S.Lineola Mated!

[DMJ]

Ok so I mated my Lineola pair last night and finished this morning then later on in the afternoon I saw her throw out some white stuff from her back end which I think was the sperm...now does that mean she rejected it or he blew a large load in her? lol Do you think I should mate 1 more time?

 

[Andrew]

LOL, im not sure Joe. Sometimes they do that and still produce fertile ooths. What did the spermatophore look like?

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[DMJ]

Umm Im not Joe, Im David thank you very much lol. But it was a gel thingy so Im pretty sure it was sperm.

 

[Andrew]

OOPS my bad, sorry David!!! Not sure why I thought you were Joe, lol.

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[Ian]

yeah, I have had that with my rubbys, and they still produced fertile ooths, so I wouldn't have thought it would be to much of a prov in your case. You coudl try and mate them again in a couple of weeks though.

Cheers,

Ian

 

[Rick]

I've seen that happen in several species. It's quite common.

 

[DMJ]

How long does it take for them to lay an ooth?

 

[Jesse]

How long does it take for them to lay an ooth?

Depends partly on how much you feed her, if you feed her a lot over the next couple of days, she could lay in as little as two weeks or less, otherwise up to a month.

 

[DMJ]

Ok so it'll be a month next monday since they've mated and no ooth...is something wrong here? she eats normally and does everything she normally does only no damn ooth!!! lol

 

[Samzo]

Did you re-mate them? Maybe all the sperm did get rejected...?

 

[Ian]

lol dave, I had the same prob with one of my rubbys, then all she did, was plaster some slabs of foam on the side, few days later, fell down dead. I think it was egg binding, has happened to a few of my species. But just dont know what causes it :roll:

Cheers,

Ian

 

[DMJ]

Well she finally laid a healthy ooth! I shall have nymphs in da future!