I'm just wondering if it were possible for my honduran milksnake to lay a fertile clutch of eggs if she was never brumated. I just put my male with her today and they immediately went at it. Any ideas??? Thanks
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Breeding Honduran Milksnakes
bdelator
Apr 29, 2005 08:46 PM
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rtdunham
Apr 29, 2005 09:01 PM
>>I'm just wondering if it were possible for my honduran milksnake to lay a fertile clutch of eggs if she was never brumated. I just put my male with her today and they immediately went at it. Any ideas??? Thanks
the fact that she stimulated a male breeding response, and that she apparently accepted it, suggests her body is undergoing changes consistent with reproduction.
the facts that THOSE things appear true leads me to suggest that she actually was brumated, just not fully--did the length of light on her shorten during the winter? did temps she was under drop at all over the winter compared with prior summer? did she eat less over the winter? all three--light, temps, food consumption--are parts of brumation and sometimes an animal goes thru some brumation without our consciously dropping temps 20 degrees, cutting light to an hour a day, and withholding food 100%.
so i'd say yeah, you've got a chance. a chance.
good luck
terry
