Multiple Baby Daddy's.....

[jennmbarker]

I have a question about breeding a female to multiple males. I bred my female lesser to my male lesser and to my male spider het Carmel albino. My question is could I possibly get both a lesser bee and a BEL out of one clutch? I candled the eggs at day 40 and can see a pattern that looks like a lesser bee, and one that looks really pink. So is this possible? If so how great are the chances she would have both?

[Slim]

Multi sired clutches happen with some frequency.

From a statistical standpoint, I don't think it changes your odds of the predicted genetic out come. Some clutches hit better odds than others regardless of how many Baby Daddies are involved.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Possible? Yes.
Het Carmel Albino, I wouldn't count on any possible hets in that clutch unless it is a Spider

[jennmbarker]

Possible? Yes.
Het Carmel Albino, I wouldn't count on any possible hets in that clutch unless it is a Spider

Im not counting on any hets. Just hoping for a lesser bee and a bel

[MarkS]

Yes it's possible, sperm can stay viable for a long period of time and breeding multiple males to a female means that there is a mixture of available sperm to fertilize the eggs when she ovulates, However, in over 10 years of breeding ball pythons it's never happened for me that I know of.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

It has happen to me once over the last ten years.

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[kylearmbar]

Last year, I couldn't decide what pairing I wanted more. To get a firefly or a black eyed Lucy. So I did a different male for both. Got both.

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