...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/ovulation-3-08-06-9.jpg

Only one, I think, only one sperm from the Polka Kid made it to an egg. Only one and the poor little fella had the misfortune of getting stuck in line behind that eleventh baby... Maybe that other Hypo due in less than two weeks will have something more interesting for me...

[Sharpman]

OMG ,I m so sorry to here about all the stillborns especially the" polka dot "baby ,good luck with the hypo girl ,i hope you get some great ones in that litter and cant wait to see what this elusive " polka dot " really looks like :)

[The_Boaphile]

I have been a bad boy. I guess I have had five more litters since I last posted here. Shame on me right? One litter from a Het to het breeding that netted me 4 Albinos, two of the dead, and about 35 possible het babies. Terrible numbers I know. Believe me I was disgusted. Then a litter of 18 babies from my Carmel male breeding. No Carmels. I was hoping for some but alas, it didn't happen. They are really cute. I probably will not be selling any of them as they are just too nice. Then in the past 16 hours I have had three more litters! A great litter of "Fine Lines", a litter from two 66% possible het animals that both proved to be hets. About 30 babies of which at least six are Albino. One is REALLY orange! Then finally the Peruvian that went opaque just as she was due gave birth to about 12 babies! Great looking kids! Second generation on this animal for me too! I am really excited about that one. More pictures later. Perhaps I will have to time to upload photos and post them this evening. Right now I have to get a ton, literally, of racks completed and shipped today! Customers want their plastic you know!

Oh, I almost forgot! One other litter is actually due today. This is a Brazilian Boa. Called amarali by some but they are actually Boa constrictor constrictor. Way too many scale rows to be amarali. She is due today and if she has those puppies before 6:00 PM, that will be four litters in less than 24 hours! I haven't had that happen before. But I don't think she will do that. She is all coiled up trying to stay warm. No signs that birth is immanent yet...

Later!

Jeff

[dberes]

Congrats on more litters! On the Brazilian Red Tail Boa part. To my understanding Northern Brazilians are considered Constrictor Constrictor and the Southern Brazilians are considered Amarali.

[Sharpman]

congrats on the new litters ,shame on you for not posting pics sooner ,lol

shame you didnt get very good odds on some of the litters

Kev

[denny_rimes]

We want pix.......We want pix......We want pix!!!!

Oh, by the way, congratulations too!

[The_Boaphile]

OK, Here are some pictures of the additional 6 litters I've had since I last posted photos:

Well, we had a litter with Pastel Albinos on July 4th, and a bunch of really nice 66% possible het for Albino babies. The color comes in more as they get a little larger and these photos are not the best. By the way, this female was a 66% possible het Albino that is also Pastel that proved out. Now that they are eating and growing, the colors coming in are outrageous! Here are a couple shots of them still in the goo:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/babies-7-4-06.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/babies-7-4-06-2.jpg

Well the next litter was born July 7th. The litter was of about 40 kids, 4 of them being Albinos and the rest 66% possible hets. Only two of the Albinos were born alive. This little fellow was in that litter too:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-20-06-top.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-20-06-side.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-20-06-side2.jpg

I guess I'll just have to keep him right?

Then on July 19th, I found this little fellow. This guy came out with the pre-birth waxy stool. In fact he was wrapped around it. Funky huh? That is all that came out on that day:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-19-06-upbaby.jpg

Here is the turd after I pulled this lonely fellow out:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/momma-turd1.jpg

That is your classic pre-birth waxy turd.

I only had to wait two more days before the rest of the litter was born! Here they are:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/babies-7-21-06.jpg

A bunch of great looking kids. I am keeping them. They are really beautiful kids now that they have shed. I can't wait to see the great babies they will make for me in the future!

We had three litters in a 24 hour period beginning July 30, at around 6:00 PM. A Fine Line female was in the middle of giving birth when I found her. She was pushing down an enormous lump of babies. Most of the time they just push a small amount at a time but this lump was huge! I had to take a picture of it:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-lump.jpg

Lots of babies all over the place!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-1.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-4.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-5.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-30-06-6.jpg

I just love these things! They are so beautiful!

[The_Boaphile]

Then in the early morning of July 31 I awoke to find two more litters! These from a Peruvian female I produced myself back eight years ago and a female with six Albinos and a mess of 66% possible hets. I found the Albinos and Poss., Hets first. This was from a 66% possible het to 66% possible het breeding. Thankfully, that is the last of my 66% to 66% possible het breedings I will be attempting. It's just too nerve racking. Here are a couple shots of the babies. Oh by the way, the male that bred this female was not only 66% possible het, he is a Pastel! The Albinos look great!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-31-06-1.jpg

This little fellow is sooooo orange! I can't wait till he sheds!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/7-31-06-3.jpg

Next I come across the 13 Peruvian Red Tail babies. This is the female that went opaque just as she was due to give birth. She was due July 26th and shed July 28th without having given birth yet. I have never had a female go through a she cycle when she was actually due to give birth. A first time for everything I guess. I'll have to add another chapter to the Boa Breeding thing. Anyhow on July 31st she had 13 wonderful little Peruvians! Peruvians are my favorite. I just love these little guys:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/Peru-7-31-06-1.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/Peru-7-31-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/Peru-7-31-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/Peru-7-31-06-4.jpg

I left their Mom in with them to see what she would do. They were three days old before I removed her. She just hung out to protect the little guys. Nobody was smashed. They would all hang out together. Generally with the babies between the coils down in where I could not see them. Otherwise I would have been able to get some good pictures of them. As it turned out it was really neat for me to see how they acted. Mom and babies were all in the same spot together most of the time. Very cute!

[The_Boaphile]

By the way... this pair:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/old-bolivian-3-10-06.jpg

are the proud parents of 12 perfect slugs. Very depressing!

But then, I still have a Brazilian female that was due July 31st that has not had her kids yet.

Another female Peruvian is due August 21st. She is looking perfect too.

A large Pastel 66% Possible het for Albino female is due August 13th. She was bred by a Coral male. I am hoping for a great litter from this girlie.

Mrs. Polka Dot is due August 14th! That is just 9 days away and I have digestive problems worrying about this one. Here she was getting bred by Mr. Polka Dot:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/medium/topsecretboa.jpg

Here she is ovulating:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/mrs_polka-dot-4-13-06.jpg

Here she was with some Monster Tail Hypos she produced in 2002:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/502/Lopez_Monsters.jpg

Here she is when not gravid. The picture looks a little weird but you get the idea. She is really a beauty and I hope she makes some of the nicest "Polka-Dot" Boas we have ever seen:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/lopez-female.jpg

And last but certainly not least, I had a Pastel Het for Albino female ovulate on July 2nd. Fully 2 1/2 months after I removed all males. She was bred by a Pastel Albino male too so I hope for great things from that female...

[JungleStruck]

I like those fine lines alot.The orange albino is sweet too!

Mike

[Sharpman]

Some great looking litters you have had there , your one lucky guy

[The_Boaphile]

As of 12:05 PM today, August 7, 2006, day 112 after the POS, 11 more Brazilians in the world! Pictures later...

Next litter, a Pastel 66% possible het 8' big girl that was bred by a really great Coral Albino male... Today is day 99 after her POS. Should be late this week by the looks of her. Mr. Polka-Dot is due the day after that. I think, or hope, she will go a little bit beyond that August 14th date. She is still really fat and looking good. I am looking for her to thin down some more before she dumps her gallons of babies all over the place...

Brazilian pictures later!

[BOAMAN76]

Congrats on the great year you are having Jeff! ;)

Mike
'BASICALLY BOAS'

[The_Boaphile]

Thanks Mr. Mike! I can't wait to see more of the kids you are producing this year as well. I think I can go out on a limb and say this will be a historical year! Don't you think so?

Brazilians! 11 of them and one Brazilian slug. Same as the last litter of Brazilians we had from a female that is about 3 times as heavy.

Brazilians:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/513/brazilians-8-7-06-1.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/513/brazilians-8-7-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/513/brazilians-8-7-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/513/brazilians-8-7-06-4.jpg

These are the Brazilians we had back in May before they shed:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/513/brazilians-5-25-06.jpg

And after they shed:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/513/6-11-06-2.jpg

[denny_rimes]

Congratulations Jeff!

It looks like another beautiful litter from The Boaphile this season.

With so few females left to drop babies for you, I can almost fell that "after breeding sadness" syndrome starting to build.

How about that.....Every boa breeder can now go to his doctor and complain they have ABS Syndrome. Unfortunately, the only cure I know of is MORE BABIES!

[The_Boaphile]

Mrs. Polka-Dot is looking around already. I was not expecting them until a week from today but that's life in the big city. I guess I'll be up multiple times tonight...

[Sharpman]

nice litter of brazilians you got there

i cant wait to see what these polka dot babies will look like

[The_Boaphile]

Mrs. Polka-Dot is making her nest folks... today is day 103 after her Post Ovulation Shed!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/mrs_polka-dot-4-13-06.jpg

It could be tonight!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/medium/topsecretboa.jpg

I can't wait till I see her looking over those baby "Polka-Dots" just like shed did four years ago over some Monster Tail Hypos she had in the photo below:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/502/Lopez_Monsters.jpg

[Sharpman]

any news yet , has she had them ?

[The_Boaphile]

She is just tearing up the Aspen all over the place. She can't seem to find the perfect spot to have those little puppies! The waiting is driving me nuts! You have no idea how this wait has been for me. I have a mile high headache that won't quit. I just hope it's all over today so I can go to sleep without my head aching... I have both cameras, video and still, fired up hoping to catch her in the act. She was trying to make a nest in one corner near her water bowl. I think she maybe wanted the bowl out of there, judging by how she had pushed it forward, so I moved it to the other end of the cage making some more room for her. Maybe that will encourage her to go ahead. Maybe not. She is due tomorrow technically, but today would be fine with me. I can be off by one day.

[The_Boaphile]

I just had a really nice litter. Here is a picture of Mom's tail and a couple of the little ones:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/500/m-8-13-06-01.jpg

[The_Boaphile]

By the way... the Mom's name is Mrs. "Polka-Dot"!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-031.jpg

Gotta love those "Polka-Dot" babies!

[denny_rimes]

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Looks like The Boaphile has got himself some Motleys!!!!

Congratulations.

[The_Boaphile]

More pictures:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-02.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-04.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-05.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-06.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-07.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-08.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-09.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-10.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-11.jpg


http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-13-06-12.jpg

[Serpent_Servent]

Cong adulations Jeff.

[BOAMAN76]

.......those are some very nice, thick patterned, laddertail Motleys!
Those are what we call "Perfect 10's"
CONGRATS!

Mike
'BASICALLY BOAS'

[Sharpman]

WOW , they are stunning babies, well worth the wait , have you got any individual photos of any of the littel ones ?

[The_Boaphile]

I was trying to make Motleys with a really strongly connecting pattern that also had a stronger influence of red. That's why I used the female I used. She has the connecting pattern and really great color especially in the tail. She is one of my choice non-Hypo or Pastel females. Here she was with her baby Monster Tail Hypos she and one of my Monster Tail Hypos males produced in 2002:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/502/Lopez_Monsters.jpg

Here she was before we bred her that year:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/507/lopez-female.jpg

The baby Motleys are great. Not a single broken connected pattern in the litter. Some with a really thickly connected pattern and more red influence to boot. Here are a couple shots of some of the kids less than a day old. I can't wait till they shed!

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-14-06-01.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-14-06-03.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/m-8-14-06-06.jpg

[Eclyps19]

brb... gotta change my pants...

[Sharpman]

boy oh boy , you have got some stunning motleys there , any chance of seeing a photo Mr polka dot himself ?

[ladyboid]

ooops " fummbles around"
sorry just fell of my chair , they are stunning motleys, well all i can say is Jeff what a great pairing , congratulations :p

[The_Boaphile]

The Motleys are shedding:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-24-06.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motleytail-8-24-06.jpg

[der-boa-lieber]

very nice looking, brings a tear to youre eye.

[Sharpman]

now they are stunning , how many have shed so far ?

[The_Boaphile]

I just took a few more photos of a litter I had about 12 days ago...

I mostly had a hard time getting them to sit still. They are just constantly on the move.

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motleyhandfull-8-25-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-3.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-4.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-5.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-6.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-7.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-8.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-9.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/518/motley-8-25-06-10.jpg

Somebody pinch me!

[BOAMAN76]

.......must be in La La Land right now Jeffy!!!! LOL

They look GREAT!!!!!

Mike

[manos]

Congrats on all your litters this year Mr. Ronne, those motleys sure got some color to their tails.

[The_Boaphile]

Thank you!

A small number or Peruvians Red Tail babies. This could be the last litter of 2006 for me:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/511/Peruvians-8-26-06-1.jpg

I very tiny litter of Peruvian Red Tails / Parents are both captive born. Grandparents are from Pucallpa Peru the same as the other litter I had earlier this year. I am always amazed how HUGE these Peruvian Babies are! Monstrous!

Here they were still in the cage:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/511/Peruvians-8-26-06-2.jpg

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/511/Peruvians-8-26-06-3.jpg

This little guy is just about to break out for that first breath:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/511/Peruvians-8-26-06-4.jpg

Ah...

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/511/Peruvians-8-26-06-5.jpg

[Sharpman]

another great litter you have there , so how many litters have you had this year ?

[The_Boaphile]

I have'nt had any babies born in over three months now. All I have to enjoy now are all the babies in the racks I'm growing up now. Here is one of the little Pearlescent babies from this year:

http://www.boaconstrictor.net/gallery/data/503/12-05-06-Pearlescent.jpg

Kind of a cute shot huh?

[Sharpman]

WOW thats very nice indeed , how are the reduced pattern babies doing from the DH ghost x DH ghost breeding ? would love to see some updatetd pics of them