Big Bertha.... Rule Breaker!

[adamanteus]

Well Guys, it finally happened.... Bertha is giving birth!
She's broken every rule along the way, so no wonder I didn't know when these babies might arrive.
It's been 85 days since she had the fully formed still birth.... http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/bree...ncerned+bertha
It's been 71 days since she last sloughed, and a staggering 146 days since her last mating. It seems all the rules are out of the window!







Please excuse the poor quality of the photos, they were taken through the glass. I couldn't see any justification for disturbing her too much.

The final count isn't in yet.... she's still giving birth.... but it's not a large litter, and there is a high percentage of 'jelly beans'. Maybe because she mated with a very young male this time.

[prattypus]

Let's here a huge collective sigh of relief and high fives all around- way to go.

[drache]

congrats, James
that was a long wait

[reptileparadise]

Wooohooo James!
good to see Bertha is doing well

[MasSalvaje]

It is good to see she made it through and in the end you will get some babies also! Congrats!

-Thomas

[count dewclaw]

Wow, what an ordeal. Glad she's doing ok. Can't wait for baby pictures.

[guidofatherof5]

Looking good. Hope everything goes well.

[Snake lover 3-25]

congrats! hope she has lots of healthy babies for you

[adamanteus]

Final count... 9 healthy babies, 11 jelly beans. Not as good as I had hoped, but to be honest I'm not short of radix!
I'm just glad it's all over and Bertha is okay. I fed her on pinkies tonight.... it was like feeding strawberries to a donkey!

[gregmonsta]

Congrats James nice to have that worry off your shoulders