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Surprise copulation I think??? (long post)

cddiveright Jan 18, 2006 12:31 AM

First time in here but I have some specific questions about breeding.

I aquired a couple of red tails as a rescue a few months back and took them to the vet for checkups and sexed them while there. They came up both female????? I had thought that one was male but i took my specialists word (Yes he is a reptile and exotic specialist) Lately one has, what I believe, been trying to copulate. Strectched out together and rubbing their tails together and spurring. My wife found the two "ladies" in a tail tango this morning and she opened the cage to see what was up she saw they were locked together. I have never been witness to breeding behavior as I do not normally house my snakes together except as I said this was a surprise rescue and I have not built there permanent home. Now that I know one "lady" is really a "man" what can I expect from this encounter.

How will I know if she is prego.
Do I need to hurry and seperate.
Feeding etc.

Thank you for any and all help. I am experienced at snake husbandry and the lifestyle but havn't gotten the breeding bug. So I havn't researched before the SURPRISE.
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Chris, my wife Mary
a dog, two cats, two birds, six snakes
oh and three kids

Replies (3)

deadlyjokers Jan 18, 2006 07:19 PM

Amen brother AMEN..
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0.1 wife
0.4 kids
2.0 kids
0.1 columbian redtail (gravid) 6ft
1.0 pastel 6 1/2 ft
1.0 burmese 10ft
1.0 redtail baby
0.1 surinam(purple)
50 rats
3.4 dwarf hamsters
1.1 dogs
0.2 farret
8.24 mice
1.0 guinie pig
0.2 cats

brian_1052 Jan 18, 2006 08:39 PM

what happend to rest of the thread????????????????? too many people get thier feelings hurt by the truth?

pythonis Jan 18, 2006 09:15 PM

i guess so. go censorship!
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