Obvious paunch, still locking?

[allbran4]

Hi,
I have a female pastel that has been bred through the entire season by a mojave male. She has been bulding for a while and has a visible paunch for the last week. I recently acquired a pastel lesser male and put him in with the girl and he locked up with her for about 48 hours straight before letting her go.

I guess what I want to know is if there is a chance that the new male while sire the clutch? Any ideas? What is the latest time before ovulation that a male can lock a female and still be the father? Does anyone have that data?

Thanks,
Brandon

[LGL]

The eggs are fertilized during ovulation, so any sperm that's available can potentially fertilize eggs. You may get a double sired clutch or you may get one or the other. I've heard of people having a similar set of pairings and end up with the entire clutch fertilized by a male that was in there right before ovulation.