hi, my male originally came to me missing one of his vestigial spurs, more recently he got a piece of shed caught in his cloaca area, after i removed it he seems to have lost his other spur...so my question is...is this common? and do the males really need these to breed successfully? btw he had locked up a few times with the single spur missing. thx!
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help question: male missing spurs...
Earthworks
Dec 30, 2010 10:13 PM
Replies (2)
Bolitochrome
Dec 31, 2010 09:24 AM
I have two males without any spurs. One started out with tiny little ones to start with (yes, I checked, definitely a male). The other's just shed away like you described. I have only bred one so far, but it doesn't seem to affect their ways with the ladies.
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Lincoln, NE
0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly
2.1 Normals, 1.0 Thayeri, 0.1 Thayeri X Alterna, 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband
robertseib
Dec 31, 2010 12:02 PM
Somewhere along the line my 2007 male desert lost his spurs in a shed cycle. It was too dry, and I corrected that situation.
I was really worried. But it had zero effect. I am getting plenty of desert clutches from him.
