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similiar question to one below, but my male has bred one female fine. other female will either keep trying to pull away @ which point I will seperate them, or she will lay there but he goes n ofurther, she won't lift her tail. she has shown no gender specific visual signs (head bobbing, beard, arm waving) does nothing. have you ever had or seen a female that just din't/wouldn't breed??

Yep, it happens sometimes that she will refuse a male. I've got one I call my lesbian dragon. I've tried breeding her to every male I've got and she just kicks their butts. I began to question whether she was female or not, but then she threw a clutch of duds so I am positive. Just keep trying. A couple nights ago I put her with my big male, not the one that I had planned for her but he didn't take any of her crap, pinned her down and did his thing. I don't know if it took yet but they've been together for a couple days and she hasn't tried to hurt him. Reading back over this it sounds real violent, but I don't think rape is a problem in the animal world, they do what they need to to keep the species going.

Sean
Heart Mountain Herps

The yellow sandfire I have pictured in another post is pretty butch herself. I tried putting my 9 month old blood in with her and she bobbed her head, charged him, and mounted him. I freaked a little. I immediately pulled her out and checked under the tail just to make sure. I put a more experienced male in with her and he let her know it's still a males world. (In the dragon world at least)

Mike
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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.

Ya, sometimes I think it's that they are waiting for a DOMINANT male worthy of passing on his genes. BTW that is a beautiful blood you've got, too bad it didn't work, but her crossed with that snow should be a great mix also.

Sean
Heart Mountain Herps

that was not my blood male. That was a female in the pic. I don't have much background on her genes. She was a $50 pickup from a wholesaler. (we all get lucky sometimes)
This is Clifford "The big red lizard" at 10 months he's 19" and just under 400 grams.

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If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.

He's real pretty too. If you picked her up for $50, go buy a lottery ticket because that is beyond just lucky. LOL I can't wait to see the babies that these two produce when she's old enough, put me on the list.

Sean
Heart Mountain Herps

Love the name also, one of my favorite shows, hehehhehe LMAO

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Eve

How much should I let the female take before seperating? My male can get pretty rough, and this female is my wifes baby so it is a very touchy area.

The normal breeding process can be pretty rough and still be normal. I kind of use the no blood no foul technique. As long as he isn't doing damage, if this starts separate them and then reintroduce in a couple of days. Female dragons are VERY capable of defending themselves if she thinks he is getting too rough.

Sean
Heart Mountain Herps

yeah, this female literally shows no response to any of my other beardies. she just tries to get away if he bites on to her. Ahh, it's frustrating. Thanks for the replies.