Re: Why not find out why there are so many coxi males ?

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Posted by Adam Block on July 28, 2001 at 21:25:21:

In Reply to: Re: Why not find out why there are so many coxi males ? posted by Walt Deptula on July 28, 2001 at 20:50:07:

Walt, to play the other side here I'm going to pick choice number 2.

As I'm sure we have no data on ratios in the wild we're all a little bit in the dark. There's very little data on temps, ratios and hatch rates with common native snakes so I can only assume we're going to maybe never get that.

The other way we would have to look at it would be from a why standpoint? Why would there need to be more males in the wild or what would they be doing to put them at a great risk of dying? With tarantulas, the males only live 6 years and the females up to 30 so with the female needing as many as 24 mates I could understand a unbalanced ratio.

With the coxi I have no idea as to what the reason could be other then, different food needs, cooling needs, size, color or something else along those line. Now I'm not saying any of those apply to coxi but you get my point.

There is much we don't give a snake in our homes that they would get in the wild so I'm not saying it's not the keepers fault. I find that if something didn't work the overwelming odds are going to be that we made the error and not nature. On the flip side why do so many climacaphora clutches come up high female? Maybe the hybrid people could solve this all for us?

Love to hear what others think,
Adam Block

PS Please post any data you have!

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: Walt, to play the other side here I'm going to pick choice number 2. : As I'm sure we have no data on ratios in the wild we're all a little bit in the dark. There's very little data on temps, ratios and hatch rates with common native snakes so I can only assume we're going to maybe never get that. : The other way we would have to look at it would be from a why standpoint? Why would there need to be more males in the wild or what would they be doing to put them at a great risk of dying? With tarantulas, the males only live 6 years and the females up to 30 so with the female needing as many as 24 mates I could understand a unbalanced ratio. : With the coxi I have no idea as to what the reason could be other then, different food needs, cooling needs, size, color or something else along those line. Now I'm not saying any of those apply to coxi but you get my point. : There is much we don't give a snake in our homes that they would get in the wild so I'm not saying it's not the keepers fault. I find that if something didn't work the overwelming odds are going to be that we made the error and not nature. On the flip side why do so many climacaphora clutches come up high female? Maybe the hybrid people could solve this all for us? : Love to hear what others think, : Adam Block : PS Please post any data you have!

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