TIPS: Getting a male to breed for his 1st time

I just thought with breeding season upon us, we could post some tips for getting a first time male to breed.

What tips can you pass on?

Bumpin this, I am going to be breeding for the first time here next month. I have two males that are around 600-750g so I'd very much like to hear any tips anyone has. :gj:

I'd love to hear some tips on this as well :) I'll be breeding next season and would love to know what others have done.


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Put an immature male in with a mature female for a week or two, add another male to one thats with a female but not interested in her, encourage a little male combat by putting males together for a few minutes, put the male with the female when shes just freshly shed, im sure other people have plenty of other tips they can add....
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Thunderstorms. Works like magic.

Drop the temps and introduce them.

I never put 2 males together to combat with each other...

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Originally Posted by coldbloodaddict

Drop the temps and introduce them.

I never put 2 males together to combat with each other...

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Tried it a few times several years ago and all it seemed to do was stress them all out. Was a hell of a thing to witness though...:O

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

Thunderstorms. Works like magic.

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Oddly this has been true with pretty much every reptile / fish / darn near anything I have attempted to breed.

Put them together when there is low barometric pressure. It makes them frisky.

Pair early and often between meals.

I have used many methods and I have 400g males locking this year already. Never hurts to throw a "Pro-male" shed in the tub when you pair a young male. I always pop younger males before I toss them in with a female. I have thrown a few younger males in a tub together with a 800g Pro breeder and immediately paired after that.

Both my 1.0 Bananas are May/June 2013 hatches and at 400g+ they are locking with plugs. I had a 2012 Enchi Fire locking at 380g with plugs last season. He's a Pro now.

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