Female Not Interested :(

[CeeJay]

Hey All. I have female that I have been waiting so long to get going. She's a late 2013 Hypo Black Pastel. I picked up a Hypo Firefly (Glowfly) in January 2015 in hopes to pair them up. I started around the first of the year and witnessed no locks at all. I thought that my Glowfly wasn't ready so I paired him up with another female to see if he would lock with her. To my surprise he did, so I paired him back up with the Hypo BP, no lock. I now have tried to pair the Hypo BP with my Hypo Lemonblast, Mojave Het Hypo, and Bumble Bee....NO LOCKS.

Has anyone had this experience as well? Anything I can try? Did the female eventually lock the next season? Thanks.

[bcr229]

If she's a late 2013 then she's barely two years old. Try her again in six months.

[Galaxygirl]

Hey All. I have female that I have been waiting so long to get going. She's a late 2013 Hypo Black Pastel. I picked up a Hypo Firefly (Glowfly) in January 2015 in hopes to pair them up. I started around the first of the year and witnessed no locks at all. I thought that my Glowfly wasn't ready so I paired him up with another female to see if he would lock with her. To my surprise he did, so I paired him back up with the Hypo BP, no lock. I now have tried to pair the Hypo BP with my Hypo Lemonblast, Mojave Het Hypo, and Bumble Bee....NO LOCKS.

Has anyone had this experience as well? Anything I can try? Did the female eventually lock the next season? Thanks.

Don't even get me started with this! I have two young males (2014) that will only pair with 1 of my 5 females. I've rotated them many times and they're only interested in the one girl. My amazing breeder male will breed anything that moves and has no problem with these girls, so I think it's the young males that are reluctant, maybe not the females.

One trick I just learned about that people swear by is putting the unbreeding pair into the cage of the breeding female. So remove the female that is breeding and put her in another tub, then put the male and female that wont breed into that breeding female's regular cage. This is supposed to trick the male into breeding with the female that he wouldn't breed with before by mixing up their scents or something. Now if it's the female that's denying the male, then I don't know what to do there.

As bcr229 mentioned, she may be too young.

[CeeJay]

If she's a late 2013 then she's barely two years old. Try her again in six months.

I was afraid she wouldn't be ready however all my other females were ready at the 2 year mark. Ugggh. Just might have to wait like you suggested.

[CeeJay]

Don't even get me started with this! I have two young males (2014) that will only pair with 1 of my 5 females. I've rotated them many times and they're only interested in the one girl. My amazing breeder male will breed anything that moves and has no problem with these girls, so I think it's the young males that are reluctant, maybe not the females.

One trick I just learned about that people swear by is putting the unbreeding pair into the cage of the breeding female. So remove the female that is breeding and put her in another tub, then put the male and female that wont breed into that breeding female's regular cage. This is supposed to trick the male into breeding with the female that he wouldn't breed with before by mixing up their scents or something. Now if it's the female that's denying the male, then I don't know what to do there.

As bcr229 mentioned, she may be too young.

Sounds like you're as frustrated as me. All my others seem to be going at it as hoped. Its just this one girl.

Just might have to try your trick. If it doesn't work, wait until mid August as BCR suggested.

Thanks

[Albert Clark]

Sounds like you're as frustrated as me. All my others seem to be going at it as hoped. Its just this one girl.

Just might have to try your trick. If it doesn't work, wait until mid August as BCR suggested.

Thanks

Also , try to be cognizant of the weights of your females as well as their ages. That is a big consideration as well.The males also but definitely your females. You shouldn't have to use a trick, if all the essentials are in place, nature will take its course. Just how I see it.

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

Even if my 2 year old females are over 1500-1600g, only about 50% of them will go at 2 years old. 3rd year is a charm