Question about initial pairing for breeding

[killswitch]

So in the not so distant future I plan to breed my Bumblebee het pied to my pied female.
I have done much research and starting to work on a hatchling rack and incubator.

I guess the question I have is, When introducing the bumblebee to the females enclosure is this much of a risk? Do I have to ease them in , put them around each other a bit? or drop him in and close the lid?
Should I remove the hide? My female pied only eats in her hide and a mouse has to enter it then she slams it. (Yes I said mouse, she wont touch rats, and she is over 1600 grams) I would hate to see my bumblebee enter her hide and get nailed.

Sorry If these are big time newbie questions, I guess that's just what i'm most fearful of is having my female tag my male when he enters the hide.

any tips hints stories suggestions would be great! thank you!

[iCandiBallPythons]

Place him in her enclosure and they will do their thing

[bcr229]

With two of them in there you may want to take out the hide, then put it back when you remove the male so she can spend a day in it before you feed her. The other reason to remove it, which I discovered the hard way, is that it will be one less thing to deep clean after their session. Or to put it another way, my female pees like a racehorse and wags her tail like a puppy dog when her boyfriend arrives... you can imagine the mess...

[killswitch]

With two of them in there you may want to take out the hide, then put it back when you remove the male so she can spend a day in it before you feed her. The other reason to remove it, which I discovered the hard way, is that it will be one less thing to deep clean after their session. Or to put it another way, my female pees like a racehorse and wags her tail like a puppy dog when her boyfriend arrives... you can imagine the mess...

Lol thanks for the advice, my big pied girl already makes a ridiculous mess when she poops. she poops about once a month but when she does she spreads her entire water bowl and pee and poop across the entire enclosure. I use paper towels as a substrate and I can instantly tell when she went because the towels are all brown yellow and completely soaked.


I am extremely excited to get this little project going. I just want to make sure I have everything set up perfectly before I pair them.