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Question can a hog come out of Brumation breed not feed for weeks and have viable eggs ???????????

So are you saying that you bred a female out of brumation that has not fed???

Personally I would not put a pair together until both male and female have had a couple of meals...

With that being said, I do not see why the eggs would not be viable other than the fact that the female might have used a lot of her stores during brumation and might not have enough to put into egg production...

Yes. Unfortunately mine was off feed for 5 months, brumated for 2 of those, ate 1 meal, laid 9 eggs ,1 being dud, and died a week later. Her weight dropped from 335 grams to 262 grams in The 5 month period.
After egg laying, she was down to 135 grams.
The other kicker was that she had not been with the male for 13 months . I had actually taken her out of the breeding program due to her laying a double clutch the previous January & February, and needing a year off . All 8 babies are alive and well.

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Thank you,
Kevin Rhodes
http://www.freewebs.com/spreptile/hognose.htm
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc314/lifesciences/?action=view¤t=09-09hognose001.jpg

Wow,
I did not know that hogs could retain sperm for that long... The more we learn about these snakes, the more amazing they become...

Indeed.
Sperm retention can be a tricky subject with the hogs. If you buy breeder females to breed with your select males, unless a codom trait, they could have sperm retained from the previous owners' males.

Another cool thing is that some female corns and garters have sired clutches from 2 different males within 1 clutch. Would be neat to see if that works with hognose as well.

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Thank you,
Kevin Rhodes
http://www.freewebs.com/spreptile/hognose.htm
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc314/lifesciences/?action=view¤t=09-09hognose001.jpg

instead of "sired clutches"

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Thank you,
Kevin Rhodes
http://www.freewebs.com/spreptile/hognose.htm
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc314/lifesciences/?action=view¤t=09-09hognose001.jpg

>>Another cool thing is that some female corns and garters have >>sired clutches from 2 different males within 1 clutch. Would >>be neat to see if that works with hognose as well.

Iknow that BallPythons do the same..when I do remember the right way, there are documented clutches with hatchlings sired from 3 or 4 different males
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Greetings from Berlin
Stefan & Raimo

Reptiles-Breeding-Enterprise.com

Boas too
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Chris & Alliey
www.bloodyleopard.com
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