She is laying!

[Teresa]

Hello all,
As you all know Brad R. has babies hatching out from Green Bean and Oggie. Well Green Bean is laying as I type. My question to everyone is how long can females retain sperm? Could I have a fertile clutch? How long before I should discard them?
Thanks in advance

 

[jannb]

I would not discard them.......just incase.

 

[Teresa]

Another Question

Ok guys need your help; lights went off at 7:00 now she is sleeping in the laying bin. Do I turn on a light or just leave her alone?

 

[BigBlue]

I would leave her alone, in the wild that's what would happen. She will probably continue in the morning. I have had the lights go out in the middle of a dig and I let her be, and everything worked out just fine.

 

[kinyonga]

I've left the lights on sometimes and turned them off other times...it doesn't seem to matter.

 

[nottscami]

she'll be fine only last night my li feamales lights went off while she was in her layin bin and this morning she finished layin as normal

 

[Teresa]

Update!

Green Bean has finished laying and we have 69 eggs. I am going to keep these eggs as of now. However she has not been bred since previous owner had her so I don't know if we will have babies or not.

 

[Miss Lily]

Congrats, and well done Green Bean! It's such a relief when the get the job finished! I think Lily is working on another clutch of infertiles too. Must be spring in the air!!

 

[Teresa]

The Eggs

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[nick barta]

Sperm retention has been documented up to 2 years resulting in fertile clutches. Possibly longer, but definately 2 years has happenned in 3 occaisions with my Chams and others.

Nick

 

[jannb]

Congrats!!!!! How's Greenbean?

 

[Teresa]

Green Bean has had her post laying shower 3 mistings and some crickets with calcium w/o d3. She is currently sitting under the drippier. She doesn't like the mistings.

 

[Teresa]

Sperm retention has been documented up to 2 years resulting in fertile clutches. Possibly longer, but definately 2 years has happenned in 3 occaisions with my Chams and others.

Nick

WOW 2 years amazing animals. On that note how long before will it be before I know if they are infertile?

 

[Teresa]

I have 46 eggs left from this clutch. I was wandering how long before I know if they are fertile?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Teresa,

What temperature are you incubating them at?
The cooler you keep them, the longer infertile eggs will last.
I had them go 8 months, no mold or collapsing ... all infertile.
I had suspected they were but kept them just in case.
Candling will not show you anything ... just keep throwing out the ones that go bad.

-Brad

 

[Teresa]

They are at about 76.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

is it posible to have a girl veiled lay fertile eggs without being mated

 

[Teresa]

She has been mated in the last year, there for she could have retained sperm from previous matting.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

They are at about 76.

At that temperature all the infertile eggs should go bad in another month or so.

-Brad

 

[Teresa]

Thanks Brad. Is this a good temp to keep the eggs at?