First time breeding question

[Ophiophile1054]

This is my first attempt ever at bp breeding and I have a question for those who've been successful. I introduced my male to my female and they started wrestling hard enough to nearly rock the rack. I mean it was pretty loud- you could hear it in the next room. He's been off feed for at least a couple of weeks. Is there something wrong? Do bps normally wrestle that hard when they begin mating? I removed the male because it seemed so violent I wasn't sure if one or both was being badly stressed. Did I mess up by removing him? Any input would be greatly appreciated. I've looked around older threads but I didn't see any concerning male/female fighting/wrestling when first introduced.

[BlueMoonExotics]

Are you positive you got a male and a female there? I would sex them again and make sure you aren't putting 2 males together.

[CryHavoc17]

Hate to break it to you, but it sounds like you probably have 2 males

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Yeah a female usually wont put up that much of a fight.
Who sexed the snakes?

[CORBIN911]

The only noise you should hear, if your close enouhg and on paper is a tail "wiggle" for wrestling you def have something odd going on.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

While I have seen a male and female "wrestle" hard those are generally exceptions, my first thought would be to re-sex the animals in question.

[Tigerhawk]

I agree you may have two males. You need to resex them to be sure. However from you description you gave, I think you have two males.

[Ophiophile1054]

Thanks everyone! I'm going to have them re-sexed. One of them I am confident is a male; I purchased him from a reputable breeder who knows what he is doing. The other one is a bit more suspect as far as being correctly sexed. I have never sexed any of my snakes myself before (I don't have the experience and haven't been taught so I have been afraid to do any damage to them by trying myself.) but I have a fellow herper here who has so I'm going to get help from that individual.

[BlueMoonExotics]

Might as well have him sex both. Mistakes can happen. If after you've had them both sexed and they are in fact male and female then it would be a little weird but not unheard of. I have a friend that had it happen to him even though the same male and female had locked previously. From what I've seen though, it's not common for that to happen and it's usually due to someone not sexing the snakes properly.

[Ophiophile1054]

Well, you guys were right. Looks like they are both male. It explains a lot, it does. Time to change plans I think.