>>===> Actually, I was not thinking of withholding males from her to prove the theory noted above. It's more like in the lines of what if she mated with a different male the following year... would that mess up your intended type of offsprings not knowing that last year's pairings from a different male is interfering with this year's pairings due to last year's sperm retention?
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>>Thanks,
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>>RAY

Excellent point, Ray. I'm going to start a new thread & see if we can get feedback that would provide insight.
terry

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• Egg reabsorbtion question--Hondo - mgl, Wed Oct 5 22:23:20 2005
• just to clarify my comments - Rtdunham, Wed Oct 5 22:45:33 2005
• Thanks Terry...more - mgl, Wed Oct 5 22:56:33 2005
• RE: Egg reabsorbtion question--Hondo - JMartin, Wed Oct 5 22:46:32 2005
• Slight bumps, but a different feeling then eggs.... - mgl, Wed Oct 5 23:01:12 2005
• Let me screw you all up - snakesunlimited1, Thu Oct 6 00:21:13 2005
• RE: Egg reabsorbtion question--Hondo - pweaver, Thu Oct 6 07:09:03 2005
• i asked my vet to look over this thread n/p - Rtdunham, Thu Oct 6 09:31:34 2005
• Terry, do you mind asking your vet this question too? - Conserving_herps, Thu Oct 6 09:47:10 2005
• if he looks here he'll see it! - Rtdunham, Thu Oct 6 10:19:32 2005
• Response to the last line/paragraph... - Conserving_herps, Thu Oct 6 11:30:53 2005
• a valid point... - Rtdunham, Fri Oct 7 18:10:16 2005
• sure dont have enough experience to answer this one - milki, Thu Oct 6 10:48:58 2005
• RE: Egg reabsorbtion question--Hondo - tspuckler, Thu Oct 6 11:01:31 2005
• RE: Egg reabsorbtion question--Hondo - RobHaneisen, Thu Oct 6 20:54:10 2005
• RE: Egg reabsorbtion question--Hondo - eexotics, Tue Oct 11 09:34:54 2005