Heres the deal, what you saw is a female picking a mate, not that one, this one, etc. Again, its a simple observation that you can backup in the events to come and years to come.

As I mentioned, females are picky in the beginning of their cycle, and not picky at the end. If your pattern breeding etc, you can use that information to lower the chance of problems.

The simple explanation, in nature, the males attend their mate, that is, they are with/around her until she cycles, then they copulate. If something happened to the male, and no male is present, then the situation changes and as time goes by, she will become receptive to other males. Of course, that's a simple explanation and these animals are behaviorally complex, so there is much more.

In captivity, we simplify most everything to the lowest levels, so it fits here.

The key is learning when the female has cycled and becomes receptive. You can tell just by looking when you have experience. Or you can palpate them.

Its starting to appear like palpating is a lost art. Replaced by the timing method, which is not accurate at all. There are millions of shotgun marriages that are proof that timing does not always work.

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