Today was a very Good Day.

July 29th, 2010

After weeks of worry and a lot of sleepless nights my albino jungle boa gave birth today.

Several months ago I ultra sounded her and saw she was gravid. I also saw some unfertile follicles. There appeared to be a lot of these unfertile follicles, and this can cause a female to deliver prematurely. So I worried she might have her babies early.

Most of my boas will eat occasionally while they are gravid, but she did not. In the last month she has not been looking so good, not eating had taken a toll on her. She was getting very thin where she was not carrying the babies, and her color was getting pasty. I would wake up in the middle of the night  thinking about what I could do to save her. Tube feed her a little something, give her something so she would have the babies. Take her out to move about or,,,,, I just didn’t know what I could do for her. And then there was the babies. The babies I not so long ago prayed she would not have early, I now wanted her to have early.

There are parts I have not told you yet. First I lost my male albino jungle a couple months ago from pneumonia . I didn’t know he was sick and then he was gone. Second she was bred by my IMG azabachi boa I got form Pete Kahl for $7500. Yea I was really wanting these babies. But I didn’t want to loose her either.

This morning when I woke up, being at my last straw. I figured when I was done in the rodent farm I would do something. I got a bottle of ensure and can cat food all my tub feed stuff and went in to check on her. I had just been feeding some of the animals in the other room and had a few extra live mice. I figured I would try a live mouse first, thinking something live might get her interested. Mind you she is a big boa and generally eats jumbo rats. I found the forceps and offered her the mouse. Bam, She took it, omg Thank you, thank you, I thought to myself. I looked at her coiled around the mouse and thought, She had the babies. Where are the babies?

After removing her out of the cage I found them buried under the paper in the back corner. Only 5 slugs and no dead babies yea, 9 albinos and 7 normals. I can tell which ones are IMG in the normals but not the albinos. Below are some pics.

Thanks

Lynn Kubic

Boas and Balls.com

PS, Mom is now eating, and I am sleeping. 

Male Azabachi boa

Azabachi/Jungle Albino clutch

Azabachi/Jungle Albino clutch

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We have been busy here.

July 17th, 2010

I was reading another blog today and thought, it has been awhile since I updated mine.

We are up to 74 clutches of ball pythons, 1 clutch of carpet pythons, 22 clutches of boas, not all these were good clutches but lots of babies still. Several clutches of chameleons. These take 6 months to hatch and,,, well I can screw up a lot in 6 months. I did hatch out my first fat tail gecko. He/she is so cute I will keep it for sure.

Caryn is back from her trip to Arizona. Brian had healed from his surgery and is off to California for two weeks. Lee is back from his trip river rafting. Mmm, I’m thinking I need a vacation. Theresa got in a bad motorcycle accident last week and won’t be back for a month, I’m sure. She and her hubby are ok, if you can call it ok, they are banged up and broken, but alive. She is sure she will be able to help at the show August 14th. (Fingers crossed)

Well the update in the incubator. As many of you have said “where are you going to put them all”. I reached my full point tonight in the incubator. I had to take a clutch of het albinos that were piping out and put them into a shoe box to get the last clutch in.

50) Mojave x normal 9 slugs

51) Lucy or woma x normal = 7 good eggs due 8-22-10

52) Lucy or woma x normal = 6 good 1 slug due 8-22-10

53) Lucy or woma x normal = 6 good eggs due 8-22-10

54) Lucy or woma x Pastel = 5 good eggs due 8-23-10

55) Lesser x normal = 6 good eggs due 8-23-10

56) Yellow belly or Desert x normal = 5 good eggs due 8-23-10

57) Carmel albino x Het carmel = 5 good 2 bad eggs due 8-27-10

58) Pastel x normal = 8 good eggs due 8-29-10′

59) Bee x normal = 5 good eggs due 9-2-10

60) Lucy or woma x normal = 3 eggs due 9-2-10

61) Lucy or woma x normal 5 good 2 slugs due 9-2-10

62) Yellow belly or Desert x normal = 9 good 1 slug due 9-3-10

63) Pastel x normal = 7 good eggs due 9-3-10

64) Pastel x normal = 4 good 3 slugs due 9-4-10

65) Cinnamon x Pastel = 7 good eggs due 9-6-10

66) Pinstripe x Lesser = 6 good eggs due 9-8-10

67) Yellow belly or Desert x normal = 6 good eggs due 9-12-10

68) Axanthic x normal = 5 good eggs 3 slugs due 9-13-10

69) Lesser x normal = 8 good eggs due 9-14-10

70) Spider x normal = 7 good eggs due 9-14-10

71) Desert x mojave = 6 good eggs due 9-15-10

72) Fire x normal = 6 good eggs due 9-15-10

73) Bee x normal = 5 not for sure good eggs due 9-15-10

74) Pewter x normal = 7 good eggs due 9-15-10

This is a shot of the Fire clutch that just shed and I was putting away. 

Please check back weekly…… 

Lynn Kubic  

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We have over 50 clutches of bp’s now

June 23rd, 2010

Well this week was a sad one. I lost a couple of my favorite boas. I took them to the vet for a necropsy so I can find out what happened.

On another note. Brian is doing better after his surgery and Caryn should be home from Arizona this weekend. I made it to the 50 clutches mark, the crazy thing is the much anticipated clutch #50 turned out to be all slugs. I haven’t had hardly any slugs this year. We have been paying close attention to the breeding. I just must have missed her “window of opportunity”. Several clutches have hatched, and I will get their pics up on the available pages soon. I have been working on the Boa pages this week.

Ball pythons eggs update. (For 1-25 check whats cooking and for 25-33 check Busy week)

34) Pin x Granite = 7 good eggs due 7-31-10
35) Axanthic x normal = 6 good eggs due 8-2-10
36) System messed up xxxxxxxx
37) Pied x Normal = 5 good eggs due 8-9-10
38) Het citric ghost x het citric ghost = 4 good eggs due 8-9-10
39) Pied x Het Pied = 7 good eggs due 8-12-10
40) Pastel x Normal = 4 good 2 bad eggs due 8-12-10
41) Pinstripe x normal = 8 good eggs due 8-12-10
42) Pinstripe x Blond pastel = 8 good eggs due 8-13-10
43) Pewter x normal = 10 good eggs due 8-13-10
44) Mojave x Normal = 6 good eggs due 8-15-10
45) Carmel albino x Het carmel = 6 good eggs due 8-17-10
46) Fire x normal = 5 good eggs due 8-17-10
47) Fire x normal = 11 good eggs due 8-17-10
48 Lesser Bee or Black pastel x normal due 8-17-10
49) Pastel x normal = 6 good eggs due 8-19-10
50) Mojave x normal 9 slugs
51) Lucy or woma x normal = 7 good eggs due 8-22-10
52) Lucy or woma x normal = 6 good 1 slug due 8-22-10
53) Lucy or woma x normal = 6 good eggs due 8-22-10

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Jungle Motley Albinos

May 31st, 2010

All I can say is I can’t wait until they shed a couple times.

Pictures say it all, I can’t wait until the shed a couple times.

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More eggs in the incubator.

May 31st, 2010

Ball python eggs
I have clutch 1 and 2 hatching now. And a few more to add to the long list. See ”What we have cooking” for 1-17 clutches.

26) Pastel x normal = 6 good eggs due 7-25-10
27) Yellow belly or desert x normal = 5 eggs due 7-27-10
28) Clown x Pastel = 7 eggs due 7-27-10
29) Mojave x normal = 7 eggs due 7-27-10
30 Pastel x normal 9 eggs due 7-29-10
31) Pastel ghost x het ghost = 7 eggs due 7-27-10
32) Yellow belly or desert x normal = 7 eggs due 7-29-10
33) Clown x het clown = 7 eggs due 7-29-10

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It’s going to be a good year for Boas

May 25th, 2010

Well this month has been a good one. Six clutches of boas so far and the best one is still to come.

This is a pic of our Motley Jungle Albino clutch. It has taken me some time to figure out the motley/jungles but I think with some help from my friend Peter Kahl I have it sorted out.

jungel motley albino

Please check back weekly……
 

 

Lynn Kubic

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Ball python eggs to date.

May 23rd, 2010

Where to start, as some of you know the Blogger we were using stopped posting to our website. We found a new blog and got it posting to the site.

First let me start with the ball python clutches. There has been a lot of you asking when something will hatch, watch the lists and you should find what you are looking for. I still have my fingers crossed on us hitting 100 clutches this year. I don’t know if we will make if but it’s safe to say there will be at least 75.

Here it goes.

1)Axanthic x normal = all hets 9 eggs due 5-30-10
2)Blue eyed lucy and the woma x normal = 6 eggs due 6-1-10
3)Ghost and the pastel ghost x het ghost = 8 eggs (the female is het yellow ghost but did not prove out last year) due 6-6-10
4)Dinker clutch = 4 eggs
5)Yellow belly and the Desert x normal = 6 eggs due 6-8-10
6)Pinstripe x normal = 6 eggs 6-14-10
7)Pastel ghost and the ghost x Het Yellow ghost = 8 eggs due 6-14-10
8) degi program dropped.
9)Blue eyed lucy and the woma x normal = 6 eggs due 6-16-10
10)Cinnamon x normal = 6 eggs due 6-18-10
11)spider x normal = 7 eggs due 6-22-10
12)Pastel x Spider = 7 eggs due 6-24-10
13) Lesser x Normal = 7 eggs due 6-28-10
14) Cinnamon x Normal = 7 eggs due 7-2-10
15)Mojave x Normal = 9 eggs due 7-2-10
16) Pastel x Normal = 5 eggs due 7-2-10
17) Pied x Het Pied = 11 eggs due 7-8-10
18)Pied x Het pied = 9 eggs 7-9-10
19) Fire x Normal = 8 eggs due 7-9-10
20) Pinstripe x Normal = 7 eggs due 7-15-10
21) Pastel x Normal = 5 eggs due 7-18-10
22)This was set in, to label the captive hatches. We have about 100 left after the show. Watch the site for their pics soon.
23) Albino or Albino spider x Het albino = 4 eggs due 7-19-10
24) Clown x Albino = 4 eggs due 7-19-10
25) Lesser Bee x normal = 5 eggs due 7-22-10

Please check back weekly……
Lynn Kubic

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What we have cooking

April 27th, 2010

So far we have 11 clutches of Ball Pythons in the incubator.
1)Axanthic x normal = all hets 9 eggs
2)Blue eyed lucy and the woma x normal = 6 eggs
3)Ghost and the pastel ghost x het ghost = 8 eggs (the female is het yellow ghost but did not prove out last year)
4)Dinker clutch = 4 eggs
5)Yellow belly and the Desert x normal = 6 eggs
6)Pinstripe x normal = 6 eggs
7)Pastel ghost and the ghost x Het Yellow ghost = 8 eggs
8)Blue eyed lucy and the woma x normal = 6 eggs
9)Cinnamon x normal = 6 eggs
10)spider x normal = 7 eggs
11)Pastel x Spider = 7 eggs

Boas
pos het stripe/pos het stripe = 7 live babies, some side stripes, but cute babies
Please check back weekly……
Lynn Kubic
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Welcome to Boas and Balls Blog

April 20th, 2010

Welcome to Boas and Balls Blog
I consider myself very fortunate to be able to work in an area that I love. The past few years have been quite different as my collection has grown. A couple years ago we moved the boas into another room separate from the ball pythons. This was mostly because of the high temperatures the Ball Room was sustaining. With this expansion, I had so much more space to increase my collections of the Boas and the Ball Pythons. I also started collecting and breeding chameleons, tortoises, leopard geckos and bearded dragons.

I hope you enjoy the animals on our website. This year my goal is to complete the Ball python collection page, and finish the care sheets.

I want to say thank you to all the people who have purchased animals from us. We are very passionate about our animals. I will try to Blog once a week about what is new and what we are doing. I want this to be a learning and positive experience for everyone. I hope you find the site to be an easy one to navigate. I also hope that you will find your experience with BoasandBalls.com a positive one, and one that will keep you coming back for more.
Please check back weekly……
Lynn Kubic

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Het for Moon Glow

July 3rd, 2009

Het for moon glow
I didn’t think she would ever have her babies, but they are here.
4 albino or sunglows I will have to wait until they shed and
4 hets, one is a triple het.

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