BRB eating young?

[Beauty the BP]

I have a problem. A few months ago I caught my pair in a lock and thought great babies. SO I have since then gotten tubs and such ready for the arrivals. Last week I went in to feed her and she was a spit fire. So I just left her and the next morning I found after birth in the tank ( that is the best way i can think to describe it) but no babies. and the female just lounging about like nothing had happened. she is skinny again and hungry as sin. she took 2 medium rats.

Could she has aborted and eaten them or did she just eat them?

Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Beauty the BP

[JimiSnakes]

Huh? Never heard of it. But if she just ate her young, I can't seem to think she would be hungry enough for 2 med rats! Any pics of the mess? Maybe she...heck I don't know!

[ssscales]

That seems a bit strange, are you sure she gave birth?
Is she healthy, how does she look? Did you take any pics?
Sorry for your loss!

[Beauty the BP]

She is perfectly healthy. in fact i would have said she was a little over weight, but she was eating for a family before the mess. she is almost 6 foot in length, never skips a feeding, and is the sweetest thing going. kids can hold her and she just noses around and stays put. her favorite place is on my shoulder when I have her out. hubby makes jokes of her being my snakie boa........lol temps are all fine and humidity is 85 percent. Hides on both sides (they are cat litter small cat litter trays with an entrance cut in them) and she is on orchid bark.

I didnt know what was up when she went for me that day when I tried to feed her. ( I wear latex gloves between snakes so i dont smell like food, a different pair per snake.) she was 2864 grams and now is 2463 i know this because i weigh before every meal. So I dont know. All i can say is I cleaned up the mess and left her to her own. I didnt think about it again until i saw t he post of the new baby boas and saw the after birth ( egg sacks?) still on them. ANd it looked exactly like what I found in the tank.

I was just wondering if anyone else around here has ever come across this.

Her stools are normal. and nothing else is out of sorts.

any thoughts on this would be welcome.

Beauty the BP

[ssscales]

I've never experienced anything like this at all...sorry.

Have you tried asking around in the boa forums?

[gmmuscle91]

Did you dig through the bark to see if the babies burrowed?

[Beauty the BP]

Did you dig through the bark to see if the babies burrowed?

nope no babies under the substrate. I cleaned the whole tank out when I found the mess.

Beauty the BP

[elevatethis]

Are you sure she was even gravid? I mean, if she slugged out, there would be a bunch of nasty looking eggs laying around. If babies did come out, there would be all kinds of mess, yolk sacks, etc etc. I'm doubting that she gave birth at all, just by your description. Just because you observed a lock does not mean that ovulation or the point of conception actually occurred.

[Danielle(THM)]

But then what in the world was the 'afterbirth'?

[igoopy]

Have you spoken to a vet?