I bred my albino male to two females in February, March, and April (no activity before that) but only one girl laid eggs. The other girl continued eating as if she wasn't gravid and she wasn't all swollen and fat like she would be if she had eggs inside her. The problem is that in the last couple of days she's been soaking constantly in her water dish exactly like the other girl did a month ago. I've checked and she doesn't have mites and I've NEVER seen her soak in her water dish before (this is her first breeding). She's starting to look pretty fat but I'm not sure.



The last observed copulation was in early-April so my question is: is it still possible for the 2nd girl to be gravid? What's the longest amount of time that a ball python can store sperm?



Any info will help,

~kasey

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• How long are sperm good? - snakesbydesign, Sun Jun 10 23:37:26 2007
• RE: How long are sperm good? - ginebig, Mon Jun 11 05:46:30 2007
• RE: How long are sperm good? - zefdin, Mon Jun 11 10:54:18 2007
• Update - snakesbydesign, Mon Jun 11 11:30:32 2007
• RE: How long are sperm good? - Serpents Den, Mon Jun 11 16:09:23 2007
• RE: How long are sperm good? - mikeslrsrpnts, Mon Jun 11 16:58:37 2007
• Parthenogenesis? - royalkreationz, Tue Jun 12 00:48:42 2007
• RE: Parthenogenesis? - Serpents Den, Tue Jun 12 16:02:42 2007