Well~ no pieds for me again this year. The hets bred this year~ and the male finally threw his first clutch off a normal female this year~ but the het female is just not gravid. I didn't think she was~ but I kept hoping I was mistaken. I saw them breeding this year! Several times! The female shed on 4-28~ but I never saw ovulation and I could not feel any eggs in her. I was still holding out hope~ but she went ahead and ate a F/T rat last night. Not gravid. I'm so disappointed. Thats three years in a row trying to breed this pair. I've finally got some 50% het eggs off the male to a normal female......but nothing from the het female.
I will be getting a lot of 50% hets this year~ between my two het males I've got 4 clutches of 50% hets cooking, maybe a couple more coming. But somehow~ back in 03' when I spent all that money on 02' het pieds I didn't see myself looking at my first clutches of 50% hets and no pieds at all in 07'.
Maybe next year....... (I'm getting tired of saying that)
Next year I will be trying with TWO het females.
On the bright side~ one of my normal females bred to my albino dropped me 6 FAT eggs that are going to be 100% het albino this morning. That brings it to 9 clutches so far this year~ 4 off the het pied males, 3 off the pastel male and 2 off the albino male.
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Cheryl Marchek
AKA JM
The Red Dragons Den
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons~ for you are Crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
I have my standard animals and perhaps one or two surprises. Nothing major, but I'm mixing some stuff and hope to produce some double-hets.
