Ha! Don't be embarassed or anything like that about the advice you offered, I do the same thing in the Monitor forum here & there since I only have just over a year's experience with monitors. It's all part of the learning process.



Since my last post is bit misleading (incomplete) let me try to give you a better understnading of the triggers of breeding season and cause of males going off feed.



In my last post I said, "It seems to be more prevalent in ones that have mated before or kept in close proximity of another snake of the opposite sex."



This comes into play after the main triggers of cooler temps & shorter daylight hours, which in the wild, is also accompanied with rain showers.



Once the temps drop and the days become shorter, I personally feel that the going off of feed is more prevalent in ones that have mated before or kept in close proximity of another snake of the opposite sex. I say, "I personally feel" because I've never heard anyone else mention this, it's just what I'm led to believe by the situations I've seen or heard of. I guess you could say that at the moment it's just my theory that it's more prevalent in former breeders & close proximity.



All males, breeders or not, won't go off feed. Some females will go off feed, too, but some will eat all the way till they lay eggs. My female ate during breeding season last year, while my male wouldn't. My female went off feed once she ovulated. After all, they are individuals, just like us.



Have a good one!

HH
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