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willstill
at Wed May 30 22:54:29 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by willstill ]
Hi Adam,
Sorry to hear of your bad luck. When you say that you raised the temps from 80F to 85F, are you refering to ambient air temps or your basking temps? I personally keep my air temps much cooler during the winter season, almost 20F cooler, as I have a variety of species in my buiding, and offer high basking temps to offset the cool air temps. While I would point to those warm temps as the culprit, the fact that you've received good clutches from other sires tells me that it wasn't too warm for the males to produce swimmers and certainly not too warm for the girls to grow follicles. Before you send him off to pet land, you might consider giving him another try next year with sustained cool options. I have always been kind of "if it works for one, it oughta work for all" type of dude, but the whole female desert infertility thing got me thinking that some of these morphs have individuals that may just benefit from broader temperature choices to get them past these hurdles and allow them to successfully reproduce. I don't know buddy, but I'd give the bee another shot, just cool his arse down more. Good luck.
Will
PS - missed you at the May show, it was a ball vendor's dream.
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RE: steril male? huge slug issue this year.? - willstill, Wed May 30 22:54:29 2012