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One of my females just layed her first clutch. I expected it to be relatively small being that it was her first. To my surprise, she laid 17 eggs! However, 13 of those were slugs. What is up with that?! I have heard of a good amount of infertile eggs, but 13 out of 17?! The male was only a year old (but 4 feet) if that matters. All comments welcome...
-Adam

-Adam

i know its possible....the male could have a low fertility rate...or vice versa. personally, i'd try 1 more year....if its the same... try to female to another male the following year and then you will find out whos the "not so good breeder"

~kin
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude)
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou) {Reduced black}
1.1 Anery het Motley (Lleroy, Persia)

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)

Other:
0.0.1 Worm Snake

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
0.1 Blizzard (Blitz) SHE WAS FOUND ALIVE!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name)

I'm not pretending I know much, if anything, about breeding and growth etc but 4 foot in a year?! That sounds like an awfully short length of time to get to that sorta size.

The male was only a year old (but 4 feet) if that matters.

Oooh yeah. That matters alot. Young males (2 years old) can often have reduced fertility (though not always). A male that's only 1 year old is even more likely to have reduced fertility. Give him a few years and he'll probably come up to speed.

-Kat
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