Mother's Day litter!

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Originally Posted by jim020cricket

Thanks again everyone, but I have some bad news. One of the sacs that came out yesterday had 3 babies in it. Yes...triplets! (My daughter almost fell over), 2 albinos and 1 het...the 2 albinos died during the night. So, final count is 7 albinos and 10 Hets.

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Well, that's a bummer, but triplets are not exactly hardy. I'm glad that one still made it and 7 is an awesome number! :gj:

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Originally Posted by starmom

Crazy, huh?! Very different from egg laying ball pythons!!

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Yea! no kidding. lol :D



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That's too bad about the triplets. I've never heard of triplets in snakes.
Still got a nice bunch, though.

If you look in the pic of the whole group, up in the right hand corner is the little het that is still doing good. The Albinos are a little harder to find, but they have the really bloated looking bellies.

In your experience, do most triplets not make it?

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

In your experience, do most triplets not make it?

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I've heard of twins and I've heard of them being fine. I've never heard of triplets before at all. I just wish they weren't coming out of the sac right after being born so I coulda got a quick pic, but they were ripping through immediately.

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Originally Posted by jim020cricket

I've heard of twins and I've heard of them being fine. I've never heard of triplets before at all. I just wish they weren't coming out of the sac right after being born so I coulda got a quick pic, but they were ripping through immediately.

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Do you have any guess as to what happened?

Yeah, I don't get it. Since there was one sac, I would think that they would be identical; which they weren't since there was a het in there. Are boa twins always identical?

Sorry to hear about loosing 2 babies...=P

Your guesses are as good as mine. I have no idea. It was odd to say the least.

Here is a comparison shot of the surviving triplet and another het:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...lbino/Hets.jpg