sperm retention

Can't find the thread where the lady had a BP who laid after being the only BP in the house for I believe, several years??? Does anyone know the outcome???

Talking Gecko stuff with Emily got me wondering about sperm retention in BP's...

There was this thread.. but the eggs were infertile :(

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ht=spontaneous

Thanks Gin!!! :) That's not the one I remember.... this was a long thread, a lady... If my memory serves, there was a pix or a description of a wooden hide? Maybe it was a dream!?!? :rolleye2:

She said she offered a feeder while the mom was maternally incubating...the last I remember she was going to see if they were fertile...

I know the one you're talking about, but she was talking about self fertilization, the female had never been with a male, ever that she knew of. I forget the scientific name she called it, or I could search for it.

I do remember the thread. Darned if I can find it though.. crap! The name of the poster is on the tip of my brain.. argh.!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I know the one you're talking about, but she was talking about self fertilization, the female had never been with a male, ever that she knew of. I forget the scientific name she called it, or I could search for it.

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That's RIGHT!!! it had a loooong name... :weirdface huh.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I do remember the thread. Darned if I can find it though.. crap! The name of the poster is on the tip of my brain.. argh.!

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LOL...Right!?!?! :rolleye2: These are the things that keep me up at night!

Am I good or what? :P

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...arthenogenesis

Parthenogenesis-actually a very common mode of reproduction among geckos and teiid lizards-in fact, many species are entirely female!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Am I good or what? :P

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...arthenogenesis

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YES!!! Yor are :D ***Gold star for Robin***

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Originally Posted by BChambers

Parthenogenesis-actually a very common mode of reproduction among geckos and teiid lizards-in fact, many species are entirely female!

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It's very interesting to know that according to that thread... so are BP's... SO SAD that after all that she lost them. :(