Quote Originally Posted by asplundii View Post
Parthenogenesis creates "half-clones" of the mother. Any gene that the mother would pass on gets doubled so parth, in this case, could certainly generate BluELs. All of the offspring will also be female.

If you have a UV light you can fluoresce them and see if any of them are also Clown, though with a dirty BluEL like SuperMojave you might not even need to do that.

The attrition rate of the clutch is not uncommon with parth. There is also a general increase in defects in parth clutches, so do not be surprised if some of these have "issues"

I think this is the answer I was looking for but not hoping for. I woke up to a not so pleasant sight. One of the babies was mostly out and rigor had set in, another had appeared to die in the egg. The one that crawled out was pretty kinked, and had a duck bill. I didn't think to take a picture of it before I buried it. I am down to one out of the original four eggs. The remaining one appears strong, when I checked on it after work I was a bit worried, it was sticking its head up looking around but it was wobbling a bit back and forth.. kinda like a newborn trying to crawl for the first time. It had maybe an inch and a half of neck outside the egg. It has strong reactions and seems alert so I am hopeful.

It is so odd to me that a first time mom would use parthenogenesis to reproduce, most of the examples I've found have been older animals who were never paired with a mate... but it is what it is and I will try to get this last guy to have the best opportunity for life.


I'll try to update in a week or two when the new guy finally emerges from his/her egg.