Questions about breeding a female to multiple male

[stef1]

I had a few questions I was wondering if you mate a female to more than one male is it possible for the males to fertilize the same egg? Also is there a rule of thumb on how many males you mate to one female?

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[Crazymonkee]

No more than one male can not fertilize one egg.

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[satomi325]

No. It's not possible for more than one male to fertilize a single egg. However, you can have multiple males sire a single clutch.
You can breed as many males to a single female as you want as long as they have good body condition and you're giving them enough rest time in between breeding.

[stef1]

Ok I didn't think so, but is it possible for some of the hatchlings to have different fathers?

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[stef1]

Ok Satomi325 thanks

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[Crazymonkee]

Yes they can have different sires. Odds are only one will sire but it can and does happen

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[rascal_rascal_99]

I can't remember who did it, but someone has hatched twins that were not fathered by the same male...so yes it's extremely rare, but it is possible. I'm almost thinking this has happened a couple of times, but I may be mistaken...I do know it has happened at least once though.

I would say that you can only have one male per baby, but during the last year there was also quite an odd looking baby hatched that the front half of it appeared to be fathered by one male and the back half fathered by a different one...I haven't heard any more on this one in awhile, but from what I can remember the genes from the two different males did not mix at all, so the animal may be kind of a chimera. Maybe someone else remembers this animal being hatched and dig for an update on it. If that is what this animal turns out to be, it would break the idea of one father per baby, although you still couldn't breed for example, a pastel and a spider male to normal female and be able to make a bumble bee. My understanding is that the animal would also only ever pass on one of the two genes, the other gene would do nothing other than changing the animals appearance.

[stef1]

Thanks rascal_rascal_99 I'm gonna look for that

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[rascal_rascal_99]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...e-Just-Hatched!

That is the thread on the really odd looking possible dual sired animal, who knows if it actually is or is just a crazy one off wild paradox.

[satomi325]

Twins are actually two eggs that have joined into one. So its still technically one sire per egg.

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