Babies :-D

Rainbowsrus · 07-10-12, 10:04 AM

Wilma is dropping her litter right now, My earliest litter ever!!! Details later.

MrBD1980 · 07-10-12, 12:26 PM

Great! Congrats and fingers crossed all goes exactly as it should....people speak very highly of you guys!!!

Brian

Snakesitter · 07-10-12, 08:15 PM

Awesome news and congrats, Dave! That year off for Wilma -- unplanned as it was because you thought you were going to sell her -- must have helped!!! :-)

alessia55 · 07-10-12, 08:16 PM

Congrats!! Is the litter still within "normal" arrival date range? Just wondering if it'll have any effect on the babies. Can't wait to see photos!!!

Rainbowsrus · 07-12-12, 01:09 AM

14 babies and 7 slugs, here are some pics I took but just now uploaded....

Rainbowsrus · 07-12-12, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by alessia55

Congrats!! Is the litter still within "normal" arrival date range? Just wondering if it'll have any effect on the babies. Can't wait to see photos!!!

Plus or minus a week, even ten days is totally normal. This was a full term litter, no yolks.

marvelfreak · 07-13-12, 06:24 PM

Congrats on all the cute babies. I think we need more pictures.

Wildside · 07-13-12, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainbowsrus

Plus or minus a week, even ten days is totally normal. This was a full term litter, no yolks.

So yolks are a sign of a premature litter?

Rainbowsrus · 07-13-12, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

So yolks are a sign of a premature litter?

Yes, babies born with little to no yolk left are considered full term, ones with larger yolks would be premature. Just like most living things, a little premature is survivable, a lot is not.

Wildside · 07-14-12, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainbowsrus

Yes, babies born with little to no yolk left are considered full term, ones with larger yolks would be premature. Just like most living things, a little premature is survivable, a lot is not.

I am so glad I decided to join this site. I have learned so much in just the past week. I had a litter that was premature once, but I wasn't sure what happened to them. Can you or anybody tell me some of the factors that might cause a litter not to go full-term?

Rainbowsrus · 07-14-12, 04:48 PM

Honestly I don't know for sure. Often premmie litters are slug heavy so that is clearly a factor but not always.

Austin · 07-14-12, 06:13 PM

congrats man!!!!! I want I want I want!!!! haha.

Wildside · 07-15-12, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainbowsrus

Honestly I don't know for sure. Often premmie litters are slug heavy so that is clearly a factor but not always.

The litter was extremely slug heavy, like as in 20 slugs and 30 live. Many of which had a very large yolk still attached. I knew there was something seriously wrong when they wouldn't slither out of their own membranes

They had no muscle tone and were like picking up a piece of wet toilet paper. It was so very sad to watch each of them fight to try and live.

Drgnfly2265 · 07-15-12, 04:06 PM

That is awsome! The little ones are so cute.

Snakesitter · 07-16-12, 05:00 PM

As Dave said, the odds are stacked heavily against really premature babies.

Causes are unknown, but can include a sick or stressed mother (I had one drop a litter early last year as she fought to save her own life [warning graphic pictures] http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/epicr...dark-side.html and http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/epicr...dark-side.html).

If it does happen, care opinions vary, but the best advice seems to be keep them warm and moist, with little to no handling and see what happens. After a few days many tie off the remaining yoke.