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  • 09-22-2010, 01:24 PM
    BluEyedLeu
    Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    Just started keeping BP's, so please excuse me if this topic has been beaten to death - dug up - and beaten again.
    I know all about the kinks in Caramels, but what about the supposed fertility issues? Do they occur when a Caramel x Caramel pairing is done, or do the female Caramels have the fertility problems themselves?
    Thanks
  • 09-22-2010, 03:47 PM
    OhhWatALoser
    It was a rumor, there are no fertility issue with caramels at all.
  • 03-21-2012, 05:38 PM
    coldbloodaddict
    Re: Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    Not a Rumor at all...Female Caramels definitely have fertility issues!
  • 03-21-2012, 08:48 PM
    aalomon
    Re: Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by coldbloodaddict View Post
    Not a Rumor at all...Female Caramels definitely have fertility issues!

    x2
  • 03-21-2012, 09:12 PM
    Royal Hijinx
    My understanding is that they are sub-fertile, not necessarily infertile.
  • 03-21-2012, 09:23 PM
    OhhWatALoser
    Re: Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    guess i should comment on my post from 2 years ago. There was rumor about how the caramel females could not lay eggs, which obviously they can. That was the "fertility issue" then. I never saw anything about sub fertility until after.
  • 03-21-2012, 09:35 PM
    zeion97
    Re: Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser View Post
    guess i should comment on my post from 2 years ago. There was rumor about how the caramel females could not lay eggs, which obviously they can. That was the "fertility issue" then. I never saw anything about sub fertility until after.

    lol...Someone waited two years to give you a argument. :P
  • 03-21-2012, 11:42 PM
    coldbloodaddict
    Re: Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser View Post
    guess i should comment on my post from 2 years ago. There was rumor about how the caramel females could not lay eggs, which obviously they can. That was the "fertility issue" then. I never saw anything about sub fertility until after.

    Wasn't trying to call you out or start an argument...Just came across the thread in a google search and thought I would correct the mis-information...

    He didn't ask if they can't lay eggs, but if they have fertility issues and most do...They produce a very low number of eggs (if any) and the rest slugs...


    By 2010 it was obvious Caramels had fertility issues...I had 2 horrible clutches in 08 and 09 from a Caramel...

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...id....../page2

    This thread shows a bunch of girls on slugs and very few good eggs...

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-on-Eggs-Photo
  • 03-22-2012, 12:51 AM
    trivtrivsocal
    OK so Het Caramels Produce viable large clutches right? And the Visual males breed fine. So its the Visual Caramel females to stay away from? So why are visual female Caramels still priced at what they are and not be off topic the Desert Females as well. How is there a large value on female animals that don't produce viable or normal clutches? I mean I don't mean to beat a dead horse but 1,000+ for a Desert female that will not produce or 450 for visual Caramel Female. It seems crazy that these are the asking prices. Ok enough of a rant. BTW I love caramels and Deserts not taking anything away from them or the people who work with them. Kinks and all I think that the caramel for being a single gene animal is spectacular looking animal.
  • 03-23-2012, 04:54 PM
    zeion97
    Re: Caramel Albino females and fertility issues
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by trivtrivsocal View Post
    OK so Het Caramels Produce viable large clutches right? And the Visual males breed fine. So its the Visual Caramel females to stay away from? So why are visual female Caramels still priced at what they are and not be off topic the Desert Females as well. How is there a large value on female animals that don't produce viable or normal clutches? I mean I don't mean to beat a dead horse but 1,000+ for a Desert female that will not produce or 450 for visual Caramel Female. It seems crazy that these are the asking prices. Ok enough of a rant. BTW I love caramels and Deserts not taking anything away from them or the people who work with them. Kinks and all I think that the caramel for being a single gene animal is spectacular looking animal.

    I agree with this, as do many others. The chance of this thread even being as old as it is snowballing is pretty high though now..BUT.. To add, it is odd.. I can see Desert's males which CAN reproductive, from what i've heard.. (don't work with them) But when a female has no chances she should only be a pet, I mean paying what $1,500 for a BP to NOT be used with breeding seems insane.. But that's just me. :P

    I'm not going to say a thing to Carmel's Honestly..I don't know enough, i do know quite a bit of the desert one though.. Not as much as others but i had a few days of nothing to do..lol
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