Brian Liang
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So after 4 weeks after my female molted to adult, she finally layed an ooth. Problem is, I'm not sure if it's fertile. She didn't start calling until a week and a half ago where and I've kept the male, who is now almost dead from old age with her ever since. I've never seem them interact with each other or try to mate except for once where the male was just riding on her back in the afternoon (thought they were supposed to mate at night). I've made many mating attempts with no success. I'm really hoping that it's fertile, but the thing is... it's only about an inch long. I thought ghost ooths were supposed to be 2 inches and can even reach 3, right? And the long thing that's supposed to come out of it at one end isn't even there. I've fed her very well--I pretty much never leave her without making sure she's to the point of refusal to eat. It's quite cold here and hasn't ever reached 80 degrees yet. Today it was 68 in the late afternoon (warmest time of the day). So is this normal? I heard that infertile ooths tend to be deformed or small, so is this a sign that she never mated?