Retained Sperm or Parthogenesis?

[bcr229]

One of my female normals just gave me seven good eggs and a smaller "boob" egg. Her last clutch was laid in 2014 and she hasn't been paired since.

Stay tuned to find out...

[embrit345]

Oooh good luck is that a long time for sperm retention xx


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[bcr229]

Three years is a very long time for sperm retention.

[GoingPostal]

ooh that's a surprise, what female and what was she paired to before?

[Oxylepy]

If Ball Pythons are XY, parthenogenesis would mean all babies would be female. If Ball Pythons are ZW, then either gender is possible.

Too bad it's a normal. Depending on the males that have bred with her it may be impossible to conclusively state it's parthenogenesis

Just looked up ZW, found a post on this site statubg reptiles are ZW, but no, SOME reptiles are ZW, including Komodo Dragons

[bcr229]

She's a normal and was paired with a black pastel hypo male for 2013/2014 and the babies pipped the first week of May, 2014. She was a virgin when I got her and I haven't paired her since she laid in 2014.

The normals from that clutch had bright heads with a rather busy body pattern where hers is clean. Of course if any black pastels pop out of the eggs then we'll have an answer.

[Hannahshissyfix]

Wow that's a long retention! I purchased an adult female that hadn't been paired since her last clutch almost 2 years prior, she had 4 slugs and 1 normal that I named BOGO and gave to my friends son for his birthday lol