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I have been breeding pyromelana this spring(still a colubrid although different species). My male bred with his two females during March and part of April, and did not eat at all. Fortunately he had eaten after brumation and before the mating season started. After I took away both females I put him in a separate cage that had all clean litter, so as to get rid of the pheromone smells from the females. After about a week he ate a small meal. I brained the pink and poked his nose in it, a thing I usually only do with baby snakes. That got him eating and he is eating on a regular basis now. I house my pyros together except when feeding and during the gravid period, when both females are in separate maternity cages.

I think my Pacific gopher snakes have bred even though I have not seen them do it. My male has not eaten since March 5, although his mate has eaten like a pig. They both look very healthy so I am not worried. I expect he will start eating again in late May when the breeding season winds down. I house them together all the time. If she becomes gravid she will go into a maternity cage until she lays her clutch.

So anyway, I think the males will start eating again once the breeding season begins to wain. Not to worry.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

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