My first ever boa litter!!!!!!!!

My female hypo boa gave birth today!!!!! Couldn't be happier first ever boa litter. 21 baby's 2 slugs!!!!!!:-)http://img.tapatalk.com/ae18e1ef-e10d-2788.jpg
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Congrats! What did you breed her to?

Congrats!!!

Quick question - why do boas have live births and bp's lay eggs. Sorry if this is a stupid question but I've always wondered.

Anyone!

Holy crap that's a lot of babies! Congrats!

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Originally Posted by L.West

Quick question - why do boas have live births and bp's lay eggs. Sorry if this is a stupid question but I've always wondered.

Anyone!

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Maybe their native habitat isn't safe for external eggs?
I know various species of viper and other types of snakes like garters have live births as well.

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That's awesome, congrats!

Wow! And what a mess....lol. Do you clean them or put them on wet papertowels before setting up 21 (wow again!) seperate tubs? Very curious....

Amazing! You have some very nice babies there! I second the question - what did you breed her with?? And are the babies het for anything? Just curious but it'd be nice to know...

Wow that's a lot of babies! What is an average clutch size for this species? :O

That is so awesome! Congrats.

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Originally Posted by shelliebear

Wow that's a lot of babies! What is an average clutch size for this species? :O

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Depends on the local, 21 is not massive, but definitely a good sized group!

Congrats on the healthy babies!

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Originally Posted by L.West

Quick question - why do boas have live births and bp's lay eggs. Sorry if this is a stupid question but I've always wondered.

Anyone!

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It is most likely an adaptation that developed in order to enhance offspring survival rates. They are able to more adequately protect the developing young if they are inside them as opposed to in a nest. It was likely genetically favorable in their environment at some point and has since "stuck" so to speak.

Congrats on the babies! They're gorgeous! And like others have said, what did you pair her with? :) Again, congrats on the nice big litter! :gj:

Awesome. Congrats on the little ones.

Thank you everyone for all great replays. I paired her up with what I believe is a jungle. Seeing some of the offspring, a lot of them have the weirded patterning like a jungle. I will post some more pics once they all shed out!

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Originally Posted by Wapadi

Wow! And what a mess....lol. Do you clean them or put them on wet papertowels before setting up 21 (wow again!) seperate tubs? Very curious....

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I do have them set up on wet paper towels. I plan on clean out the paper towels out daily till most of the birth fluid is gone. They have cleaned up with the wet paper towels pretty well so far!

to continue the questioning, what does a slug look like, I can understand still born, but with no eggs, slug sounds odd to me

The slugs are the yellow blobs in the first picture. "Slug" is just a term for an infertal embryo which can happen in both live litters and egg clutches. :gj:

You can have both slugs and still borns in a live litter. The slugs are the embryos that didn't develop and the still borns are the neonates that are born dead.

Congratulations on a nice gooey pile of baby boas... :)

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Awesome :gj:

Thats awesome. Congrats. They are gorgeous.

Here is a pic of one of the baby boa!

Hey what's up everyone, thanks again everyone for all the comments. I thought I would post a pic of one of the baby's they haven't shed yet but couldn't help but post a new pic for everyonehttp://img.tapatalk.com/ae1fe5b4-1ac5-eebf.jpg