Hey everyone! Hopefully someone here will have an answer for this. Up til about a week and a half ago or so, my male similis was vigorously courting the female. But I never actually seen her reciprocate by raising her tail so that mating could take place. Today when I was cleaning their terrarium, I found a whole bunch of those orange jelly bean things (infertile slugs?) inside of their hide cave. So my question is this - Were these slugs produced because the female refused the male, or is it possible that they did mate and the male is just shooting 'blanks' ?
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Question for other garter owners
jdt
Jun 15, 2011 08:19 PM
Replies (2)
brhaco
Jun 16, 2011 07:55 PM
Yes.
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Brad Chambers
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Boas, Pythons, Colubrids, Tortoises and Turtles
dekaybrown
Jun 20, 2011 10:10 AM
Most likely she ovulated and deposited the jellybeans prior to any "courting" taking place.
I keep a pair of Radix together, so far she has delivered one batch of jellybeans and a litter of babies half a year later.
nothing to worry about.
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Wayne A. Harvey
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