PEACE and LOVE to all my fellow owners and breeders of balls I have a crazy question for all of you. How long can a snakes sperm stay in a female if she has no eggs to fertilize?

I heard a wierd story recently (wierd for me i guess) that a normal female was breed to a male spider only. While several successful locks were witnessed no eggs were produced. In the next season the same normal female was breed to a pastel male only. This time with the success of eggs being produced. Five made it to hatch out of eight total and one was a spider.(or so the story goes)

I got my first ball python in 1999, but I just got into breeding and morphs in 2010. This story seemed way to far out there to be true but with my limited knowledge of breeding I thought I'd ask the brothers and sisters of my passion! Thanks so much in advance for taken your time to respond!!!!