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Mating behavior?

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jaxel

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Hello all
I have two 3 year old corns, the male is 350 grams, and the female is 550. I have never bred them before, and this will be my first attempt. I cooled them both for a brief 1 month time period. I decided not to put them in the deep freeze so to speak. I had them at 70 furing the day and let the temps drop to mid 60's at night. They continued to eat during this time period although not as voraciously. I just put them together for the first time a couple of days ago. The male seemed to have some interest in her, but she didn't have any in him. I continued to put them together yesterday and today, only during the day though, with temperatures in the mid 70's. The female seems to be more accepting of the male in her presence, yet I have not noticed nay breeding behavior, or maybe I did and just didin't notice it.
So finally my question. Is there any way to tell if mating has occured, and what type of beavior should I be looking for? Is there anything left in the substrate, that I can see or is it just hit or miss?

Any information on mating behavior someone can provide would be greatly appreciated. So thank you inadvance.
Josh
 
When mine mated i noticed that for about 10 mins after the female seemed slightly swolen by her vent. I dont know if this goes for all corns though. Also you may want to line the area you put them in with some white kitchen towel and you may notice some marks (wansnt quite sure how to put that but i think you know what i mean). Im sure there are other way to tell but as mine have only done it once with me present that is the only thing i noticed. Good luck with the breeding
 
I was fortunate enough to catch mine in flagrante. Plus there was a wet spot, again the innuendo, on the substrate when they were done that was very different from normal excrement. I've heard that newspaper does work well for catching any excess semen thus making it easier to determine that mating took place.
 
I was wondering if this is considered a sign that my corns have mated, or not? After I had put the together for two days in a row, their regular feeding times came around, yet they did not seem interested in food at all. Do you think this is a sign they are mating?
 
Especially around breeding season, corns seem to lose their appetites a little. It has something to do with the phormones, I think. It is normal for corns to skip feedings during breeding season.
 
I think you need to warm them back up and get their feeding schedule back to normal. They aren't eating or breeding because they are still "cool". They will breed in a few weeks after you warm them back up.

Kyo
 
Hey Kyocera,
thanks for the reply, but I never really cooled the male, and the female I only let her go without heat for about 4 weeks.Just left her temps at room temp which is about 65-70 F. And they were eating great the week before I put them together, and now they just stopped. I think Gutata may be on the right track with the hormone thing. But anyway thanks for the reply .
Josh
 
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