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I was trying to breed one of my cinny females last year saw some lock ups checked sheds and NOTHING this was all for about 4-5 months.... finally stopping 2 months ago from pairing anyone up to try and get their weights up.... i checked on her last night and she laid 2 slugs and what looked to be one good egg.... but is that normal?? for no preshed no signs at all and to lay after that long? thanks for all your help
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17 BP
2 GTP
3 Chameleons
6 Beardies
1 Crested
2 Huskies
1 blue and gold macaw
1 african grey
1 patternless albino Burmese
2 Reticulated pythons (*purple and lav. albino tiger)
1 savannah monitor ("Spike"
6 treefrogs
2 Brazilian Rainbow boas

I had a female 3 weeks ago lay 6 eggs of which only 1 was good. She had not been with a male in over a year....that was june 07 paired with a male pastel,spider, and mojave....yea...it happens...sperm retention!

One of mine really threw me a curve this year.

Everything looked like it was going well.She had her pre-ov shed(5-9).She glowed,swelled into ov(6-21),then had her post-ov shed(7-5)..A month later i expected to see eggs,but no,she shed again!(on 8-3)

So i had just assumed what i thought to have been ovulation was just "building"..Which meant that she should lay them around 9-1 or so.//right?...nope...On 8-11 i was checking her water,and sure enough.There they were..4 good eggs and 1 slug.

So she had shed,and then layed eggs 5 to 7 days later.

Sometimes they don't play by the rules..lol
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Charles Glaspie
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