Has any noticed or read about the number of couplings as it relates to clutch size? Does it matter once or many?
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Breeding question?
buddygrout
May 08, 2007 08:29 PM
Replies (2)
FunkyRes
May 08, 2007 09:19 PM
Clutch size - no.
Some people can palpate and count the follicles before the first copulation.
Multiple matings may decrease the odds of infertile eggs.
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Kerby...
May 08, 2007 10:08 PM
Agree with FunkyRes. There are a lot of times that I put a pair of cal kings together for one hookup and have success. It is the female that determines how many eggs are to be laid....and as with most species on earth...there is plenty of sperm to fertilize all the eggs.
Kerby...
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