Dusty, here's a real life cenario that happened this year. A female that I thought should be in season (based on a typical behavioral change that preceeds a females cycle) was rejecting males that were introduced every other day. finally after about forty days she allowed a male to copulate immediately upon introduction. the next day i introduced the same male and she swiftly rejected him as she did the following two days. it is possible that she may have been receptive the day before she copulated as introductions were being made every other day. this was an eighteen month old female and she went on to lay a clutch of eleven with no slugs. experiences such as this is why i claim a female may be receptive for only one to three days once she will accept a male. sure the span of a breeding season may cover several months for the suboc population as a whole, but individual specimens are in season for a short time. i find that five to seven days is the average. I have never had a suboc copulate more that three times with introductions every other day. Kevin

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