July Ranch babies

[gregmonsta]

Wow ... congrats again great umbilacle shot.

[guidofatherof5]

Here's another umbilical cord photo.

[ianrambell]

vERY CooL nice little radix

[guidofatherof5]

I was surprized to find 2 dead babies this morning. All were doing well last night. The one that is curled up might have be anencephalic(born w/o a brain and some spinal cord) but it appears not in the normal sense of the birth defect in that the skull and skin did develope. I may do a dissection to confirm this. Now I'm on alert for the others. The mother was a small female and this may have been her first group of babies. Too be honest I was shocked be the number of babies that she had. I will post a picture of the mom later.

[Mommy2many]

Sorry to hear about the two babies. Hope the rest are well.

[guidofatherof5]

The babies just keep coming. Yesterday 10 radixes, today 13. I help deliver this little one. The mother was having trouble, she seem exhausted. Either that or the little one refused to come out. I guess after seeing my face she was terrified. I gave a little pull and out came this beauty. 3 minutes old in the photo. I gave her a warm bath and her first shed was done. The mother was another of the rescue snakes. It will mean more work here at the Ranch but knowing these babies and the mother survived is a good thing.

[Mommy2many]

What a great Dr./Midwife you are!!!

Poor Mom, too tired to push and you helped with that little one. She is adorable. Perhaps you should reserve a special name for her, such as "Finita"

Hope Mom, baby and you are all doing well.
Best wishes.

[k2l3d4]

Steve... I got to send Kudos your way... I have no clue how you manage to do all that you do for those whom reside and visit the Ranch.

[guidofatherof5]

I know it's Aug. but I didn't want to start a new thread.
Found 12 newborn radixes this morning. I didn't expect these from this mom. She was a rescue placed on my doorstep. I'll post a photo later.

[guidofatherof5]

The baby radixes just keep coming. As I type another rescued mom is delivering. When I saw her this afternoon I notices the babies had dropped low and she was out of the hide with a kind of lost look. I rubbed her belly and told her today was the day. I've never had one deliver this fast before. They just keep coming. They are all beautiful.
While Gabby and I were helping her I moved the hide and found 3 more babies. One looked stillborn(on it's back, mouth open and lifeless). I grabbed it and handed it to Gabby. I told her to move it around, talk to it and rub its back and belly. Gabby worked her magic and within a couple of minutes she had it breathing and moving. This mother has a lot. The sad news is the last 5 died shortly after birth. I tried to get some air in them but they passed. Gabby is in tears everytime she hands me one of these poor little ones. I playing tough with Gabby but inside I'm losing it. Such a loss of life. I know, focus on the ones that lived. My problem is I want everyone of them to live.
It looks like the lost number may drop by one. My Hailee(age 8) has been working with one and it looks like it's going to make it.
Great news, we saved 2 more of them.
Here are some photos(these lived)