Hardcore Courtship

[Rapture]

I decided to go ahead and introduce these two snakes together last night. I haven't lowered any basking spots yet but this female's breeding history shows her to produce clutches early in the season. She's gained all her weight back plus a good 500+ grams and had been off feed for the last two weeks so I decided she's about ready for breeding again. The male is an '07 yellow belly and it looks like he will be a promising breeder. Courtship began just minutes after introducing this pair, then a couple of hours later I observed what appeared to be a good lock. Upon closer inspection, I gently pulled their tails apart and discovered there was no actual copulation yet. I am posting all of this just to illustrate that sometimes what looks to be a definite copulation may very well just be hardcore courship on behalf of the male.

[Drew87]

Very cool, congrats best of luck

[tigerlily]

Looks like a great start to the season. Congrats D!

[karbogast]

Great looking pair of BPs! Sounds like you know your animals and are very observant, which to me are 2 of the most important qualities of a successful breeder. Great job reading them, and I wish you good luck on their progress. Did I mention that YB is sweet? It is!

[Rapture]

Thanks you guys! I'm glad to say that a while after this photo I checked on them again and they were getting it on for real this time.

Kevin, just like everyone else, I think I have the best yellow belly out there... he makes it easy for me to call them one of my favorite morphs.

[Aonaen]

Congratz!

[Somed00d]

is the female a normal? She is sweet!! Oh yeah that YB is nice too. but I really like that female..

[Rapture]

The female isn't real normal but I can't seem to prove her out......

[JasonG]

That female is awesome looking!

[WingedWolfPsion]

Maybe that yellowbelly will bring something out. ^_^
I like that girl, her back is really cool. I hope you figure out how to reproduce it.