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I introduced my proven male in with a virgin female for the 1st time yesterday. The male seemed interested at 1st but then the female started tail wagging side to side kind of fast. It seemed to throw the male off after she started that he basically started to roam the bin looking for a way out. Is this normal? She urinated all over the bin and didn't seem very receptive to the male.. Im 100% sure they are a male and female pair. After closely observing this for about 20mins I decided to separate them because I didnt want them to stress out to much I put the male back in his bin and cleaned the females bin and left them alone. Is it the female is not ready to breed or ??? I know the male has been with several females already this season and some are starting to ovulate.. But this is the 1st time I have witnessed this behavior.. Any insight is greatly appreciated!!!! Goodluck to all this season!!!

The rapid tail wagging is usually a warning/frightened sign. My very inexperienced opinion is that she is not ready to breed.
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Lincoln, NE
0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly
2.0 Normals, 1.0 Thayeri, 0.1 Thayeri X Alterna, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

Keep putting the male in from time top time and leave him all night, she will warn up to him.

Thanks for the quick responses. Makes since she is a little intimidated by my male butter he is a breeding machine. : )

Shes very interested in him. What shes doing with the tail waggin is dragging her scent glands all over the enclosure to catch the males attention. Its completely normal. Put your male back in with her overnight and let them be. In the morning you should see a lock. Goodluck.
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Chris Berrios
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