Female Gaboon stopped feeding.......

[Gregg M]

My female Gaboon stopped feeding 3 weeks ago........ She is most likely gravid....... The male and female started copulating in early september......... It seems to be alittle early for her to stop feeding but being that I keep the male and female together all year they could have started earlier then I think....... She is getting bigger and bigger every time I look at her......... I just wish I knew when to expect some neonates........ But I guess waking up one morning to a cage full of baby gaboons unexpectedly, could be nice too......

[JD@reptiles]

keep us posted with whats happening. sounds cool though! good luck with them. i have my fingers crossed for you!

Take care

Jordan

[skin78]

How many baby's can a gaboon get??? are the young problem feeders?? I can't imagine that they are but I don't know for sure :)
How long is a gaboon pregnant??


congrats if she is gravid :)

cheers niek

[Gregg M]

Big females can have an average of 30 babies........ Sometimes more sometimes less....... The young are very agressive feeders....... I have never hade a problem getting neonates to eat........ A gaboon can be gravid for 6 months.......... In the wild they copulate during the wet season and the babies are born in time for the next wet season........ That is when food is more abundant......

[C.m.pyrrhus]

I wanna see dem bebies. I cannot keep them where I live, so I must resort to pictures and out-of-states friends with them in their collections. In fact a buddy of mine has the biggest gravid female I have ever seen, and been waiting many moons as well for her to pop. Dem gonna be sum perdy snakes.

[skin78]

wow that are alot of babies... how may would a baby cost??? not that I wnat one lol.. they get to big for me :)

[ETET]

Can't wait to see your babies! I'm going to breed mine in Jan, hope some babies next year..

ETET

[snakehunter]

i want one sooooo bad i cant see straight good luck, how much do those usually sell for? im not in the market just interested in the cost

[Linds]

Best of luck! :thumbsup:

[Oliverian]

You guys do know that gaboons are venomous I hope? Just checking. Best of luck with the babies when they come! :)
-Tammy R

[skin78]

ofcourse we know that they are venomous snakes and can do alot of harm to your body when they bite you but still I would love toi have one.

[reverendsterlin]

gaboon+problem feeder=oxymoron

[Mustangrde1]

Gregg I have to be the voice of concern here but you just had an Gaboon die of suspecious circumstances. Could she have possibly contracted anything?

[Gregg M]

Damn it Scott!!!!!!!!! Trying to get me all nervous or something???? Or are you trying to jinx me???? LOL......... Actually the necro came back inconclusive....... No bacteria, no viruses, no fungus, no worms or anything........ Cause of death is unknown........ Only thing wrong with it was its lack of venom glands....... The operation was done cleanly........ There was no infection........ Besides she was not in the hot room........ She was far from the other snakes and I used different tools with her.......... And my big female is not loosing any weight at all....... Infact she looks bigger then she did a month ago......

[Mustangrde1]

Gregg I wont candy coat things you should know that lol. I just had to bring up something that may have been overlooked. Besides I have a vested intrested in them babies lol.