Sluggin out

I recently had one of my virgin females slug out. I was wondering what the most common reason girls slug out?

I'm not an expert, but I think it's usually a male problem with low fertility. Usually caused by being either young, obese, and high temps. The high temps do something g with the sperm potency, a lot of people drop their males temperatures a few degrees while breeding.

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Originally Posted by kylearmbar

I'm not an expert, but I think it's usually a male problem with low fertility. Usually caused by being either young, obese, and high temps. The high temps do something g with the sperm potency, a lot of people drop their males temperatures a few degrees while breeding.

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I may be wrong, but my understanding is that a problem with the male causes infertile eggs and a problem with the female causes slugs. There are a ton of different things that can cause slugs, but stress or incorrect thermal gradient are the ones that come to mind.

I feel your pain though. I had 2 females slug out after a move. They had been building over the move and ovulated at the new house. The next clutch was from a female who developed follicles after the move. 6 perfect eggs.

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Originally Posted by aalomon

I may be wrong, but my understanding is that a problem with the male causes infertile eggs and a problem with the female causes slugs. There are a ton of different things that can cause slugs, but stress or incorrect thermal gradient are the ones that come to mind.

I feel your pain though. I had 2 females slug out after a move. They had been building over the move and ovulated at the new house. The next clutch was from a female who developed follicles after the move. 6 perfect eggs.

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This:gj:

Infertile eggs=male problem
Slugs=female problem

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Originally Posted by aalomon

I may be wrong, but my understanding is that a problem with the male causes infertile eggs and a problem with the female causes slugs. There are a ton of different things that can cause slugs, but stress or incorrect thermal gradient are the ones that come to mind.

I feel your pain though. I had 2 females slug out after a move. They had been building over the move and ovulated at the new house. The next clutch was from a female who developed follicles after the move. 6 perfect eggs.

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I made a move with my collection this season. I had a female lay an entire clutch if slugs, seven to be exact. It was sad, but I agree that there are multiple factors to consider. I've also heard from other breeders they had slugs more this season than before. The common factor, we all moved our collection from one location to another.