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03-04-2007, 12:06 AM
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Advice needed- dead gravid boa -
I just checked on my female Hog Island Boa, DeeDee, who was gravid, and saw that she didn't move when I opened the lid to her cage. I touched her - and found that she is dead.
She was fine this morning - I've been checking on her 3 and 4 times a day because she was near her due date. I went out to do a few errands and checked her when I returned.
 I am horribly saddened, this was my first attempt at breeding.
Question - sounds gross but should I bother seeing if there were any viable young that were stuck? She had spread urates around the cage but there was no other fluid. She is still soft (no rigor - I think this happened only shortly before I got home), it feels like there is something hard right near her vent though. The rest of her "pregnancy" weight is soft, I feel no wriggling or anything. I just don't want to put her in the fridge (she will definitely be necropsied) if there is a possibility that there are living young still in there.
Please advise.......
Here is a picture of her as of a few minutes ago.
I am completely devastated.
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03-04-2007, 12:08 AM
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So sorry for your loss.... |
03-04-2007, 12:09 AM
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I'm sorry for your loss... That's just horrible.
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03-04-2007, 12:21 AM
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It would have to be done with in the hour for the babies to survive. I think it is to late.
SO SORRY FOR UR LOSS
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03-04-2007, 12:35 AM
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Sorry to hear that. I would check depending on how long it has been since death. Breeding unfortunately is riskier than we think sometimes. Nice to hear that you plan on a necropsy just to make sure you know how it happened. Please keep us posted.
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03-04-2007, 12:39 AM
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WOW this is horrible. Im so sorry.
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03-04-2007, 12:50 AM
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03-04-2007, 12:54 AM
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Yeah - I just spoke with an emergency vet. Apparently rigor takes quite a while to set in, and so more than likely if there were any viable babies, they are dead. And it could have been anywhere between an hour and 3 hours that she died (I was out of the house for about 3 hours or so). I'm not sure I can cut her open...
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03-04-2007, 12:55 AM
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I could if I thought there were any still in her that were viable. But that is just me.
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03-04-2007, 01:15 AM
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I honestly wouldn't risk it. Odds are they aren't viable anymore. Plus, I'd hate to do anything that could compromise the results of a thorough necropsy. Just my .02
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