question on egg laying without male involvement.

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Originally Posted by ROACH

OK....My Pastel girl has just laid eggs today and has NEVER been with a male! I have had her since she was 2 months old and has never been mated. I haven't candled them yet since I just saw them about 15 minutes ago. This is freaking me out!

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Sorry Im loosing my mind. I did pair her back in January - March! Sorry. I jumped to conclusion.

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

It's called parthenogenesis and yes, it's been documented in pythons.

http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v9.../6800210a.html

The eggs are not necessarily infertile, they can be clones of mom.


~Kat

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i remember reading about this last year. I believe it was an unbred retic at a Zoo that laid a clutch of eggs

Edit: found the story http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/s...ies/?TID=SM_FB

Yea. For the life of me I could not remember breeding her. I went back in my records on the computer and realized I had. I would lose my mind if I didn't keep records.