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Posted by Chuck on December 04, 1999 at 11:51:24:
In Reply to: Still locked up, 12 hours now n/p posted by doug on December 04, 1999 at 10:00:41:
: : Tonight I put my indigos together for the first time this year. Since the male is significantly larger than the female, I usually observe their behavior for the first few minutes to make sure his intentions are good. So far tonight they seem to be glad to be together.
: : The female displayed some interesting behavior that I hadn't seen before. When the male was placed in her cage and he started to follow her, she lifted her head straight up, like she was looking at the stars. It was similar looking to an alligator displaying submissiveness.
: : So far the male has been a perfect gentleman and it's looking like a successful rendezvous. I check on them every few minutes to make sure that things are going well until I see they are locked up. Then I just leave them be until they are done.
: : I dont know of others breeding strategies, but I plan to place the male with the female a few times a week until she rejects him. Any thoughts on that or anything else?
: : dt
Doug
Great news on the breeding. I too have placed several pairs of Drymarchon together this week and like you have had a number of couplings. I would advise you to use caution even though they have mated. I had a pair of D.c.melanurus together for several days. The first day, the male was all over the female, likewise the second day. So I left them together another night. When I checked in the morning the female was riped to shreds. She required around 100 sticthes to close her up. It seems that once the male was satisfied, he wanted her out of his space. I now leave the snakes together for one night at a time. Good luck to all of you who try to breed this year.
Chuck
