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Posted by Dave T on April 08, 2000 at 20:43:21:

In Reply to: Thanks for the feedback.....more posted by Dan on April 08, 2000 at 16:23:52:

Hi Dan, I've just been having a similar experience this year, but with Blue Beauty snakes. I put them down for 4 weeks at mid-60's. They bred for me and this past week she's been "laying" "eggs." None of them were fertile, however, and she still has some to pass. I'm actually a little worried about her. Of the eggs she did lay, only a few of them looked like they even had a chance to be good. It was really disappointing, but I suspect the main problem was that she was not yet ready to breed, or that I did not cool them properly.

: This year I did turn off the heat so I hope to have different results. Before when I mentioned that the breeding happened by accident, I housed these guys seperately but put them together briefly for cleaning and they started breeding so I left them together for a short time. The second wave of breeding occurred when the pair was on display at a reptile show I participated in, they were breeding right in front of everyone during the show. No one bought them and I took them back home and there was the double clutch. I only found one egg that contained a fully developed baby(both clutches), all others contained a cheese or pudding type substance with no blood, veins or embryo. Hopefully I have different results this time around. Dan

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: : Soe, I agree with your observations. I suspect much infertility we're seeing last year or two is due to not hibernating animals that hibernate in the wild. Maybe the young age also contributes to the lack of verile sperm reaching eggs. TC.

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: Hi Dan, I've just been having a similar experience this year, but with Blue Beauty snakes. I put them down for 4 weeks at mid-60's. They bred for me and this past week she's been "laying" "eggs." None of them were fertile, however, and she still has some to pass. I'm actually a little worried about her. Of the eggs she did lay, only a few of them looked like they even had a chance to be good. It was really disappointing, but I suspect the main problem was that she was not yet ready to breed, or that I did not cool them properly. : : This year I did turn off the heat so I hope to have different results. Before when I mentioned that the breeding happened by accident, I housed these guys seperately but put them together briefly for cleaning and they started breeding so I left them together for a short time. The second wave of breeding occurred when the pair was on display at a reptile show I participated in, they were breeding right in front of everyone during the show. No one bought them and I took them back home and there was the double clutch. I only found one egg that contained a fully developed baby(both clutches), all others contained a cheese or pudding type substance with no blood, veins or embryo. Hopefully I have different results this time around. Dan : : : : : Soe, I agree with your observations. I suspect much infertility we're seeing last year or two is due to not hibernating animals that hibernate in the wild. Maybe the young age also contributes to the lack of verile sperm reaching eggs. TC.

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