Only eight neonates??

[abel romero]

My female albino had her litter on Saturday. This is her first time mating and having young. As a matter of fact, this is my first boa to have babies. My delima is this, she had eight neonates, one born without a tail, the rest are healthy. Her total count was eight neonates and no sluggs. Is this normal for a first time boa to have so few neonates and no sluggs? By the way, the male is also albino. I was woundering if both parents being albino have anything to do with such a low count. Any input would be highly appreciated. Thanks

[Randy_T.]

First, congrats on a litter. Small litters are not uncommon for first time breeders. Also if the female is smaller in size it could result in smaller litters.

[denny_rimes]

Congratulations!

Randy is correct, sometimes first litters can be smaller. I would not worry too much. At least you have some boa babies to play with!:cool:

I bet next time you breed your female she'll have a larger litter.

[sunglow]

congrats... can you post some pictures of them?

[der-boa-lieber]

yes, i would love to see them as well. Congrats!

[abel romero]

O.K. everyone, sorry for the delay. I figured out what happened. On Saturday morning when I looked in her cage I saw six babies. I made the mistake of disturbing her by removing the young and cleaning out her cage. A few hours later she had two more and I also removed them and once again I disturbed her. On Sunday at about 5 pm, while I was at work my lady informed me over the phone that she had a whole bunch more. When I got home I discovered fourteen more. What happened is that she was trying to have her young and I did not let her do what she had to do. As I mentioned in my first post, this is my first experience having neonates. I will know better for next year. I have pics of them and I can't figure out how to post them. In the mean time, e-mail me for pics and I will be happy to send them to you. Thanks
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[Randy_T.]

Well congrats on the additional 14 :)

I suggest setting up an account at www.photobucket.com to use for posting pictures. Its very easy. After you upload images you just copy the [ img] tags and paste them into your post.