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i have a 2.5 year old boy and a 13 month old female nosy be' she keeps looking like she wants to mate when she sees him and when i put them together she is receptive colored untill he walks up to her then she gets darker and darker until she turns completely non-receptive (almost soild black and gaping and hissing)and runs away. this is my first time breeding my panthers. any educating ansewers are welcome thanks

1.1 nosy be'
1.1 abanja
1.1 leopard gecko
?.? dwarf tegu (baby)
1.0 jackson

Are you putting the female into the male's enclosure when you introduce? If so, you may want to consider neutral territory.

We have a 14 month old nosy female that was the same way. Each time we put her in with one of the males - she would become aggressive, turn dark and fend off the male. We didn't give up - every week we would try again. We even tried other males - at other breeder's locations - no luck.

Then one day, one of our ambanja pairs decided to breed while outside sunning (we have a bunch of 12ft maple trees). The male kept going down his tree and towards her tree! Finally, we took down the barrier and he went up her tree and mating commenced.

Since the male finds the female in the wild - why do we put the female into the male's cage..????? Not sure who decided it was the best approach. We have since done some experiments with this method, and find that neutral territory works great. Even if the neutral area is a branch on the floor!

Our nosy female finally consented - when the male came onto the tree she was sunning herself on. You might want to try this approach.

Morgana - Reptayls, Ltd.

Morgana,
I have found that putting the female into the male's cage gets younger males into the "mood" more easily. But, mature males don't really seem to mind at all. Although a crabby female tends to be more willing in either the males cage or on nuetral ground. I have had really crabby females that had the overall peach coloration and by all means were ready to breed, but they just didn't feel like it. These girls for some reason (and lack of a better word) needed to be raped. Once the male let her know who was boss she calmed down and went along with it. Although quads seem much more willing to breed when the male is thrown in the female's cage. They also seem to breed more readily when more than one female is housed together and the male is put in with them and given his choice.
Paul