FINALLY a Retained Clutch!

[CamiGirl89]

After 7 months, Cami finally laid her retained clutch! 42 eggs total were laid after circling for about 6 hours in her laying bin. 41 eggs are white and puffy, 1 egg is obviously infertile. Could not believe how long it took her to have this clutch, but she is doing well and bounced back quickly!

 

[ISA my Veiled]

Glad to hear you finally had the success you wanted!!! Good luck! with the babies I hope they do well, have fun with the long wait lol

 

[jastate09]

Congratulations on your new clutch.

 

[Chameleonmaster]

Congrats that's a butt load of eggs. Are you going to have a omelette in the morning? Jk

 

[chameleoman]

CONGRATULATIONS this makes me feel sum what better because i know our females had the same problems so i hope i get a retained! keep us updated

 

[DJBMURDER]

can you explain to me a little what a retained clutch exactly is? I'm confused with my pregnant veiled right now and am wondering if thats what she is dealing with

 

[CamiGirl89]

A retained clutch is not uncommon for bred female veileds to have. Was your female bred to a male, or is she just producing an infertile clutch? Retained clutches are, basically, the female getting rid of stored sperm within her body, and are typically laid 3-4 months after the first clutch is laid. My girl took much longer than usual.

 

[blackened]

I'm glad Cami is doing well . Best of luck with your eggs!

 

[DJBMURDER]

Well my female was mated with on the 8th of july, is fat (huge!!!) and weighs 120 grams, she was mated with about 4 months ago by another male (she was just recently mated with with my male) so I'm guessing maybe she will have genetics in the eggs from both males possibly?

 

[djfishygillz]

They love to stress you out don't they!!!

I am happy for you that she is okay and laid a huge clutch!

 

[CamiGirl89]

I can not answer your last question 100%. From what I know, there is a possibility of a retained clutch containing sperm from each male (if she was mated with 2 different males at similar times). By her weight, and by the date she was mated, I would assume that she would be ready to lay at any time. My female weighed 132g the first time she laid, and it took her 3 weeks from the initial mating to the final egg-laying step.