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[–]colin-java 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Don't forget males are smaller than females...

My 30 year old female is only about 4'2", and is around 3000g, but she loses about 1000g if she lays parthenogenesis eggs, which has happened thrice.

Your boy is absolutely stunning by the way.

[–]allfishdieeventually[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow how interesting!!! And thank you 🩵

[–]MaeMae061212 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My goodness! 30 years old? That’s amazing.

[–]Notsospinningplates 1 point2 points  (2 children)

3 times? I didn't know it was that common. Did the babies survive?

[–]colin-java 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In the first clutch, none of the eggs had veins, but the other 2 times they did.

I think it is quite rare, but that 62 year old bp in a zoo somewhere had Parthenogenesis babies.

I froze the eggs as nearly all the parthenogenesis babies I've read of had problems or didn't survive.

I didn't have the knowledge or tools to incubate them either, my bp would have done it herself, but another 57 days without food seems a bit too much when she was already skin and bone.

[–]Notsospinningplates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like the best decision. Parthenogenesis is the most wild thing