New boa litter

One of my good friends just had a litter of boas born today! Here are some pics of mom and dad and the babies. There were a couple slugs and one baby that most likely wont make it, but a good litter none the less.
Photos are credited to the breeder Simon Heavlin.

Mom
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...ramire/mom.jpg

Dad
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...ramire/dad.jpg

And the babies
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...0June09010.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...ire/babies.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...re/babies2.jpg

The dead baby
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/deadbaby.jpg

Wow....congrats...looks like you'll have you're hands full! Any idea what happened to the dead baby? :(

Thanks, and I am not sure, my friend thinks he was underdeveloped and may have been stillborn.

Cool! I like seeing the new litters. Are you getting a baby?
Shame to see that one didn't make it. I would think mortality rates would be higher in nature still, because predators have a field day with reptile babies.

At least most of the babies are alive and well. Sad about the dead baby, it would have been a beauty.

Thanks guys, and I am not sure, I may get a baby once they all eat and shed.

Any genetics going on here? Looks like there might be something going on. He has some nice markings and some of those babies have VERY nice patterns.

Very cool Alli were you there when the event happened? A small part of me misses it a bit

Wonderful, I can not wait for my Boa Constrictors to start having babies. I just think that it is the coolest thing in the world. It is sad about the one, but the rest are beautiful.

Both of the parents are great lookin too.

Sorry for the late reply, I think this thread got lost somewhere.
Both of the parents were rescues, so he has no idea of their genetics at all. A few of the babies look to my untrained eye to be aneries, but I am not sure at all about that. Sadly, I was not there at the birth, I wish I could have been. Thanks for all the compliments guys!