Female kings, cycle and become receptive, they have a window in which the male can fertilize the female. This occurs when the ovum drop out of the ovaries and migrate into the oviducts. You can palpate the string of pearls easily.
She becomes receptive just before you can palpate and for aprox 10 days after. During the beginning of the receptive period, the female is choosy and will copulate with her male of choice, her bonded mate if she has one. Late in the period, she will copulate with a doorknob. Ok, that's a little raw, she is no longer choosy and will breed any Tom, Richard or harry that comes along. Guys, where have we seen this before?????

So wait until the female is well into her cycle, then place a male in the cage. Of note, when females are receptive, they have a behavior, its called cloacal gaping. That is, she lays strait and lifts her tail up and opens the cloaca. With kings, a female well into her cycle will gape for just about anything. You can touch them mid body and do that jerk thing males do and up goes the tail.(I swear I am not a perv)

Anyway, this is the biology and the behavior and the cure. Best of luck. A bit of advice, when keeping reptiles that can kill or eat eachother, its best to socialize them. that prevents all that messing stuff.

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