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I keep western whiptails and I keep three of them and two of them started mating yesterday and the girl didnt like it and pulled her self out from under the male so I geuss he wasnt her type or what do you guys think

well she may not want to but she may also not be ready.it might take a few times for the male to try and mate with her before she actually does it.
nick

you remeber me right I was snake12 before but do you know if your going to get those checkered whiptails

no i dont know yet.if the guy who is selling them is their i will probably get one.the reptiel show is just around the corner and i cant wait to go.I will definetly be getting a adult female leo gecko though for my pair i already have.
nick

I have a picture of just there cage but I dont know how to post pictures and Ill get a picture of all three of them soon

they went at it again but this time he let go so do you have any clue what to incabate the eggs at and if not do you know where I was thinking about sendind a letter to ask the breeder in the reptiles mag but I thought to ask you first.And also I found out how to tell males from females males get black throughts like bearded dragons ow yea and my picture of there cage will be posted in the PHOTO GALLERY but also do you think they could have been doing somthing else because I did not hibernate them

well their is a good chance they bred because didnt you find them kind of hibernating.maybe im mistaken that could of been someone else.if they do lay eggs id incubate them in them like normal reptile eggs.also you might see how other people who breed lizards from the west like desert iguanas and chckwallas and possibly collareds how they incubate their eggs as whiptails come from that area.also the way people incubat racerunners eggs(the whiptail that lives in oklahoma)is in a humid atmosphere at about 81 dgrees farenhight.racerunner eggs start to hatch at 55-70 days later.hope this helps even though it doesnt realy talk specifecly about the whiptial you have but im just giving suggestions.
nick

hey if you dont get those checkered whiptails,I know where you can get some whiptails but there not checks there great basin whiptails which are western whiptails if your interested go to chuckwalla.com

well their cool but i just prefer the checks over all the others.their just cool looking.their usually 10 to 20 dollars at herp shows around here.if i dont get one i am going to get some kind of gecko.id like a ameiva but they require way to much room.
nick

what do you think I should use for substrate I keep them on on sand from where I caught them but lately they have been eating dirt with there crickets and am worried about impaction so I was think of putting them on alphafa pellets?????????

I WOULD SAY USE SOME KIND OF CALCIUM SAND BUT I DONT KNOW.IVE NEVER USED ALFALFA PELLETS.THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE IN MY MAGAZINE USES PLAY SAND I THINK.ILL HAVE TO CHECK UP ON IT.I LOOKED FOR YOUR PICTURE OF YOPUR WHIPTAIL AND COULDNT FIND IT.COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE TO LOOK.I CHECKED IN THE PHOTO GALLEREY AND UNDER TEGUS BUT CCOULDNT FIND IT.THE REPTILE SHOW IS ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY.I CANT WAIT!
NICK

WHY ARE YOU YELLING just joking I tried putting it in but it like froze so I try again today and it should be tegus