Some One Kill Me!!!

Mike177 · 07-01-04, 03:33 PM

Ok, this is possably the worst thing that has happend to me (snake wise). yesterday i went to cheak on my snakes in my shead to clean out cages, feed, ex. and i notedest that my "male" bci was really fat, fatter than normal but at the time i thought nothing of it. i figured it was the rabbit i had fed him not to long ago. now my "male" bci was apart of an "unsecsesfull" breeding project. I had adopted a "male" and a "female" from 2 sepret people about a year ago and was planning to breed them. I saw them copulateing a few times last seson and was hopeing for the best. but after the "female" ate the food i offered i knew she wasent pregnet. so i marked it down as a "good try" seperated the snakes and began feeding. well this morning i peeked into the "male" bci's cage and saw around 20 little baby bcis still in the sacks all dead! my "male" bci knocked over her water dish and had all the babys in a big puddle of water and they are all dead, there is not a single live one. i know its my fault for not haveing them sexed before i bread them but i made an assumtion and am kicking myself in the ***. i cant beleve this happend. rather than haveing no babys on the first time i tryed to breeed my boas i got 20 dead ones. well, im off to mope around for the rest of the day.

Mike177 · 07-01-04, 03:48 PM

here is a pic, so now you know im not lieing about being a bad person.

thunder · 07-01-04, 03:50 PM

wait, why are they dead? did they drown?
this is so horrible for you. i extend my fullest condolences.
if it is any comfort, at least now you have a proven pair.

ReptileManiac07 · 07-01-04, 03:53 PM

Well we all make mistakes and learn from them so this is another learning experience, a horrible experience but something to learn from. Sorry for the loss, jason

Tim and Julie B · 07-01-04, 03:53 PM

Oh man that sucks. So sorry to hear it. Don't get discouraged. Learn from this and try again. Again I am sorry.

Mike177 · 07-01-04, 04:09 PM

i dont see how this happend. how did boath owners of boath snakes have the sex wrong? the feamle is 6 feet and the male is 8 im just really confused right now.

Stockwell · 07-01-04, 04:22 PM

Still born boas is quite common, so are litters of complete slugs.
The dead babies could be the result of improper hot spot for gestation, handling during pregnancy or numerous other things, but sometimes even with ideal conditions this still happens. At least you now know the genders, and can try again.

nicola_boulton · 07-02-04, 09:56 AM

sorry to hear bout that, thats really sad. Stockwell could be right so dont be upset! you breed, so you should be proud of that!

Optimus Prime · 07-02-04, 12:08 PM

Man that is terrible I'm sorry to hear about your losses. But know ya know and as long as you lern from it it's not a total loss.

Linds · 07-02-04, 01:11 PM

Don't be so hard on yourself. Breeding snakes isn't all sunshine, as you see every season with breeders posting their litters of slugs or stills. You aren't a bad person because your snakes didn't have a successful go this year. At least ya learned who was who so you know who to watch closer next year. Good luck with them.

klein · 07-05-04, 01:05 PM

man that sucks, sorry to hear, but as everyone said don't get discouraged, you will have a great year next year!!