How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
A friend asked me this the other day and I am drawing a blank, did a few searches and didn't get the answer. How often do females form follicles/reabsorb them instead of them getting fertilized if they are having a male cycled in with them?
Thanks
Re: How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
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Originally Posted by SnakeySnakeSnake
A friend asked me this the other day and I am drawing a blank, did a few searches and didn't get the answer. How often do females form follicles/reabsorb them instead of them getting fertilized if they are having a male cycled in with them?
If you're doing it right ... never. ;) :P
Out of everything I bred, I had one girl reabsorb this year, but only because I stopped putting the male with her way too early ... I knew from the get go that she would ... I'm almost 100% for getting eggs if I can "feel" follicles ... I think a lot of the "ultra sound" people "see" follicles that later don't make it to eggs because they can "see" them a lot earlier than you can "feel" them.
-adam
Re: How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
If you're doing it right ... never. ;) :P
Out of everything I bred, I had one girl reabsorb this year, but only because I stopped putting the male with her way too early ... I knew from the get go that she would ... I'm almost 100% for getting eggs if I can "feel" follicles ... I think a lot of the "ultra sound" people "see" follicles that later don't make it to eggs because they can "see" them a lot earlier than you can "feel" them.
-adam
Cool! Good to know :gj: I figured this was the case
Re: How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
But some females "take years off", correct? Not necessarily reabsorbing, but not producing?
Re: How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
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Originally Posted by Wild Bill
But some females "take years off", correct? Not necessarily reabsorbing, but not producing?
Absolutely ... some girls will copulate all season and never develop follicles that can be felt ... and then never lay eggs (that season) ... but with few exceptions, if I can get a female to a point where I can palpate follicles, I'm confident that I'm getting eggs from her.
-adam
Re: How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Absolutely ... some girls will copulate all season and never develop follicles that can be felt ... and then never lay eggs (that season) ... but with few exceptions, if I can get a female to a point where I can palpate follicles, I'm confident that I'm getting eggs from her.
-adam
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Re: How often are eggs successfully fertilized?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Absolutely ... some girls will copulate all season and never develop follicles that can be felt ... and then never lay eggs (that season) ... but with few exceptions, if I can get a female to a point where I can palpate follicles, I'm confident that I'm getting eggs from her.
-adam
that hold true for snakes only?:grabbed:
