Newbee question

I have searched and can't find the answer to my question, so please forgive me if this is continually asked.

I have noticed that some breeders will cycle more than one male (different morphs) threw each female. So, my question is: What if you come up with some new fantastic morph, how do you know who "fathered" the clutch? Can a female produce individual babies from each male or does all the "DNA" get mixed up?

Example (just throwing morphs around, NOT specific): Say we have a female pastel that we breed to a spider first, then throw a mojo in later ect..... Would we produce Pastelspidermojo's or would the babies all be of their own morph... some pastel, some spider and some mojo?

I realize that recessive/dom/co-dom makes a difference, but in general....

I hope my question makes sense......

to the best of my knowledge 2 males cant father 1 baby.

however, there can be different fathers per baby per clutch. so if you breed a pastel female to a spider male and a pastel male. you can get super pastels and bumblees but the odds arent in your favor and it is unlikely.

In your example, you could conceivably have pastels, spiders, mojaves, Pastel-mojaves, and bumblebees (pastel-spider). One one male can fertilize each individual egg, but each male could fertilize their share of the eggs. Hope that makes sense!

You don't want to breed two different recessive males to a female, because you wouldn't know which one the offspring would be het for.

Thank you!

So, hypothetically, if a female was bred with 3 different males, produced 3 eggs, there could be 3 different morph babies?... hypothetically.... Is that right?

Yes, hypothetically it "could" happen.

Ok.... I think I got it :oops:

Thanks for your time!

Alright, I have a question. In everyone’s experience how often do you all see multiple fathers, or is there a better average of "first one in" or "last one in"??

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Originally Posted by astaley

Alright, I have a question. In everyone’s experience how often do you all see multiple fathers, or is there a better average of "first one in" or "last one in"??

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don't think it works on an first one in manner. i think the female holds the sperm to be later used for fertilization. so you would have like a mix of all the males sperm. personally i would'nt have multiple males copulating with one female.

One Egg One Sperm.