When put together, the male immediately trys to climb along the female to breed, however he is only successful when he stays on the other side of the cage with only his tail inter-twined with hers. The picture below was moments before copulating occured
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Just an observation
ThomasHarrison
Mar 27, 2005 09:31 AM
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robyn@ProExotics
Mar 29, 2005 01:31 AM
nice Rhinos : )
most of the time when our Coxi breed, they will be in two separate hide spots a foot away from each other, with only the tails coming out and meeting (literally) in the middle...
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robyn@proexotics.com
louevil
Mar 29, 2005 01:24 PM
This behavior has also been observed in Tiger Rat Snakes...it is theorized that this is a defense mechanism so that if confronted with a predator (in the wild of course), the 2 snakes can leave in opposite directions quickly.
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-David Beard
