Sperm retention in bps

Is there any readable info on this?

I know it happens, just interested in reading up on it. Has anyone experienced it first hand here? :)

I know someone who has, but I have so far not had the experience personally.


He got a clutch of Mojaves and Pastels together, I believe...

I'll have to ask again and see if he can shed some light on the situation.

........blue balls. :8:

I'm sorry.

From what I've read BP's retain sperm for longer periods of time ( sometimes months) when kept at cooler breeding temps. Hope this helps.

Thanks guys and gals :)

I had a female lay 2 good eggs that was bred to my Genetic Stripe. She laid two weeks ago and the last time that she was bred was April of 06. I couldn't believe it and the eggs are doing fine!


Brock Wagner
brockwagnerreptiles.com

:O ..wasn't sure if this was supposed to be in the quarantine room or not..:giggle:

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Originally Posted by Brock Wagner

I had a female lay 2 good eggs that was bred to my Genetic Stripe. She laid two weeks ago and the last time that she was bred was April of 06. I couldn't believe it and the eggs are doing fine!


Brock Wagner
brockwagnerreptiles.com

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That is awesome.... so that would be 13 months. Very interesting. Appreciate the contribution. That is the kind of info I have been wanting to read about. :)

I am interested in this also for this reason... Say I breed Het x Het one year and am lucky enough to get a visual male. The following year I breed him back to mom and have a viable clutch. If there is the possibility of a 13 month sperm retention how would I know if the normal looking offspring are 100% Hets or 66%'ers. Is this a concern anyone else has? I would hate to sell something as 100% and not have it prove out.

I dunno, good thought, I guesss people get screwed, even by good guys somtimes in that sense, but probably not very often,

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Originally Posted by astaley

I am interested in this also for this reason... Say I breed Het x Het one year and am lucky enough to get a visual male. The following year I breed him back to mom and have a viable clutch. If there is the possibility of a 13 month sperm retention how would I know if the normal looking offspring are 100% Hets or 66%'ers. Is this a concern anyone else has? I would hate to sell something as 100% and not have it prove out.

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then wouldnt the sperm have been used to creat the visual morph? i was more thinking say if you breed her to a lesser and she didnt become gravid but the next year you bred her to a pastel but lessers come out? or better yet a double clutch.

I really think the odds of this actually happening are pretty low; just something I was pondering and wanted to get some opinions.

A good friend of mine bred his Pastel to a female Het-Albino and the following year bred his Albino male to the Het-Female, when eggs hatched, he was surprised to see a Pastel along side Albinos and Hets.

As previously mentioned, those probabilities must be very low. I said to him, those Hets might not be hets after all, could as well been normal Pastel siblings. He is a very honest person and instead of selling the normal as Het Albinos, he kept the females and will be breeding them back to their father next year to find out. Will be interesting to see..

Could something like this account for many Hets out there that didn't pan out and were from an honest mistake. :confused:

Marc

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Originally Posted by RegiusCo.com

Could something like this account for many Hets out there that didn't pan out and were from an honest mistake. :confused:

Marc

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Well, if it were honest, they would have mentioned the fact that there was something up with the clutch initially, I would hope...

But I do understand your point.