my ghost has been adult for 3 weeks now

[beckyl92]

is it too early to mate them?

she looks really fat like shes gonna lay soon.

 

[ismart]

It's not to early to mate them. You should mate her now before she lays an infertile ooth.

 

[beckyl92]

okay i'll feed her up now.

she better not bite his head off! i've got another female that needs mating next week.

 

[Rick]

Go ahead and try.

 

[hibiscusmile]

haha, Rick sounds like u saying go head and let her eat his head! I have a male if u need him!

 

[Rick]

haha, Rick sounds like u saying go head and let her eat his head! I have a male if u need him!

Didn't mean that. :lol:

 

[kamakiri]

She should be ready. I find that darkness seems to help. I try to put them together and mounted at dusk before the light fades. The frequency of 'S' bending and connection attempts is higher in the dark. I've been using a room with a skylight so there is a more natural fading of the light, but have done the same by using light from an adjacent room and progressively closing the door.

This is probably overboard for what is needed, but I have seen the female ghosts 'calling' at dawn. And they stop calling rather abruptly when the lights go on or daylight is coming through the skylight. Two of them have also consistenly laid ooths in the morning, once there's light or daylight. So I think ghosts in general are very sensitve to the ambient lighting.

 

[beckyl92]

ah okay thanks for the info.

i didn't have time to mate them this morning because of college so im gonna try in an hour or so when i get home.

this may be a stupid question but, if i mate them in a net cage will he get his head bit off because he can't fly off?

 

[kamakiri]

ah okay thanks for the info.i didn't have time to mate them this morning because of college so im gonna try in an hour or so when i get home.

this may be a stupid question but, if i mate them in a net cage will he get his head bit off because he can't fly off?

Probably depends on the size of the net cage, and any cage will increase the chance of getting your male eaten. This is the main reason why I use a room if it is available...especially if I only have 1 adult male like I do right now.

 

[beckyl92]

fail!

the male wasn't interested

 

[Lizard]

Just try again a bit later.

I my male's don't want to mate, I simply wait 1 day and then try again.

Greetings.

Stijn.