Can a Pastel BP lay a clutch almost 4 months after last breeding?
I do not have exact dates of last breeding latch with my male, he was sold easily 3 months ago because I wasn't receiving any signs that my female was ovulating. This is my try at breeding and bought a male solely for that purpose. After 6 months of intermittent meeting between the two, I gave up and didn't want to care for the male any longer because he was a very aggressive snake. So it has been between 3-4 months since last meeting and today my female laid 7 eggs... 6 of which are slugs and the other is appropriate size and white in color. I will remove eggs once I am sure she is finished laying them all. How do I find out if it is fertile and whether I should take the time and effort to incubate the sole egg... And is it even possible for her to ovulate for that amount of time, or is this egg a "dud"?
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Shine a flashlight (you can use the one on your phone) through the egg. If there are veins in it then its a good egg. No veins =bad egg
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I haven't disturbed her yet, but I don't understand how it is possible for this amount of time to have past
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We have heard of snakes retaining sperm from the previous years breedings - it's just another example of how amazing these animals are. :D
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Well I'm excited then to see if it is vascularized then! Just monitoring the temp of my incubator set up before I move mommy
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Yes, definitely! Snakes can retain sperm from previous breedings for quite a long time. Personally, I've had incidences of retained sperm from the previous season and this year a ball python female lay a fertile clutch of eggs 9+ months after the last exposure to a male!
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It's a shame that only one in the whole clutch isn't a slug then :/ first time breeding though and I'm sure she was under weight
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One of 6, and it is vascularized!
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I wasn't sure if it would put the other egg into shock, and I am still trying to keep a stable temp in the incubator so I figured 5 warm eggs couldn't hurt until I have things figured out
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You said that you were sure she was under weight. Just curious what her weight was when you bred her and why you introduced a male if you knew she was under weight? Good luck with the incubation.
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I initially didn't do my research, and when she seemingly failed to ovulate, I gave up when I weighed her. Decided to try the next season...
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Kelfster
I initially didn't do my research, and when she seemingly failed to ovulate, I gave up when I weighed her. Decided to try the next season...
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OK I see. Still would like to know her weight. Have you attempted to feed her since she laid? If so what were the results? Hopefully you can get her back up to a healthy weight for next season. Best of luck to you with her and the egg.
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I don't have my own personal scale but she has not eaten yet. I have tried to feed her once a day but she doesn't have any interest
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don't keep trying to feed her every day. Have you washed her and everything in her enclosure to get the eggs smell away?
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I haven't! I wasn't sure if washing her would be too traumatic
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Seeing as this was all very unexpected, I didn't have time for experimenting with my incubator and finding a steady temp... My incubator will fluctuate anywhere from 84 to 93. I am changing my heating method, but I am worried I may have already done damage. Help!
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