omg! two of my males are locked, is this common. does it hurt them??
02-08-2010, 10:30 PM
coldblooded
Re: Two males locked
1. Why do you have two males together?
2. Are you sure they are both males?
02-08-2010, 10:33 PM
Animals As Leaders
Re: Two males locked
Quote:
Originally Posted by coldblooded
1. Why do you have two males together?
2. Are you sure they are both males?
my thoughts exactly?!?
you got a couple of homo snakes haha
02-08-2010, 10:34 PM
NathanV
Re: Two males locked
hahaha i was sorting snakes today and kept two males with a female and i came back and they were doing the nasty, hahahaha
02-08-2010, 10:54 PM
Serpents_Den
Re: Two males locked
I've seen 2 male burms go at it, must be a case of mistaken identity. :rofl:
02-08-2010, 10:55 PM
Falconsmith
Re: Two males locked
Haha! Good luck producing! :P
02-08-2010, 10:56 PM
bad-one
Re: Two males locked
Before I knew not to keep ball pythons together I kept 2 males together (did some research and seperated them after several months). Both were young juvies and 100% male (I could pop them and get sperm plugs from them). One day I find them locked up and I'm like :O
So it does happen lol
I'd recheck the sex of the snakes to make sure you don't get any surprises though!
02-08-2010, 11:10 PM
BPelizabeth
Re: Two males locked
yea I would totally recheck!! There was just a huge thread about this....a breeder that has been in the industry decided to re-check his snakes and low and behold ....like 5 or 6 were not what he thought they were.
02-08-2010, 11:13 PM
PyroPython
Re: Two males locked
Ha. A friend of mine had a male BP for 10 years, and bought his GF a PROVEN Female from a "breeder" at an expo. Some time later, we caught his "male" laying eggs. They housed them together.
Rare chance that both his BP's were sexed wrong, especially since one was a "proven female breeder" lol
02-11-2010, 08:40 AM
mason
Re: Two males locked
it's either sexedwrong or what we call "snake rape" which is obviously VERYstressful for the male being dominated.
Why are you co-housing bal pythons?
Why did you not check the sexes of your animals before placing them together?
02-11-2010, 08:52 AM
waltah!
Re: Two males locked
Quote:
Originally Posted by mason
it's either sexedwrong or what we call "snake rape" which is obviously VERYstressful for the male being dominated.
Why are you co-housing bal pythons?
Why did you not check the sexes of your animals before placing them together?
It sounds like he was sorting snakes and put a couple together while doing so. I don't think they were housed together full time. It might not be a bad idea to sex them again though.
02-11-2010, 09:49 AM
NathanV
Re: Two males locked
resexed and definately both boys, plus both of them have been working all season
02-11-2010, 09:54 AM
Freakie_frog
Re: Two males locked
I've heard stories of male locking with each other as a show of dominance. Never seen it but then again I don't put males together during breeding..
02-11-2010, 12:29 PM
Sloanreptiles
Re: Two males locked
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
I've heard stories of male locking with each other as a show of dominance. Never seen it but then again I don't put males together during breeding..
Thats exactly what we have heard. About 3 years ago we had a ball python we bought as a female and never resexed it, when we put the male in they locked up, about a year later I was sorta wondering why "she" hadn't produced. We popped "her" and it turned out to be a Boy! So that whole year two Boys were locking up!
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