FRUSTRATED... Answers please

[Mike Cavanaugh]

been paring for 2 months.. and no locks.s


I know it is still early... BUT

what am I doing wrong?

daytime temp 89.. nite time temp 82.

male and female definately old enough to take care of business...

Newspaper substrate... should I switch to aspen??? Please submit comments!!!

Mike

[lillyorchid]

Have you tried paiting her up with another male? She may just be picky. Also if you have two males, putting them together to "fight" will spark them bck up to "get the job done". Also another thing that has helped before is to place male in with female when she is in shed or place male in with her when cold front or a storm is brewing.

[TooManyToys]

Have you tried playing a little Sinatra?

[bigballs]

are you sure the male is a male and the female is a female...

[starmom]

Patience.
It is VERY early in the season.
This takes time.
I have found that putting in another male can sometimes help- though I have not ever done the fighting thing.
She might be more receptive when she's in blue. You could also try leaving the fresh shed in there.
Most of all, patience is the key

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Have you tried playing a little Sinatra?

lol! YES!

I am talking about 3 pairings.... 3 boys, 3 girls. And I am 100% certain of the sexes (probed by vet, and I have since got my own probes, and learned how to probe correctly)

[Jerhart]

Ya you are right it is early...you have PLENTY o time for locks. Seperate your animals for a couple weeks, and the next time you have a male shed, check the shed for spermplugs. Take the spermplugs from the shed and rub them on the back of the female. Make sure you are using the shed from a different male. Then when you introduce your breeder male, he will smell the other male and hopefully get his motor running. I have heard people just throw the whole shed from the other male into the cage with the female and have gotten results. Good Luck Bud!

[JasonG]

2 thoughts on this... Patience...

and your temps dont seem to have much variance between night and day... Why not try 92 day time temp and like 87 at night?

Also maybe you are just missing the locks?

Are your females laying cool?

[JenH]

lol! YES!

I am talking about 3 pairings.... 3 boys, 3 girls. And I am 100% certain of the sexes (probed by vet, and I have since got my own probes, and learned how to probe correctly)

I'm read/heard from more than a couple Floridians that their breeding season starts real late. It probably has to do with the temperatures being warmer down there.....

One trick is to wait to pair them until a cool/cold front goes through. The pressure differences seems to get them going....


Good luck!!!

[nixer]

been paring for 2 months.. and no locks.s


I know it is still early... BUT

what am I doing wrong?

daytime temp 89.. nite time temp 82.

male and female definately old enough to take care of business...

Newspaper substrate... should I switch to aspen??? Please submit comments!!!

Mike

dont feel bad i havent had even a wink in the tub from what i see and i have 5 males rotating for short visits with my codom/normals and some other morph/morph pairings