female tail-waving?

[Rhacodactyl]

I noticed my leo pair scoping each other out through the walls of their tubs today. The male was trying to get at the female, but not doing any sort of signaling, at least not after the point that I noticed them. She was about as close as she could get to him (separated by plastic though) and had her tail lifted and slowly undulating. I thought this was something only males would do, so was it a sign of aggression or warning to him? He turned around and licked himself a little, so I'm guessing he knew he was looking at a female despite her display. She's definitely a female too. So what was going on between them? I'm guessing it's a sign that they still aren't ready to be introduced to one another?

 

[dprince]

I have a few females that will do this when they're not in the mood. :thinking:

 

[gko reptiles]

Same here. When a female is being 'pissy' (for lack of a better word) she'll wave her tail as well. There is a difference though, you'll notice, between a male when he's ready to breed with a female and the 'wave' that you saw. Males and females will wave their tails as a sign of aggression, but tail 'wagging' (or vibration) that is done before breeding is nearly always by the male. I've seen one female do this, but it was for a wax worm, so maybe that's just her thing, but who knows?

 

[Rhacodactyl]

Thanks guys. They're about 70 grams now so I thought I'd probably be introducing them sometime in the next couple of months. Hopefully that'll give her enough time to warm up to him.

 

[cooter]

My female Patty does the tail wag in a figure 8 pattern. When she does this is when she is interested in mating and my other females. I haven't seen her do it in a warning manner though. Her warning is a side to side while standing as tall as he can. She and the other females also vibrate their tails when just about to catch a cricket and sometimes mealies.