Can two males lock up?

Trying to give my brothers coworker some advice... Not the easiest thing to do because he is over 1200 miles away!

He has two BP's. He was told they are both males. He was keeping them together (has since seperated them) and he observed them locked up a couple times. I know this says they are most likely a male and a female.... but it does bring up the question.

Is it possable that when one male is trying to dominate another that they will actually lock up? What about two girls?

I have had 2 males lock up. I had sexed one as a female. I have since had 4 breeder friends i know sex him he is definitely male. I have pictures of the tail lock. It definitely locks lagit. I actually had several people look at the pictures and they were sure it was a tail lock until they sexed the same "female".

I have heard of a dominant male locking up on another male. Never seen it myself; I usually use two males and a female to stimulate virgin males but the mature male always locks on the female.
I'd recommend LLLreptile for a set of probes..... maybe he's got a pair

Only in San Fransisco.............I've never seen that at all

yes ... two males kept in the same enclosure can and will lock.

Hope this helps.

-adam

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Originally Posted by southb

only in san fransisco.............i've never seen that at all

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http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...1/PICT0839.jpg
this is what it looks like I thought the normal was a female but no

Yes

I put a male with what I though was a female and they locked, turned out that “female” was really a male.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Yes

I put a male with what I though was a female and they locked, turned out that “female” was really a male.

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That is always a really really bad surprise

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Originally Posted by dreese88

That is always a really really bad surprise

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So says Danny Bonaduce.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...um/lock3my.jpg

Yep... they can and they will.

Bruce

WOW :O I didn't know that :O How can that even happen, how does that even work :confused: That's weird :weirdface

I think they call that prison ____.

I had a mis-sexed ball python and when another male was place in the enlcosure all they did was knock around the cage...?? I mean some hardcore knocking.... LOL The whole tub was moving around.... I immediately removed the male and sexed the other and it was a male..... I had never sexed the snake but it was sold to me as a female..... I didn't know they would lock like that...

Alan

I am a lesbian and i am glad to see that you are all progressive enough to look at gay snake porn.

i have two males and kept them together for a very short while when i first got the second one and they never locked. i guess they were both bottoms.

Maybe they weren't liberal enough

Lots of folks on this site emphasize that snakes should not be kept together in the same enclosure but never give a good reason. I'd say this is a good reason. :O

Maybe it should be included in the care sheet. :gj:

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Originally Posted by grunt_11b

I had a mis-sexed ball python and when another male was place in the enlcosure all they did was knock around the cage...?? I mean some hardcore knocking.... LOL The whole tub was moving around.... I immediately removed the male and sexed the other and it was a male..... I had never sexed the snake but it was sold to me as a female..... I didn't know they would lock like that...

Alan

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The ones I posted the pic of, the one was mis-sexed, so I put them together and they locked twice... third time they battled and behaved like males combatting.

I pulled them and probed the supposed female to find out they were both males.

I pulled the male het (the one I REALLY wanted to breed with one of my females) and I was not able to get him to breed for me at all last year. He did breed this year, but it was a HUGE production for him.

Basically my negligience last year scared him off breeding.

But it is a similar risk taken when people battle males, they may scare one off of breeding.

Bruce

I have had two males lock up...for hours. I was under the impression one was a female, but the next time I attempted to breed them, they went into combat mode. I probed & they are indeed two males.

Wow....I was under the impression that lesbians never played with balls.