Getting virgin males to breed!

[seeya205]

I have a spider male that is 763 grams and producing sperm. I have paired him with two females twice each and I have not seen any locks. The females are 3 and 4 year olds that weigh 1784 grams and 2213 grams. I have misted them, put in another males shed, sperm of another male on the females back and I keep him in for 4 days! With the one female, I see her cuddled around him but no locks! What else can I do to get him going?

[WingedWolfPsion]

It might not be him. I have a lot of females who prefer to start later in the season, and I never see locks with them early on, no matter which male I'm using.

[seeya205]

Any other ideas anyone!

[ChadOwens]

Sorry I don't have any further advice than has already been given but I will say that I am in your exact same boat and have tried all the same things with no luck. I have a 2yr male bee at 1400gs that would not breed last year and so far has not locked this season either.

I'm hoping the problem is just that the females I am putting him with aren't ready as WingedWolfPsion proposed.

I have some other snakes breeding but those females are exhibiting signs of being ready (i.e. staying on the cool side, off feed, tail wagging)

The females I have put with the bee with no luck are still on feed and still staying on the hot side.

Are the females you are putting your male with exhibiting ready to breed behavior?

[WingedWolfPsion]

You could try putting him with a female you know is locking, and watch him. If he courts her, you know he's fine, and you can remove him before he breeds your 'test female'.

Another trick--put the freshly shed skin of a female who IS locking in with your females who are not. It might spur the male to court them. It's worked for me at least once.

[Drew87]

Use a bottle of water with another males shed in it, and wet down the cage ( Mist ). Or put another males sperm plugs on the females back. Works like a charm

[Dave Green]

It's real early, don't worry. I haven't even put most of my bps together yet.

There are some good suggestions above. But, another "trick" I've used is to put the male in question in a females bin right after another male has bred with her. Even if it's not the female you want him to breed this may work to get him going.

[MitsuMike]

I have some other snakes breeding but those females are exhibiting signs of being ready (i.e. staying on the cool side, off feed, tail wagging)

I am having some trouble too. Female shows signs of bowl wrapping, cool side but what is the tail wag??

[seeya205]

I am having some trouble too. Female shows signs of bowl wrapping, cool side but what is the tail wag??

They literally wag the end of their tail to say come and get me big boy! It lets out their scent out and you will see it all over the ground!

[seeya205]

Once I have a male shed, I will try the water bottle scent!