Mario Vermunt
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Temperature for sure plays a part in the reproductive cycle.
When i place here pardalis outside in summer, temperature is on average lower as would be inside the house.
Most females then do not want to mate anymore, although they were ready to made when inside, placing them outside, makes them go angry at any approaching male (sofar not any produced then a clutch by itself) placing them inside the house, generally makes them wanna mate again within a few weeks.
I think the food does too.
Sometimes i have kept multiple females in the same cage, and then still it varies, with the reproduction. 1 makes a clutch by itself, while the other does not, while all factors influencing in principle are the same...
Reproduction is influenced by hormones, as does stress also influence hormone level.
On a few occasions with Calyptratus, when moving them to another enclosure, just around the moment adult coloration comes around, they made a clutch by them self, can be coincidence, can be not...
Often was told in the past that they might die making a clutch by themselves, which is also not the case if people still might think. (ofcourse one can die, but a mated female might also...) this mostly without substrate ofcourse in the cage, or any other issues might causing it.
On 1 of the females which made a clutch by itself, i hadn't noticed, and hardly had a substrate on the floor, it was less then 1 cm substrate. When i came home, the bottom glass of the cage was mainly visible, she had laid the eggs in a corner of the cage, and had put all the substrate on top of the eggs. She did wel lucky me...
For me Calyptratus, Pardalis and Lateralis can make unfertilized clutches by itself to be sure. Others i dont know.
How abouth the live bearing species, anyone ever there had an infertile clutch, without mating?
When i place here pardalis outside in summer, temperature is on average lower as would be inside the house.
Most females then do not want to mate anymore, although they were ready to made when inside, placing them outside, makes them go angry at any approaching male (sofar not any produced then a clutch by itself) placing them inside the house, generally makes them wanna mate again within a few weeks.
I think the food does too.
Sometimes i have kept multiple females in the same cage, and then still it varies, with the reproduction. 1 makes a clutch by itself, while the other does not, while all factors influencing in principle are the same...
Reproduction is influenced by hormones, as does stress also influence hormone level.
On a few occasions with Calyptratus, when moving them to another enclosure, just around the moment adult coloration comes around, they made a clutch by them self, can be coincidence, can be not...
Often was told in the past that they might die making a clutch by themselves, which is also not the case if people still might think. (ofcourse one can die, but a mated female might also...) this mostly without substrate ofcourse in the cage, or any other issues might causing it.
On 1 of the females which made a clutch by itself, i hadn't noticed, and hardly had a substrate on the floor, it was less then 1 cm substrate. When i came home, the bottom glass of the cage was mainly visible, she had laid the eggs in a corner of the cage, and had put all the substrate on top of the eggs. She did wel lucky me...
For me Calyptratus, Pardalis and Lateralis can make unfertilized clutches by itself to be sure. Others i dont know.
How abouth the live bearing species, anyone ever there had an infertile clutch, without mating?
