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negri · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 585

He looks really pretty... Smile

Love his little red chin. We don't seem to have as many "reddish" ones as last year. Sad

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ToonTomH · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

Had him out today to 'meet' his partner for next year, she's not quite has big as him yet, so only had them together for a little while, but in that time, it looks as though he was wanting to mate with her!

They were literally together for 10-20 seconds and straight away he started licking and nipping her body, so I took them apart, putting the femalle back.

I then came back over to him, to see him licking around his vent and saw this:

I'm guessing that's him trying to breed with her?

And does that confirm that my other one is a female?

Thanks,

Tom
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uroplatus · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

Usually that is a sign of wanting to breed, one of my males Lucerne does this everytime I get him out if I have been handling females. Are you unsure of the sex of your other one? Just the quote "And does that confirm that my other one is a female?", not meaning to sound harsh but if you were unsure and put two males together by accident it could have been quite nasty, I would assume your other one is female by his behaviour of nipping and licking and also they didnt try and fight.
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ToonTomH · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

I am not 100% sure, but it certainly looks like the other one is female, it's almost a year old and there is no sign of any pores or a bulge.

It's not as if I was putting them together in a small space by themselves, I was watching over at all times waiting to get them apart if any signs of a problem even happened. They were together for 20 seconds maximum, and as I say, even if he started to move quickly towards the other one I would have stopped him.
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