2nd pair of deremensis mated today.

[rshewfel]

This last week my yellow/orange female deremensis turned a very light green color. I placed the male that I wanted her to mate with in her cage. They are never very aggressive torward each other but this time she was even less bothered by him. I could tell she was definety receptive. I kept them together for almost a week. I watched them several times during the week but the male did not show much interest. They could have mated but I did not witness any behavior to suggest that they did. Today, to see what would happen, I placed my other male in the cage with them. I left the front open, with a branch leading out of the cage, so they were not trapped together. They swelled up and got in a threat posture. The newly introduced male within about 5-10 minutes ran out of the cage. Very shortly after the male mounted the female. The mated for almost 1/2 hr.

If the mating was successful, I will hopefully have two unrelated clutches about a month apart from each other.

 

[Mredhorse]

Congrats and hoping for success.

 

[Action Jackson]

That's great. Good idea introducing another male. I hope you have a successful incubation.

 

[rshewfel]

Thanks all. I am excited to get some eggs. Hopefully everything goes well.

 

[CarlC]

Great job! Keep providing the details that are working for you.

Carl

 

[Dooley1]

Congrats-hopefully you will get successful clutches and beautiful little blue-ish babies.

 

[rshewfel]

Great job! Keep providing the details that are working for you.

Carl

Thanks Carl. I'll keep everyone posted on the egg laying.

 

[rshewfel]

Congrats-hopefully you will get successful clutches and beautiful little blue-ish babies.

Thanks Kevin. I am very much looking forward to the blue-ish babies.