drache
11-05-2008, 01:25 PM
last year I put my snakes in brumation in gender tanks and then introduced them to their partners in spring
at the time my parietalis male just ended up hiding from the females
since my vet mentioned three times (at least) that they tend to mate in fall - his words: "three weeks after the male goes off feed, I put them together and - boom!"
so I thought - what the heck, I'll just put them out there in pairs - a little more space and labour intensive, but if it increases breeding success . . .
so that's what I did yesterday - moved several tanks into the sunporch, with all that that entails
and a mere hour later I can say that apparently the parietalis male is no longer scared of the big girl
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3006181724_c13dcd0d7e_b.jpg
their size difference still astounds me
at the time my parietalis male just ended up hiding from the females
since my vet mentioned three times (at least) that they tend to mate in fall - his words: "three weeks after the male goes off feed, I put them together and - boom!"
so I thought - what the heck, I'll just put them out there in pairs - a little more space and labour intensive, but if it increases breeding success . . .
so that's what I did yesterday - moved several tanks into the sunporch, with all that that entails
and a mere hour later I can say that apparently the parietalis male is no longer scared of the big girl
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3006181724_c13dcd0d7e_b.jpg
their size difference still astounds me