first lets start off by me saying im an idiot. For the past 3 months (since right after the daytona show) i've been pulling my hair out trying to get a giant male of mine to breed with some females i had bought from trempers that werent giants, but were tangerine albinos and very large. I had put him in with the females for a month and haven't seen an egg or seen any breeding. I then tried cooling him down to see if that would work i did this for a month to no avail. I was at my wits end trying to think of it when this afternoon i had another Tangerine albino male out cleaning his cage when i noticed the male who wouldn't breed from his cage staring at the other male.
I took out all the shelters in the rubbermaid where my girls were kept and put the male that wouldn't breed in and held the other male near the girls but away from the male. Immediatly the male that wouldn't breed rushed over and started trying to bite the other male, i promptly removed the male i was holding and put back in his cage, before i could turn around sure enough the male that wouldn't breed was shaking his tale and soon after mounted one of the girls. It has been 45 minutes now and from quick side swipe glances it looks to me as if hes breed with 3 out of the 4 girls so far. And Boy is he a freak hes a very rough breeder. Wasn't expecting eggs before christmas but i may just luck out.
Im so excited for next season.
Jason
ps thats the pic of the giant male
