I have a female albino Burmese. She was a rescue animal that I bought from a friend who had gotten her from a kid that got in over his head with her. She is approx 8 years old and only 13ft and 100lbs.
She shared a very brief 3 months in the same cage with a male back in June, July, and August of 2008. I had never even seen them close much less breed for the time they WERE together.
I finally finished her new cage and she was put into it away from the male and in April 2009 she threw 47 slugs.
Since then she has NEVER been with the male again as I am not a Burmese breeder. My two are used in educational programs.
On the 23rd of this month she threw another clutch of 63 slugs and what appears to be 8 GOOD eggs. A good friend of mine just candled them and found that atleast 2 are fertile.
Has anyone had this happen to them?
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Burmese laying...... without male
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Yeah I had this happen to me this last breeding cycle actually, I got a bunch of slugs also no fertile. I asked pretty much the same questions on here. What everyone said is that burms like some other reptiles can retain sperm for a very long time years even.
Yes actually. We got a call from a friend with a female green burm. Hadn't been with the male at all that season. Got something like, 65 duds, and 2 good eggs on top of the pile. Depressing really, because 67 good eggs would have been quite a neat thing to see, but it is what it is.
