You said..."with panthers when are females ready and are there any signs"...first of all, I don't breed my female panthers until they are over a year of age. I want to make sure that they are done growing themselves before I put the demands of reproduction on them. If you hold the female outside of the male's cage so that they can both see each other you should know by the signs whether they are ready to mate or not. If the female remains calm and doesn't turn dark colors, sway, gape or lunge at the male, then she is receptive. If the male doesn't gape, hiss, or show any signs of aggression, then he is recognizing her as a receptive female. You can put them together if they both indicate that they are ready (of course). If either shows aggressive signs, then try a week or so later.



Regarding Jackson's..the same approach can be taken to see if they are receptive. Again, I wouldn't breed the female until I knew she was fullgrown.



If they are not receptive when you show them to each other...all you can do is keep trying until they are. Putting them together if either is not willing will lead to problems.

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