Ball Python parthenogenesis
This is not the best picture I ever published, but this is the very special one. My 10 years old female ball python (Python regius) laid minimum 5, maybe 6 eggs today. The 'problem' is that she never met a male ball python in her life... However, females of some reptiles, including ball pythons, can produce offspring without any help from males. We called this parthenogenesis and even if is rather rare phenomenon in ball python's world - it's happen sometimes... So there is a chance that the eggs are alive!
I wasn't prepared for this, so incubation of the eggs will be a challenge, but I'll do my best :-). At the moment she is quite protective mother and I'll leave the eggs with her for day or two, until some incubation device will be ready...
Ball Python parthenogenesis
This is not the best picture I ever published, but this is the very special one. My 10 years old female ball python (Python regius) laid minimum 5, maybe 6 eggs today. The 'problem' is that she never met a male ball python in her life... However, females of some reptiles, including ball pythons, can produce offspring without any help from males. We called this parthenogenesis and even if is rather rare phenomenon in ball python's world - it's happen sometimes... So there is a chance that the eggs are alive!
I wasn't prepared for this, so incubation of the eggs will be a challenge, but I'll do my best :-). At the moment she is quite protective mother and I'll leave the eggs with her for day or two, until some incubation device will be ready...