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hi

I have a pair of veileds, the female is 9 month old the male is only 6 months old. The female is very fat, i think she maybe have some eggs, but she have never been with a male before, so i put her with the male and as soon as he saw her he mounted her, but thats all!!!! He just sit on top of her and do nothing copulation never took place, is he to young? she remains receptive she never changes her color and never chase the male away, the next day i tried again and nothing,he mounts her but no copulaion, and now the female is all day in the bottom of her cage,and climbing the sides of the screen cage, what is going on here?, should i wait until he gets older?, if some one have any tips let me know, Ps: sorry for my english

Could be the male is to young. Keep them out of each others view and try again when he gets bigger then she is.

Don't worry about your English!

I always recommend that anyone who has an egglaying female put a suitable container of washed sandbox sand in the cage once the female is 4 or 5 months old so that if she needs to lay eggs she will have a place to dig. If you don't provide a place and she can't lay her eggs, she could become eggbound and die. I think that you should do this right away....as she may already be looking for a place to lay eggs.

I also never mate a female veiled until she is over one year old. I like to make sure that they are done growing themselves before I put demands on them to lay fertile eggs.

Overfeeding veiled females can make them lay larger clutches too....which I also try to avoid...for the sake of the female.

Hope this helps!