Female very aggressive after forst lock up

Have a female that has always been very friendly, never a problem with her. I introduced my pastel to her and they locked up for 2 days straight. Took him out and let her rest for a week. Now when I tried to put any of my males in their she attacks them. She also goes after me now and wont let me near her. Does this sound normal? Is their anything wrong?

Wow never heard of this before, i would be interested to see what others have to say...

I would double check the sex of your purported female. disregarding the political discussion surrounding gay marriage, some male royals have been known to lock with each other. that doesn't mean they won't prove to be aggressive with other males, but it might explain your current predicament.

if you're absolutely certain you have a female, I'd only suggest patience. just because we're at the tail end of winter doesn't mean they automatically know it's breeding season.

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Originally Posted by jeff6898

Have a female that has always been very friendly, never a problem with her. I introduced my pastel to her and they locked up for 2 days straight. Took him out and let her rest for a week. Now when I tried to put any of my males in their she attacks them. She also goes after me now and wont let me near her. Does this sound normal? Is their anything wrong?

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Is she actually striking at the males? I've never seen this, but I've seen some females get rather testy and pushy when paired up but never actually strike at a male. Double check your care sheet making sure all is well. Has she been eating?

As far as her not letting you near her, you can control that simply by picking her up. Usually you can just reach around out of reach and pick up from behind, or you can use a snake hook, box, tub lid, etc...to guide her head down and just go in and get her. Once in hand, she'll probably be fine.

Yeah she is a she. She bread for me last year just fine with no problems. Have no idea what is wrong with her now. She ate a rat 3 days ago. Yeap sunk her teeth into my lesser, and struck at the pastel I put back in as well. The same one she locked with a week ago with no problems.

Wow, never seen that before! Try feeding her another rat? (Maybe he was just not very skilled? lol...)

Decided to check on her today and she went right after me again. Fed her and she devoured it. Had her almost 2 years and this is the first time she has been like this. Oh well mabey she will calm down enough so I can get a male back in there with her soon.

Feed that girl!

I have found that my females get ravenous when they start breeding, and if you are not providing enough food they get very nasty tempers. I've never had one strike at a male, but I've had one "s" up to strike and I had to tap her head to snap her out of it.

If they feel they are not receiving enough nutrition, they loose interest in breeding fast. Mine eat heavily for the first few months, and don't go off feed until they are noticeably building and glowing.

Gale

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Originally Posted by angllady2

feed that girl!

I have found that my females get ravenous when they start breeding, and if you are not providing enough food they get very nasty tempers. I've never had one strike at a male, but i've had one "s" up to strike and i had to tap her head to snap her out of it.

If they feel they are not receiving enough nutrition, they loose interest in breeding fast. Mine eat heavily for the first few months, and don't go off feed until they are noticeably building and glowing.

Gale

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Yep, that was my only thought--she's just so hungry, she's striking at everything. I'd say feed her until she's full, then put the male back in while she is busy digesting, lol.

I do remember people talking about hungry females attacking males accidentally when they were introduced to their bin--one person had to rescue their poor male after the female actually wrapped him, lol. Since reading about that, i'm always cautious when putting the males in, but I have never had a female even look like she was going to go after a male, once she had a chance to smell him.

Thanks for the advice I will try the feeding thing.

I had one of my female pastels bite my lesser male as I was putting him in, right on the head/face. I felt bad for the dude, as he was just trying to get some loving. So I took him out and fed her. I always make sure my girls aren't hungry when introducing males, just in case :)

She's telling you FEED ME!!!

lol, all of my females do this in Sept/Oct/Nov and I respond by feeding them every 3-4 days during those months.
Females will eat up heavily before breeding and even during breeding before they slow down to eventually stop eating before ovulation :gj:

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Yep, that was my only thought--she's just so hungry, she's striking at everything. I'd say feed her until she's full, then put the male back in while she is busy digesting, lol.

I do remember people talking about hungry females attacking males accidentally when they were introduced to their bin--one person had to rescue their poor male after the female actually wrapped him, lol. Since reading about that, i'm always cautious when putting the males in, but I have never had a female even look like she was going to go after a male, once she had a chance to smell him.

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So I just paired my Mojave female with my male woma banana fire male who is about 800 grams last night and when I put him in she immediately but him and wrapped him up. I poked her on the head and she let go right away but definitely bit nanners right one the face enough to draw blood. I just fed her to medium rats like threes days apart and she is still ravenous. So I think it just had to do with a super strong food response due to follicle development. I'm gunna pack her full of another rat on Sunday and see if she clams down. She is also super food responsive in her tub and if I put my hand in there she will bite and wrap but as soon as she is out of the tub she is right back to my puppy tame snake.

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Originally Posted by jeff6898

Thanks for the advice I will try the feeding thing.

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What are you feeding her and whats her weight?