Retained Sperm for a Decade?

[bcr229]

I have a 15 year old female whose last litter was laid in Feb, 2014. This morning she presented me with eggs and they look viable, so I had to fire up the incubator as I've been producing all boas the past few years. Fortunately it still works!

I'd heard of female retaining sperm for a year, but ten years?

[Armiyana]

It could be a partho clutch.

Hopefully she doesn't have genes like spider or champagne? Because that can be a problem.

[bcr229]

No she's a normal/classic.

[Bogertophis]

I've had a similar situation with snakes I've had since they were 1.5 years old. I can't say for sure they never bred before becoming mine but even if they did, that would be a frightfully long time to retain sperm, so I've assumed the eggs (some viable) were parthos. Either way, have fun!

[bcr229]

Looks like a partho clutch. A few eggs went bad, one classic female pipped and came out of the egg yesterday, and I cut the remaining three good eggs last night. Another neonate is pipping today.

[Bogertophis]

Fingers crossed for them...pretty special!

[bcr229]

Just those two survived, the last two were kinked and stillborn.

I had forgotten just how tiny and cute the babies are.

[Bogertophis]

Well keep us posted on the two survivors.

[bcr229]

They're eating and acting like typical babies. Time will tell if they survive.