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Posted by: ssnakes at Thu Jun 17 10:56:38 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ssnakes ]  
   

I have an older female normal ball that I have had for 10 years. She came to me from a snake call so I don't know her history. She produced for me many times, but I wasn't sure of her age and thinking that she is old, I decided to keep her out of the breeding program again this year. Lately I noticed her mimicking the behavior of a gravid female. I thought she must smell the eggs of other females and may be displaying sympathetic behaviors. Yesterday morning I checked and found her wrapped around a clutch of eggs! The last time this female was with a male was in 2006! Do you think she could retain viable sperm for that long? I am absolutely certain she has not been with any male since breeding with an albino in Feb. 2006, and she did not produce eggs that year.

Susan Sentman
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