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Tonight i put Castner (male) and Lluvia (female) together. the past couple of weeks the temps in our snake room have been in the 80s range, that is due to the weather change out side. i noticed this and i know two of my females are not ready yet to breed, i think maybe next winter will be when they're ready.
As soon as i put the two together in the bin, Castner got ontop of Lluvia and has been on her for about an hour and a half (1:00 am) now it is 2:15am.
I want to know if this is a sign of a male begining to breed with the female, or trying to "get her in the mood"? Also he has his tail in a hook position near her belly area.
Here is a picture that i took of the two together. after i took the picture i took a roll of paper towles and ripped off a couple of towles and cut each one in half, then i took two small pieces of tape and put each piece on the top two corners of the towles, and then taped the towles on the sides of their bin so i wouldnt disturb them. i thought this would be an okay idea cause if they do breed i can peek through and look.
okay one more question. how do females normally act when they are ready, and when they are around males?
i had another question to ask but i guess ill come back to it. it left my mind while i was typing...
thank you for any advice or input. maybe they will breed?!?!

keep your tails crossed!

in this picture you can see his tail wrapped around her belly area. her tail is laying right infront of the cameras view

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Under a dead ohio sky,
Eleven has been and will be waiting,
Defending his light,
And wondering...
Where the hell have I been?
Sleeping, lost, and numb.
So glad that I have found you.
I am wide awake and heading home.
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sorry for the bad picture i turned the flash off so i wouldnt disturb them, but LOOK!!! im going to keep them together for a few days.
i ran out of the room screaming to my boyfriend saying "they're doing it they're doing it!" lol.
any advice on what i should do next? anything...
KEEP YOUR TAILS CROSSED!
Ssam and Aaron

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Under a dead ohio sky,
Eleven has been and will be waiting,
Defending his light,
And wondering...
Where the hell have I been?
Sleeping, lost, and numb.
So glad that I have found you.
I am wide awake and heading home.
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in about 30 hours he will be done take him/her out put back in the original container and repeat in 3 weeks

It looks like the male is too far down the tail. They will get it right eventually.

When a male starts to ride a female, he's trying to get her in the mood. Sometimes you can see him moving his spurs if you look close enough. If a female is not receptive, she won't let him stay on top of her. Also, she will not raise her tail and expose her vent. When she's ready, the tail will usually be raised and her vent will be exposed. Observe and you will see but be quiet and try not to disturb them when you first introduce the male. Once the breeding starts and the male has hooked up with her a few times, your watching is not going to disturb them. That's when you can get the pics like the ones you see posted in this forum.

"i ran out of the room screaming to my boyfriend saying "they're doing it they're doing it!" lol.
any advice on what i should do next? anything..."

Well, since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...find a VERY large tub and.....
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1.1 Blackheaded pythons
1.1 Woma (Juvie female)
2.1 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.0 Angolan Juvie
1.1 Savu
1.1 Juvie Bloods
1.1 Juvie Balls
1.1 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.2 Macklotts
1.1 Papuan Olives
1.0 Jungle Carpet
2.2 Scrubs (on breeding loan)
0.1 Jungle/Diamond cross
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

LOL, Jay you a bad boy

Quig