I have a trio of 1998 mandarina. All three have been kept under identical conditions since I acquired them as hatchlings. Both females were first bred in 2001 (3-years-old), but I only got two slugs out of Female B. I realize that 3 years may still be too young for mandarina to be mature. Female B was also bred in 2002 and 2003 at 4 and 5 years of age (I witnessed copulation all three years) but did not lay any fertile eggs or slugs.
Female A, on the other hand, laid six fertile eggs last year as a 4-year-old, and seven fertile eggs this year.
Female A does tend to shed earlier, and thus gets bred to my male first. Is that likely the source of the problem? I have never heard that males do not breed to multiple females, but you never know... Any other possibilities as to why Female B has still not produced any fertile eggs?
Thank you for any ideas.
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Ronda Van Winkle
Northwest Herpetoculture
