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Female cal king trying to eat male...

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Posted by: AaronBayer at Tue Mar 18 18:15:17 2014   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by AaronBayer ]  
   

Okay I've had cal kings and desert kings breed in the past, but never seen a hint of this behavior, so i'm needing some advice.

I'm attempting to breed a virgin pair of 3 year old cal kings that i've raised since a few weeks after hatching.

I put them together for the first time 2 weeks ago with zero problems, but also no interest from either animal. They were together for 2 days and I separated them due to my having to leave town and not 100% trusting kings.

Just put them back together 30 min ago and the male was interested... started jerking forward in tiny movements up the female's body, but 5 min into it the female began coiling around the male. I decided to "wait and see" for a few min, but it became obvious the male was not going to get away. As I started unwrapping the female she began striking out at my hands and the male. She found the males head, clamped down and started wrapping him up again. The male was just "along for the ride" the entire time never acting afraid or hungry. Finally got them pulled apart and in different cages.

I'm assuming the female is just very hungry so I've got 2 jumbo mice thawing for her now and am going to basically let her eat as much as she wants for the next couple months.

I'm planning on putting the male back in a couple days... anything else i should try/ consider?

I'm 100% sure of the sexes btw... lol

any advice is appreciated.

   

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