Female very aggressive after forst lock up

[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?

[Mike41793]

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

[wwmjkd]

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.

[RobNJ]

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?

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.

[jeff6898]

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.

[WingedWolfPsion]

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

[jeff6898]

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.

[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

[AKballs]

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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[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.