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My 2 adult males are NOT both Males
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:57 am
by I_Need_Zebras
Checked on my 2 adult males last night, both were in the cave, oh no there fighting I thought, woke up this morning thinking one will be dead as he has to prove his might, but NO, I found the big male in his cave guarding a clutch of eggs, something tells me these are both not males.
I'm a happy Daddy, I can count approx 13 eggs. WhoooooooHooooooooo
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:32 pm
by pureplecs
What a wonderful suprize!!!! Congratulations!!!!
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:46 pm
by Jo's Zebs
Super no that is a nice surprise when you thought they were both male.
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:37 pm
by alga
What makes you so sure they are not both males.....the eggs?
Everyone told me my two biggest were males and a similar event to yours happened and now I (we) know better.
Congrats!
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:55 pm
by Barbie
Congrats! One of my best producing females was one people had repeatedly told me was a male 
. That's awesome that they decided to reward your patience! Now you'll need to get pics of both of them at some point for comparison so we can all benefit from knowing why she's still female when she must look pretty male, hehe.
I was told I had everything from 11 females to 11 males when I was trying to sex mine. Don't worry, it happens .
Barbie
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:52 pm
by TwoTankAmin
Are you sure the eggs are not adopted?
Congrats- surprise spawns are the best ones.
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:59 pm
by Joby
Thats fantastic, good luck with them
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:35 am
by John
Congrats
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:51 pm
by I_Need_Zebras
Booohooooo,
4 Days on and the male has kicked all the eggs out of his caves, all eggs were damaged and split.
Hopefully it won't take them too long to try again.
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:06 am
by Joby
Oh am sorry to hear that, better luck next time
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:41 pm
by Barbie
It's not at all uncommon for the first spawn to be infertile. It's still a very good sign that they spawned! Just keep doing what you're doing. They obviously liked it .
Barbie