Dingo224
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There is a lot of speculation on how to tell if an ooth is infertile or not. Most people suggest waiting, but why wait for something that most likely won't hatch?
So, I've gone into some observing with an infertile ootheca I recieved. I ordered 3 Tenodera sinensis ooths about five days ago, and everything looked as promised. Although, despite there being two big plump light colored ooths, there was a small, dark one that came along with it. I was already suspicious of It's infertility when I noticed that it was the only one not attached to a small twig.
Now, at the time I thought nothing of it, and hung all three in a container, and waited. But, as the two healthy ooths looked the same, the smaller one still had It's...dull look. Now, before deciding to cut it open to know for sure, I would lightly squish the sides of each ooth. The two big ones felt very soft, and really felt like an egg sack. But the other one, no matter how humid I kept it in the container, would only feel slightly soft when you squeezed it. So, I decided a safe way that I've observed with others on how to know for sure, and that is carefully cutting the top of the ooth open, but not completely. Now, a healthy ooth should have a light color inside, while this smaller ooth was a dark blackish variation of it. Fertilized ooths also have a lot of slimy liquid inside of them, which should of showed up as soon as I cut into it. But nothing. Only when I cut the whole thing in half, did I see a very small section with this....egg yolk looking stuff. But, I cut it as neatly, and carefully as I could in order to check the egg slots. And there was nothing. All of the slots were deformed, or not even there at all!
Now, this is my experience with an infertile ooth. My biggest recommendation to those who are unsure whether their ooth is infertile, is to use the 'squishing' technique I used. Now, I can't claim this as fact yet, but like I stated from observation, normal ooths have a much softer, and easier squish to them. And they are much lightly colored. While, duds are small, darker versions of them that are fairly hard to squish.
I just feel that there Isn't a lot of information on this 'fertile or infertile' topic with ooths. So, with my theory already stated, I would love to see some of you tell your stories on how you found out whether your ooth was infertile =3. Or, just any information on it you've heard in general.
EDIT: All techniques used above are assumed to be very risky, and most likely would not work in the art of determining whether an ooth is infertile. The best thing you can do is incubate a ooth, and wait. It's better to give life a chance, instead of rushing it.
So, I've gone into some observing with an infertile ootheca I recieved. I ordered 3 Tenodera sinensis ooths about five days ago, and everything looked as promised. Although, despite there being two big plump light colored ooths, there was a small, dark one that came along with it. I was already suspicious of It's infertility when I noticed that it was the only one not attached to a small twig.
Now, at the time I thought nothing of it, and hung all three in a container, and waited. But, as the two healthy ooths looked the same, the smaller one still had It's...dull look. Now, before deciding to cut it open to know for sure, I would lightly squish the sides of each ooth. The two big ones felt very soft, and really felt like an egg sack. But the other one, no matter how humid I kept it in the container, would only feel slightly soft when you squeezed it. So, I decided a safe way that I've observed with others on how to know for sure, and that is carefully cutting the top of the ooth open, but not completely. Now, a healthy ooth should have a light color inside, while this smaller ooth was a dark blackish variation of it. Fertilized ooths also have a lot of slimy liquid inside of them, which should of showed up as soon as I cut into it. But nothing. Only when I cut the whole thing in half, did I see a very small section with this....egg yolk looking stuff. But, I cut it as neatly, and carefully as I could in order to check the egg slots. And there was nothing. All of the slots were deformed, or not even there at all!
Now, this is my experience with an infertile ooth. My biggest recommendation to those who are unsure whether their ooth is infertile, is to use the 'squishing' technique I used. Now, I can't claim this as fact yet, but like I stated from observation, normal ooths have a much softer, and easier squish to them. And they are much lightly colored. While, duds are small, darker versions of them that are fairly hard to squish.
I just feel that there Isn't a lot of information on this 'fertile or infertile' topic with ooths. So, with my theory already stated, I would love to see some of you tell your stories on how you found out whether your ooth was infertile =3. Or, just any information on it you've heard in general.
EDIT: All techniques used above are assumed to be very risky, and most likely would not work in the art of determining whether an ooth is infertile. The best thing you can do is incubate a ooth, and wait. It's better to give life a chance, instead of rushing it.
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