We recently acquired a new female(orange candycane)which we introduced to one of our males once she`d settled in.She`s now gravid and due to lay any day now.She`s a big healthy snake which weighed in at close to 800g`s prior to breeding so it`s reasonable to assume she may double clutch.We were thinking of using our other male who has yet to prove his breeding capabilities(this will be his first shot).From reading some of the posts on double clutching etc it`s clear that this may happen whether planned or not,the female retaining sperm from the initial mating.If we use a second male and she does indeed become gravid again what`s the likelyhood that the eggs will belong, so to speak, to the first male as opposed to the second or is it most likely that sperm from the second mating will be used or indeed that sperm from both males may be used resulting in half bothers and sisters as well as full.I`m aware there may be no definate answer but was wondering if anyone knew from experience or had sufficient knowledge so as to give a considered opinion.
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Paternity Probabilities
- Thread starter Robertk
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Amanda E
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I'm thinking of doing this as well with one of my females.
There is definitely the possiblity that both males could be the father of part of the second clutch.
In my case the first pairing will make ghosts and snows but the second pairing could only make normals. This way I'll know automatically which babies are from which father.
Are the males different morphs so you can use the same process of elimination? You said the female was a candy cane, but you didn't say what the males were, unless I just missed it.
There is definitely the possiblity that both males could be the father of part of the second clutch.
In my case the first pairing will make ghosts and snows but the second pairing could only make normals. This way I'll know automatically which babies are from which father.
Are the males different morphs so you can use the same process of elimination? You said the female was a candy cane, but you didn't say what the males were, unless I just missed it.
Thanks for your reply.
The males are both normals but i`m unaware as to their genetic makeup in terms of whether they`re het for anything.We know the first male is viable, as he impregnated our other female(a caramel) and those eggs are only a week or two from hatching(hopefully),and he`s also responsible for the clutch that our OCC is about to drop(pre-lay shed was yesterday) so we thought we may aswell try the other male,see if he`s fertile and also up our odds for diff morphs if one or the other are het for say amel or anything else the female may also be het for.
The males are both normals but i`m unaware as to their genetic makeup in terms of whether they`re het for anything.We know the first male is viable, as he impregnated our other female(a caramel) and those eggs are only a week or two from hatching(hopefully),and he`s also responsible for the clutch that our OCC is about to drop(pre-lay shed was yesterday) so we thought we may aswell try the other male,see if he`s fertile and also up our odds for diff morphs if one or the other are het for say amel or anything else the female may also be het for.