Had an odd occurence this season with some of my breeders. Bit of history...



In Jan. 2008 I observed copulation between my Jungle male and my orange female. She laid one clutch in Feb of 10 fertile eggs. She then laid a second clutch of 9 fertile 1 slug at the end of March. While I did not observe copulation during the second introduction, my thoughts were that they must have obviously bred to produce the second clutch.

This orange female bulked up quite well after her second clutch but slowed her feeding in August. Due to her double-clutching, I kept her alone all summer, fall, winter, and spring to give her the rest she needed and time to build up extra needed nutrients. In January after coming out of hibernation, she was reluctant to feed much at all, still having decent body weight. In early February, to my suprise, she laid 10 perfect eggs and 2 slugs. No male had been with her since the second introduction in Feb. 2008.



Anyone's thoughts on a female retaining sperm for nearly a year?



Had another female this season which double-clutched with only one introduction. The first clutch was 5 good eggs and 7 slugs. The second would have 8 good and 2 slugs.



Will have to rethink selling any female that I know has bred a nice male!



South Plains Reptile


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Thank you,

Kevin Rhodes

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