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another clutch about to arrive

scottsquatch

scottsquatch

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Well, I just checked on my snakes and my female okeetee is in pre-lay shed. I was hoping she wouldn't double on me, but since she did end up ovulating, I put a male with her to make sure the eggs would be fertile. This time the hatchlings should end up all normals het for snow. There may be some that are just het for anery if she retained any sperm from the first breeding. I am hoping this is not the case however, as I would like to keep back a pair and produce a clutch of snows. Anyway, looks like I will be getting some pippies in Sept as well as this month and Aug.
 
It just sounds odd that you didn't want her to double clutch, yet you intentionally bred her again. She might have reabsorbed those ova.
 
I bred her again because I figured if she was gonna lay anyway, I wanted them fertile and not slugs, I put a male back in with her a few times to try to insure she had fertile eggs. Whats odd about that? I have heard of many second clutches with low fertility rate. I figured if she was gonna use all those resources to lay eggs, the eggs may as well be good ones.
 
I was only saying that she might have reabsorbed those ova and not laid any eggs. But if she's going to lay anyway, it's much smarter to have fertile eggs than slugs.
 
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