Parthenogenesis?? I Hope So!!

Could it be hemaphroditic or a mutation of some kind? (Not sure of spelling)

Ok everyone....I got my new Accu-rite digital thermometer/hygrometer!!!
I just put it in & it's working it's magic!! Mila just looked at the probe when I dropped it in like "what the heck are you doing now you big dum-dum!!"
I told her it was for her & her babies own good...leave it alone...don't bite me!!

Thanks for all of your help & concern!

I just ran into someone at Wal-Mart who knows a herpetologist from her college & she is going to drop him an e-mail...YAY!!! :rockon:

I can't wait to hear back from her!!

~Shari

Hi Sharilynn,


I just wanted to ask what made you decide to use maternal incubation? Appologies if you answered this elsewhere and I missed it.


dr del

Because I had no clue at all she was gonna lay eggs!! I had her out a couple of days before I found the eggs & didn't even notice any difference in her shape...Anyway, I was never planning on breeding her so didn't have the necessary items for incubation & she looked like she was doing fine on her own, so I left it at that ( I am of course monitoring her VERY closely ) and have you guys to help me if I have any questions.

~Shari

Hello again!!
:hungry:
I was able to feed Mila 2 small f/t mice this evening.....she really needed some nourishment, I've never seen her so thin, but I got to finally move her hide while I had her in a separate enclosure to eat & she had laid 11 eggs!! No wonder she was so thin!!
But 2 of the eggs had to go, they were flat, slimy, stinky & were green, there is still 1 more that is dead, but it is stuck to the others & I left it there, my only worry is the little what looks like gnats in there (getting in the airholes on to of her cage) but I cleaned real good & put new substrate under her eggs.
So out of 11 eggs I have 7 good ones left, momma ate, humidity & temps are optimum & I feel a lot better now!! :w00t:
And that is Mila's update!!

~Shari

ahh...thats too bad about those two bad eggs....at least you have 10 or 11 good ones left !!

This is crazy wierd.....cant wait to see what happens....keep us posted !!

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Originally Posted by sharilynn

Hello again!!
:hungry:
I was able to feed Mila 2 small f/t mice this evening.....she really needed some nourishment, I've never seen her so thin, but I got to finally move her hide while I had her in a separate enclosure to eat & she had laid 11 eggs!! No wonder she was so thin!!
But 2 of the eggs had to go, they were flat, slimy, stinky & were green, there is still 1 more that is dead, but it is stuck to the others & I left it there, my only worry is the little what looks like gnats in there (getting in the airholes on to of her cage) but I cleaned real good & put new substrate under her eggs.
So out of 11 eggs I have 7 good ones left, momma ate, humidity & temps are optimum & I feel a lot better now!! :w00t:
And that is Mila's update!!

~Shari

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Did you pull her off the eggs?

It would be awesome if you hatched out spiders, pastels, or mojaves. I wonder what she was paired with?

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

It would be awesome if you hatched out spiders, pastels, or mojaves. I wonder what she was paired with?

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I think the point of her post was that she hasn't been paired with anything. That's what parthenogenesis is. If it is indeed parthenogenesis then the babies will all be genetically identical to the mother.

RDR also had this happen to them this year. clutch #59...mother is a lesser virgin and laid eggs