Quote Originally Posted by Gio View Post
If she's a she, I doubt it is Gerald.

Male retics are known for going crazy and arching and being combative during breeding time. Females typically don't react the same. In most species, and this includes all animals, it's the male that has to put on the show to attract the female and battle the other contenders for the rights to breed. Females will signal their readiness with pheromones but don't go nuts looking for a mate.

If it ends up being Gerald, I'd guess it is a male VS male issue, not a female all jacked up for a male.

Again, everything we say here is speculation as to why the constant pushing is taking place. Maybe she's just wired to explore.

Time will hopefully set things in the right direction.
True but Jacob has tried everything from raising temps, lowering temps, more food, less food, covering the cage, hides, no hides, more outside time to try and wear her out, higher humidity, lower humidity. Heck i think he even changed substrates. While i agree, males are usually the ones who are difficult, doesnt mean a female couldnt be difficult too and reacting different. My female BP has been very active the past month or so and i know she is a female as i had my vet probe her.

Phyllis could be a guy i guess but in that case, Daniel Solis would be completely wrong on 100% Phyllis because she was sold as a female pure Kalatoa. Now it might be a male Kalatoa mix? Thats a pretty big 'oops' lol.

And yeah, all we are doing is guessing on reasons as the snake cant talk which would make life easier maybe or maybe not. Imagine your retic asking you for feed 24/7 lol.

Like i said, count your blessings Wallace isnt pushy or foody. I know what Jacob is dealing with as i went through it with Caesar for a couple months. The weird thing is Caesar never arched or got combative thank god. He just got really pushy.

And funny thing is my BP actually arches her back when i pet her which she never did before during her yearly not eating sessions. She also wasnt out any more than usual when in her non feeding time.

But anyways, we'll see what happens. Hopefully this fixes the pushing issue.