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I picked up an adult trio of blues last year and have started to breed them. I assumed the smallest of the three was the male and placed him with the largest which I was told was the unrelated female. The female started stalking the male and he didn't seem to do much. I never witnessed copulation but left them together for a few days. A few days later, I placed the presumed male in with the other presumed female, and once again the female began to try to court the male. He didn't seem interested. Once again, I gave them a few days to work things out.

Is it normal behavior for the female to court the male in blues? Is it possible that the small one is actually female, and if so, would the others try courting her? I haven't decieded if I want to place the two that I think are female together yet, I don't want them attacking each other.

Could he just not be ready yet and I should still be putting them together?

Thanks

Nick
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It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper stored up acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched tv. And then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus stole all his acorns, and he got a race car. Is any of this sinking in?

hey nick we too have a trio of blues and ours are mateing now.my male does all the chaseing have never seen the females chase him. i would have them sexed sounds like you have two males and one female.we also have taiwans and chinese beauties also and have never seen this behaveior in them either.

I didn't think the behavior sounded right. My only problem is that the one I presumed male is the smallest, I was hoping the larger two were the females.

Would it be ok if I put two females together? Just to determine if they are in fact female. I was told the largest was an unrelated virgin female to the other pair, and she seemed to be chasing the "male". I'm so confused now.
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It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper stored up acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched tv. And then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus stole all his acorns, and he got a race car. Is any of this sinking in?

We have two female blues and one male blue together in one 75 gallon tank and have had no problems with fighting.only thing that seems to be a problem is which female he wants lol.were raiseing up a lot of baby asian rats and keep them together except at feeding time. i try and keep ours as 1.2 seems to do well.the asians are pretty easy to sex by tail lenght males are longer tailed and stay same vent width for a few inches before tapering off and females taper right after vent.hope it helps i would put all together and watch for aggression from any of them.

I tried looking at the vents but the two I can handle looked similar to me. I was considering putting all three together. One seems to be very active as compared to last fall. She (I was told) stalked the male too.

How long after they shed do they lay eggs? And, do you incubate at 82?

Nick
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It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper stored up acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched tv. And then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus stole all his acorns, and he got a race car. Is any of this sinking in?

ive never had luck judging delivery dates by sheds if im lucky enough to see them breed i note date and work from there i add nest box at a month and after 45 days i start watching close the humidity in the nest box and temp ive used both warm and cool end hides seem to like 75 best.and wait the eggs are bigs and in a month or so you will know by then you can count them i have my incubator set for 82 as i use it to hatch alot of different eggs and seems to hatch all ok some longer then others depends on whats cooking.

Thanks for your replies! I'll be sure to post when I get eggs.

Nick
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It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper stored up acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched tv. And then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus stole all his acorns, and he got a race car. Is any of this sinking in?

I have another question for you: are there any signs of mating after the fact? When I breed my pueblans, there is sperm left on the paper. I briefly looked but didn't see any after leaving my blues together for a few days.
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It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper stored up acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched tv. And then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus stole all his acorns, and he got a race car. Is any of this sinking in?

i havent noticed any with blues like the boas leave