How do you seperate locked snakes?
I have a pair of Mojaves that are locked right now and someone is coming over to borrow the male. I dont want to yank them apart for fear of screwing up the male's junk. I tried moving them around slightly to get them to move but they seem uninterested in me.
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I wouldnt touch them at ALL it can seriously damage the males penes. I know some people that have pulled the male out not seeing that they are locked and it screwed up his penes and he couldnt breed. So let them do their thing.
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Freakie_frog
You don't!!!
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Why are You loaning a male You're still breeding?
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coldbloodaddict
x2!!!
Why are You loaning a male You're still breeding?
I was wondering the same thing. :confused:
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Hi,
And exactly how does that jibe with good quarantine procedures? :confused:
If he borrows your male and exposes it to another snake then you should put the male into a 30-90 day quarantine period in another room - I suspect you were not planning on doing that in the middle of breeding season with one of your morph males. :rolleyes:
In future I would advise you don't pair up any animal you may need to more in the next 24-48 hours to avoid this problem.
But in this case his lock potentially stopped you losing a load of your collection to disease.
dr del
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Not a good idea. :colbert:
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I agree with everyone else. Even barely touching one of the animals could cause them to move quickly and ball up, and this would tare the males penes. Do not disturb them at all. Your friend needs to wait till the male is finished. They usually only lock up for a few days at a time then take a break. Durring the break is when you remove the male. I also share snakes with my best friend. With do projects together. I work with his animals on a everyother day basis so I know the status of his animals. This would be the only way I would by pass the quarintine process. I know his animals are healthy and he knows mine are healthy.
Matt
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For some odd reason i just got a sharp pain in my midsection! Leave your "breeding" snakes be. stick around here, you'll learn quite a bit about these fascinating creatures.......
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I left them alone. And quarintine is not necessary since all the snakes originated from my house and recieve the best care.
