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  • 11-17-2006, 08:12 PM
    okaasan59
    Can female lay eggs without male
    Okay, this is probably a stupid question but I've looked at several seemingly reputable places online and seen several different answers.

    Can a female bp, not directly exposed to a male, lay a slug? I've had my female for several years and today found something that looks surprisingly egg-like with her poop. It may just be urates but it's very uniform in shape, yellow-ish and shiny. My male is in a separate cage and separate room and they haven't been exposed to one another.
  • 11-17-2006, 08:54 PM
    SPJ
    Re: Can female lay eggs without male
    In short.......No.:D
  • 11-17-2006, 09:53 PM
    okaasan59
    Re: Can female lay eggs without male
    Thank you, that's what I suspected.
  • 11-17-2006, 09:58 PM
    Pork Chops N' Corn Bread
    Re: Can female lay eggs without male
    I've only heard of 2 "females" being housed together and producing eggs:D
  • 11-18-2006, 01:48 PM
    Sadie
    Re: Can female lay eggs without male
    They can retain sperm from a prior breeding. I have heard of females producing a viable clutch even though they had not been bred since the season before.

    That said, I don't think that is the case with yours. Mainly because it sounds like your girl has never seen a male.
  • 11-18-2006, 03:34 PM
    RichardA
    Re: Can female lay eggs without male
    A female can clutch out all slugs without ever seeing a male before. However they will ALL be slugs. Very rare.....but has happened.
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