Unexpected Eggs

[Lesserbee]

Have you got them sexed yet? If it was a partho I bet they are all females. You should contact Dr. Warren Booth and send him sheds from these animals along with your story. He would be really interested in this I'm sure. Contact Andrew Wyatt at USARK for his info.

[Matt K]

Have you got them sexed yet? If it was a partho I bet they are all females. You should contact Dr. Warren Booth and send him sheds from these animals along with your story. He would be really interested in this I'm sure. Contact Andrew Wyatt at USARK for his info.

I think they'd all be male actually. They receive the genes from the mother, but only the ones required to make male offspring. Anywho, this stuff is truly amazing. Congratulations on your little miracles.

Cheers,
-Matt

[shelliebear]

Congrats--glad little Bugsy is ok.
she/he looks a lot better.

[Vypyrz]

Wow, that's amazing. If she was already an adult when you got her, that would put her somewhere around 27+ years old...

to BP.net. Please keep us updated on this...

[che]

By far one of the most interesting posts on here! Please keep us informed on all progress.. It can only be described as a miracle and a blessing! They are truly beautiful!

[Quiet Tempest]

I think they'd all be male actually. They receive the genes from the mother, but only the ones required to make male offspring. Anywho, this stuff is truly amazing. Congratulations on your little miracles.

Cheers,
-Matt

I know it's a wiki page, but it looks like they'd all be female.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis

[ballpythonluvr]

What an amazing story! I'm so happy that the little one is going to be ok with it's eyes! Those are some very cute babies! Congrats!

[mpkeelee]

im glad bugsy is gonna be ok. after a shed she should be perfectly fine. im glad to hear someone took interest in your situation, i wanna know what they have to say.

[Matt K]

I know it's a wiki page, but it looks like they'd all be female.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis

I just read that page, interesting stuff. Do Ball Pythons follow XY or ZW sex determination? I'm not sure. But it still seems to me like they might be male. It would make sense for them to be male, as this kind of thing, adaptively speaking, happens as a result of a female not being in the presence of a male. Because no males are around for sexual reproduction, parthenogenesis becomes a necessity if reproduction is to happen at all. BUT, the logical result of creating offspring would be to create male offspring to compensate for the lack of available males, thus making sexual reproduction a viable option again. That's just my 2 cents, and I'm by no means 100% confident in my hypothesis, but I am reasonably confident, haha. Either way though, it really is amazing.

Cheers,
-Matt

[ice#1]

get in touch with http://www.herpetologistsleague.org/en/pubs.php

if that link isn't right i posted it here in the top sections of forum pages for somebody wanting to talk to a herpetologist they are a world wide group so they could answer any questions on asexual reproduction in snakes allot better then any of us could