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Ova ingestion with yellow anacondas.....

Kelly_Haller Jul 12, 2009 04:21 PM

The post below got me thinking about this. It's a given with greens as the vast majority of females will ingest any unfertilized ova virtually every time. However, I have not heard much about this with yellow anacondas. I am curious as to what has been the experience of the yellow breeders out there regarding this behavior? Thanks,

Kelly

Replies (3)

mjf Jul 12, 2009 10:39 PM

Kelly I have never observed consumption of ova.
Mike

DJDeron Jul 13, 2009 08:32 AM

My yellow that gave birth recently passed one complete ova and a couple pieces of an ova. Within ten minutes or so of finishing giving birth she ate the one full slug and one of the pieces.

Kelly_Haller Jul 21, 2009 05:45 PM

I have just not seen much written on this with yellows and thought I could get a little more data on the subject. Thanks again,

Kelly

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