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Is he ready?

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Brich

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I am considering breeding my female with a borrowed male with interesting genes. Although he is pretty big, he is thought to be only 2 years old. Furthermore, although I put my female through brumation, the borrowed male has been kept warm throughout the winter. That said, the owner reports that, like my proven stud, he is refusing food and "on the prowl".

What criteria would you use to decide if he is ready?

Would you introduce them for brief times or simply cohabit them?

If he fails to get the job done, would you try again with a brumated proven male?

Thanks,
Ben

About 7 corns and counting...
 
The size and age of the male doesn't matter as much as it does for the female. Also, unbrumated males are just as eager as brumated ones in my experience, as long as the female is ready. I put together a unbrumated pair the other day and they were hooked up within minutes.

I like to introduce the pair in a separate enclosure where I can keep an eye on them, then separate them after a certain amount of time has passed.
 
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Unexperienced males may take a while to figure out exactly what to do, but the usual standard for males is 2-2-2; 2 years old, 2 feet long, 200 g. Unless your female is really large and he's really small, I wouldn't hesitate to try the pairing if this is a cross you want for his genetics.

Sometimes they begin mating in minutes after being put together, sometimes they need to be left alone for a while, or overnight. I wouldn't leave a first-season male with the female longer than overnight though.

I'm curious; what genes are you looking at with this pair?
 
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