First time breeding!

[Connor]

My first ever time breeding! A really exciting but nervous experience lol! A wild caught female carolina and a male from @Sarah K(Thanks Sarah!!). 

Ive been wanting to breed for a while, so this is really amazing! I'm obviously very new at this so if you see anything wrong or off; please let me know. 

Wow... I'm still in shock haha.

I'm not wanting to count my chickens before the hatch but I'm trying to figure out what to do with the ooths.. I will probably keep 1-2 and the others... well just lmk if you'd be interested in them. But I don't want to jinx myself. 

To many fertile ooths!

Connor

 

[River Dane]

@Connor

congratulations! Nice male 

good luck on your breeding endeavor!

and to many fertile ooths!

 

[Connor]

Thanks @FluffyMantid! 

They are still going at it. 

Going to try and save the male... but we will see tomorrow morning lol

 

[Serle]

hey connor , looks like a good cover to me , how long was the tie in ?   1.5 to 2 hrs. is very acceptable ............  S

 

[River Dane]

@Connor

you're welcome!

Hopefully he'll live to breed another day, lol. 

Btw, how'd you get him to connect? I'm gonna try and breed my pair in a week or something.

 

[Connor]

hey connor , looks like a good cover to me , how long was the tie in ?   1.5 to 2 hrs. is very acceptable ............  S

They are still at it. My female has started moving around the enclosure now making me think they are almost good. I'm glad everything looks good 

@Connor

you're welcome!

Hopefully he'll live to breed another day, lol. 

Btw, how'd you get him to connect? I'm gonna try and breed my pair in a week or something.

Honestly it didn't take much and was a very close call. First I waited for my female to catch and start eating a fly. Then I put my male in behind her so that she couldn't see him. He noticed her but didn't really make a move, and proceeded to go the opposite direction. I basically just turned him around by using some tweezers. The. I pushed him towards his lady friend. At this point the female noticed him and started eyeing him. I then decided he needed to make a move fast so I kinda gave him a bump. He then jumped right near her and she attacked him. Somehow out of the chaos he had made it onto her back and started to do his business. 

So yeah... it wasn't graceful or professional.

 

[River Dane]

@Connor

oh, lol. Stilll helpful, though, thanks a million!

 

[Connor]

@Connor

oh, lol. Stilll helpful, though, thanks a million!

No problem. 

Let us know how it goes

Good luck

Connor

 

[River Dane]

@Connor

welp, I tried. Spent the last two hours watching and guiding the pair. He almost made it, but he hesitated climbing on, but that was all the time Biollante needed. Rookwood died... oh well, thanks for the tips, though. Saved him several, lol.

 

[Connor]

@FluffyMantid

oh wow. Sorry hear about that... I guess sometimes it just doesn't work out. How old was your female and male(after adult molt)?

 

[Connor]

If any breeder could answer these questions that would be greatly appreciated . 

Theyve been attached now for over 9 hours... is this too long for a carolina? 

And when will she start laying ooths? She is 2 weeks into adulthood. 

Thanks!

 

[Velve]

Theyve been attached now for over 9 hours... is this too long for a carolina? 

And when will she start laying ooths? She is 2 weeks into adulthood.

That's normal. Bigger species can copulate for 12 hours or more sometimes.

The first ooth might take 1-2 weeks. 2 weeks after the final molt they usually just got ready to mate.

 

[Connor]

@Velve

thanks for the response. I figured since she's so young she would take a while for her first ooth. Will putting her in a enclosure with a bunch of sticks help her lay faster? Or can I just wait a week or so then put her in with the sticks?

 

[Velve]

@Velve

thanks for the response. I figured since she's so young she would take a while for her first ooth. Will putting her in a enclosure with a bunch of sticks help her lay faster? Or can I just wait a week or so then put her in with the sticks?

Sticks won't motivate her to lay faster. They often just attach ooths to the mesh on top of the tank. Nothing to do now but feeding her well and wait.

 

[Connor]

@Velve

Alright! Well I guess it's just a waiting game. I also got a brunners ooth about to hatch so I get excited every time I get back home to check on everyone lol. 

I really appreciate the tips. Thanks.

Connor

 

[River Dane]

@FluffyMantid

oh wow. Sorry hear about that... I guess sometimes it just doesn't work out. How old was your female and male(after adult molt)?

I don't know, actually, lol. She was an adult when I found her, but I didn't breed her until after two weeks. The male was also two weeks into adulthood. Is that too soon?

 

[Connor]

@FluffyMantid

they should have been fine to breed. I would've given the female something to chew on though before you tried to mate them. Sometimes it just comes down to luck. 

Who knows, maybe your girl has already mated in the wild.

 

[River Dane]

@Connor

She did have a mealworms, but she eats fast, lol. She lives up to her name.

I didn't even think about that. Hopefully she did.

thanks for all the help.

How's your pair doing?

 

[Connor]

@FluffyMantid

haha I feel like all the females demolish food

No problem

They are doing fine. Last time I checked(a few hours ago) they were still at it