Is it possible to use more that one male to mate a female? and what if you use 2 different morph males?
06-02-2012, 03:47 PM
sho220
Re: More than one male?
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Originally Posted by SuperD
Is it possible to use more that one male to mate a female? and what if you use 2 different morph males?
Yes. Pretty common as you are not always assured that your number 1 male will get the job done...when you start introducing multiple males you can have what are called "Who's your Daddy?" clutches... :D
06-02-2012, 03:48 PM
KatStoverReptiles
Yes, it's possible. Most likely she'll become gravid by only one of the males. Less likely is that she becomes gravid by both of them and you get what's known as a "split clutch."
06-02-2012, 03:49 PM
AK907
It is actually common practice to use multiple males. Not only does it increase the odds of conception but multiple sired clutches are the norm these days.
06-02-2012, 03:54 PM
SuperD
Re: More than one male?
That is interesting which male will the babies have a tendency to be more like or is that just up to chance?
06-02-2012, 04:11 PM
decensored
Each sperm plug the male produces can fertilize one egg - if your dealing with recessive genes than unless you get a visual morph, you won't know who the father is. However if you breed co-doms you have a definite lineage trace, example: a male lesser and a male pastel bred to a spider you know all the lesser spiders, and lessers belong to the lesser, and all the pastels and bumble bees belong to the pastel. Because none of the offspring will be hets, the liniage of the spider and normal babies will be irrelevant.
In short it only makes sense to pair two males to one female if all the genes are co-dom unless the female is recessive and than they can all be properly assumed as het. If that makes sense haha!
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06-02-2012, 04:26 PM
Dave Green
Yes, a few years ago I hatched this clutch which has at least three fathers. I bred a female pied to four males, a pewter, bumble bee, lesser and pied.
Yes, a few years ago I hatched this clutch which has at least three fathers. I bred a female pied to four males, a pewter, bumble bee, lesser and pied.
