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Fertile non-laying queen

Started By Andrew.Jenkins , Aug 18 2019 12:26 PM

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#1 Offline Andrew.Jenkins - Posted August 18 2019 - 12:26 PM

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I recently bought an ant queen(Camponotus Sansabenus) from a person who has been supposedly selling for about a year. It was a test tube with the queen, one worker, the body of a worker, and one egg. I brought her home and moved them to a clean test tube, They didn't take the egg with them but I thought that was ok and didn't force them. I put them in a dark box and let her sit for a week, today when I checked of them no eggs. Just the worker and queen. What Are your thoughts, did I get scammed.

#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 18 2019 - 1:00 PM

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No, this happens a lot, especially with camponotus. You also need to be more patient. I had a camponotus who took half a year to get one cocoon, killed it, took another year to lay eggs, and then finally got workers in two months. Ant keeping is a very patience requiring hobby. I used to get fed up with slow colonies, too, always wanting a big colony like the ones in the wild. I don't know about you, but I just learned to deal with it. Some ants are abysmally slow, others are extremely fast. If you want a good, satisfying experience, you need to learn to adapt to each type. I have friends who dropped out of the hobby because they couldn't wait. I hope that doesn't happen to you and you learn to appreciate how fulfilling this hobby can be.


Also, you may want to feed them some sugars and protein. They could need a jump start.


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#3 Offline Andrew.Jenkins - Posted August 18 2019 - 1:33 PM

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Ok thanks for the advice. Should I get a heating cable to? If so What voltage.

#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 18 2019 - 1:39 PM

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Ok thanks for the advice. Should I get a heating cable to? If so What voltage.

I've never used a heating cable before, ask someone who does.


#5 Offline Silq - Posted August 18 2019 - 9:16 PM

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Ok thanks for the advice. Should I get a heating cable to? If so What voltage.

What state or country are you in. If it gets cold, probably so. 15 watt reptile heating cable is what many recommend

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#6 Offline Andrew.Jenkins - Posted August 19 2019 - 5:27 PM

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Norther California along the coast. 80 if considered hot and70 is considered a cold day here
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