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Okay, some background before the question. I just recently discovered that some friends that I've know for many years have two adult female Gpp. I've only been to their place a few times over the years and the leopards are housed at their friends house who works for them, so I've never seen them, but we've talked about them. Well I just did a job with one of them the other day and I was showing her all my pictures and explaining the humidity for babies thing and what I've learned about it all and she told me she was sure hers were the SA type of leopards. She said they are 20 years old and they know the source very well. Then she told me they were both around 18-20" (I have not confirmed this yet). Anyhow, these guys are just casual tortoise owners. They aren't "into it" like some of us. Along the way someone gave them another "Leopard" and they just put it in the pen with their other two. Well they've been producing babies for years now and I'm pretty sure the male is a babcocki... (Tom smacks his own forehead, Doh!) They said the male is much smaller than the females and much shier too. These guys have a bunch of big sulcatas too and they describe the personalities of the females as very sulcata-like. Her words, not mine. SOOOOOOOO...
How long can a female retain sperm from a prior breeding?
I intend to try like heck to buy these females from them (I find that large wads of small bills works well), and I'm wondering how long it will take to get the babcocki out of them. I don't know if they'll even consider parting with them, but boy am I gonna try. I know of one other adult female pp and and I know someone with a proven adult male whose willing to do a local breeding loan. I might be in the Gpp business sooner than I ever thought!!!
Okay, some background before the question. I just recently discovered that some friends that I've know for many years have two adult female Gpp. I've only been to their place a few times over the years and the leopards are housed at their friends house who works for them, so I've never seen them, but we've talked about them. Well I just did a job with one of them the other day and I was showing her all my pictures and explaining the humidity for babies thing and what I've learned about it all and she told me she was sure hers were the SA type of leopards. She said they are 20 years old and they know the source very well. Then she told me they were both around 18-20" (I have not confirmed this yet). Anyhow, these guys are just casual tortoise owners. They aren't "into it" like some of us. Along the way someone gave them another "Leopard" and they just put it in the pen with their other two. Well they've been producing babies for years now and I'm pretty sure the male is a babcocki... (Tom smacks his own forehead, Doh!) They said the male is much smaller than the females and much shier too. These guys have a bunch of big sulcatas too and they describe the personalities of the females as very sulcata-like. Her words, not mine. SOOOOOOOO...
How long can a female retain sperm from a prior breeding?
I intend to try like heck to buy these females from them (I find that large wads of small bills works well), and I'm wondering how long it will take to get the babcocki out of them. I don't know if they'll even consider parting with them, but boy am I gonna try. I know of one other adult female pp and and I know someone with a proven adult male whose willing to do a local breeding loan. I might be in the Gpp business sooner than I ever thought!!!