Hey,
How common is it for a female to carry slugs when shes not had contact with a male? Just asking, I recently sold a pastel girl who hadn't been in with a male, and he got back to me today saying she gave birth to a litter of slugs. When I sold her she was a horrible feeder (cuz she was carrying slugs, but we weren't aware), and the guy was up to the challenge. Just asking cuz our current female has decided against eating for what seems like no reason too. Is this common?
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carrying slugs?
senorsnake
May 25, 2006 08:05 PM
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NUCCIZ_BOAS
May 25, 2006 11:34 PM
if the female somehow ovulated, it would be possible. Usually the ovulation is brought on by a male courting the female for some time, which causes her body to start moving the eggs down her body to later be fertilized.
In this case, something may have gotten the female to ovulate, such as temperature drop, or perhaps she just did it naturally. Once those eggs move, they have to go somewhere. being that there was no male in contact with her, there was no sperm to fertilize the eggs. so the eggs stayed unfertilized, and just got passed.
I could be way off, but it sounds legit to me because Ive known some birds to do the same, lay dead eggs without a male being present.
I wouldnt worry about it, discard the slugs, and try your best to resume a normal feeding schedule, the female should be ok.
