It really depends what's going on when I pair them up ... is the male courting, is there a lock, are they laying at opposite ends of the cage, etc.

How often pairing occur around here depends on what the animals are doing.

It only takes once lock for a female to become gravid ... for piece of mind, I like to see a bunch ... but there's no sense on just blindly running a male in with a female over and over and over again if they are either not doing anything or if they lock every time you pair them up.

Hope this helps.

-adam