I was actually going to wait until I had something definitive to share, but since you put it out there Terry, I thought I'd join in. All I can say for sure is that I've had several desert females breed this year and I’ve had one tiger (desert enchi) slug out with 5 total eggs. *This pic does her no justice for sure and all of these images were intended for my own records, so I'll apologize in advance for the quality.





I have another desert female that is gravid and is due to lay in about 3 weeks. Again, not the best pics (obviously), but you can see the bulge and then the pic below that shows her lying inverted with a large swell (taken a couple of weeks ago).





While I can’t guarantee these eggs will be fertile, I have high hopes that they will be and she looks gravid - not like she’s full of slugs.

Here she is pictured with one of the males she was with this season.



I have another desert female that is starting to show signs of an approaching ovulation, so we'll see how that goes. Obviously no guarantees, but that's true with any pairing.

Despite all of the drama surrounding desert females, I remain confident that someone will soon prove that this argument is futile and that desert females can indeed lay viable clutches.

I wish everyone well that is working with these beautiful animals and send my best to you all.

Cheers!

John
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John Woolard Reptiles

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• Desert females - TerryHeuring, Thu May 19 17:41:36 2011
• RE: Desert females - Ostiguy, Thu May 19 18:37:47 2011
• 2nd chance approaching - jwoolard, Thu May 19 21:36:58 2011
• RE: 2nd chance approaching - Luke9815, Thu May 19 23:43:10 2011
• RE: 2nd chance approaching - Ghireptiles, Fri May 20 08:09:38 2011
• RE: 2nd chance approaching - jwoolard, Fri May 20 08:34:50 2011
• Agreed Matt!! - kinderman, Fri May 20 12:22:40 2011
• I don't know if I buy that - JakeM, Fri May 20 20:52:45 2011
• I beg to differ.. - tessadasexotics, Fri May 20 15:03:22 2011
• agreed 100% Tessa, about the GHI - chongorojo, Fri May 20 17:41:18 2011
• They have been available - Ghireptiles, Fri May 20 20:29:37 2011
• RE: 2nd chance approaching - TerryHeuring, Fri May 20 08:30:20 2011
• RE: Desert females - jaymiller242, Fri May 20 16:57:40 2011
• RE: Desert females - JYohe, Fri May 20 17:09:24 2011
• Still looking for "The Truth" - mikebell, Mon May 23 19:08:14 2011
• RE: Desert females - BrandonBoeke, Wed May 25 23:27:47 2011
• RE: Desert females - TerryHeuring, Thu May 26 22:02:53 2011
• Until Proven - RandyRemington, Sat May 28 00:11:55 2011
• RE: Desert females - BrandonBoeke, Mon May 30 19:55:29 2011
• RE: Desert females - TerryHeuring, Sat Jun 4 11:34:29 2011
• RE: Desert females - BrandonBoeke, Sat Jun 4 13:05:44 2011