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Weird Leopard tortoise action...

rudedogsurfrat Jul 18, 2003 08:26 AM

I've got a 12" female Leopard and a 8" 3 year old male. The male usually does alot of fake "air" humping. Yesterday we saw my adult female on top of him doing the same thing. Fake humping, head back, making grunting noises. I'm 100% sure she is a female so that is not the question.

Replies (3)

rudedogsurfrat Jul 19, 2003 07:39 PM

Country-girl3 Jul 19, 2003 08:38 PM

Females will sometimes do the "humping" action. It is more of dominence, I believe than anything else. Could possibly also mean that she is ready to breed.

Hopefully someone else can chime in on the subject.

rudedogsurfrat Jul 19, 2003 11:43 PM

by the way is it too late in the season to breed her? My male is a couple of years from ready but I do have access to a bigger male

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