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I have a total of 3.6 adult Lewisi crosses. This year one of my males is healing from a broken leg and is not in the mating mood. I have moved the females with the other males meaning that each male has 3 females that he could possibly mate.

sometimes when I get home from work, most of the females are on the second level of the cage or hiding in the boxes. It seems that they are running from the males. I usualy pick a female and place her on the floor with the male. The males sometimes quickly breeds the female.

The question here is do Cycluras breed more then once a day?
and with what frequency do they breed the females?

Thank you,

Manny

I had 1.2 cubans awhile back, and everytime I put them togather it was more like rape than mating. Never owned any lewisi crosses, but they are notorious for being agressive towards the opposite sex. Your females are probably stressed out and hiding for their livihood.

I have seen my rhinos breed more than once in one day, but that is not important. What is important is that the male successfully breeds once when the female is healthy and receptive. It is belived that the females are receptive for about a 2 week period usually late spring/early summer, depending on your climate. Since you are in Florida, check with Ehrig.

You need to have lots of floor space so that all the females can layout in the sun without being molested by the male. Put up some visual barriers. Once the breeding season is done, keep the male elsewhere, and provide each female with a separate nesting area. The nesting area usually won't be used unless it is in a sunny area. They will fight over nesting areas, so if you have separate enclosures to put them in that will help make it less stressful. It is a very stressfull process for the females. Good luck.