Well... the best Ghost on the planet just squirted out a whole mess more Ghosts and Anerythristics and not a single normal or Key West. More of those babies of the top shelf variety... however, that is miles from what I was hoping for.
Here she was ovulating 122 days ago:
Here is part of what she gave me this morning:
She has been courted in previous years by an Anery, but not for a second this season. She has never reproduced before. Never ovulated before. This season all she saw was two male Key West Boas. Apparently, not one sperm from those fellas found it's target.
I am, supremely disappointed...
Dr. Booth now has yet another project. This is my second Partho litter in two seasons. One last year as well. It's amazing to me that as far as we know there have been four total likely Partho litters and I have been saddled with two of them from two completely unrelated litters. I don't like Parthenogenetic litters one bit. Not one bit...
The only thing worse than this result for me today would have been a full litter of what I have been expecting only all still born. I am fundamentally grateful for the wonderful babies that I did have, but it's still a yucky day at the Boa Black Hole.
It could have been retained sperm. I will sex them in a few says. A litter of all females is most likely a Partho litter. For me that matters not. It's still a disappointment.
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Jeff Ronne Sr
The Boaphile
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