Well that was quick ...

So our final litter is here and it is with mixed success, the pairing was RLT to Hypo. She ended up have 11 babies and 21 slugs :( The final count was 1 Hypo RLT, 5 RLT's, 1 Hypo & 4 Normals.


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8745/...80219fe6_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8737/...93a8dc95_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/...b5477759_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7667/...c235a0d8_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7720/...a82dc436_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/...267ac317_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8706/...ea613f4f_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7611/...6e9ce1bd_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8702/...bdf59755_c.jpgRLT 400 Litter by NagyReptiles


Thanks for looking

Wow, nice. Congrats

Congrats! At least you have some really nice babies in that litter.

Sorry for the poor turnout.

However you do have some beautiful keepers!

Yes I am definitely not unhappy with what we got but you see all those slugs and think what if lol

At least you got some nice babies out of it. :) Very nice specimens.

As a side topic: Do you think when a female produces a lot of slugs from a litter, that it is more of an issue with the male (i.e. not producing enough viable sperm)? or the female (bad eggs that can't be fertilized)? It would be interesting if someone has done some research on this topic.

Too bad you're in Canada, or I might have to get a baby from you... You've had great litters so far this year. :)

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Originally Posted by artgecko

At least you got some nice babies out of it. :) Very nice specimens.

As a side topic: Do you think when a female produces a lot of slugs from a litter, that it is more of an issue with the male (i.e. not producing enough viable sperm)? or the female (bad eggs that can't be fertilized)? It would be interesting if someone has done some research on this topic.

Too bad you're in Canada, or I might have to get a baby from you... You've had great litters so far this year. :)

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The female in this case is usually a decent breeder averaging 20 to 25 babies with few slugs so maybe its the male. Either way she will be getting this coming season off.