Male not doing his job

[Franks_Geckos]

I have a 1 1/2 yr old Jungle Rainwater male that has been paired up with two females (same age as him). The females have each spent at least 3 weeks to a month with him and neither has laid a single egg let alone an infertile one. I am starting to think he has inverted hemipenes or something like that. The females are both at or over 50 grams and the male is easily 65-70 grams. One of the females is another Jungle Rainwater and the other is my best SHTCTB holdback from last year. I was hoping to produce some Stripe and Jungle Rainwaters and some Rainwater Hybino hets, but now I am thinking I may have to change plans. I don't know if the condition (if he has it) is able to be fixed, but I am thinking I need to get a Raining Red Stripe or a Stripe het RW as an insurance policy since I already sold my other Rainwater males.
The female SHTCTB can always be bred to one of my SHT males or my Mack male, but I was really hoping to get my RW Hybino project going. Any advice or suggestions?

 

[Nastynotch]

maybe your male is just out of juice? lol

my guess is that leos can be infertile too? something ive never seen to happen.

or maybe hes just not good enough for your females. they could be picky you know ;-)

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

My first question is are you sure that the females are ovulating? It may not be your male. Have you witnessed copulation?

 

[gixxer3420]

Have you tried playing music? maybe he's a romantic. Sorry man i had to please don't take it wrong

 

[GeckoMandi]

Hmm sounds like the same problem I've had with my male blizzard lately, he get's in the tank with the female, sniffs her does the rattling of the tail and then gives up lol. I'm not going to try and breed again until the season starts back.

 

[Franks_Geckos]

He rattled his tail the first time they were introduced, but I haven't seen any copulation. Maybe Jeremy is right and they are just not ovulating yet..... I guess I could wait until Spring and give him another shot with one of them. I have had females younger than 1 1/2 years old produce for me before, so I guess I was spoiled. I think I will still try to get one of the females with another of my males to see if I get something

 

[brandy101010]

I had a male that bred fine with his first paring, but have not been able to get him to breed since. He just steals the females hide and gos to sleep! Men!

 

[ThunderGekko]

I have a male that has been with 2 females the entire season, but all 13 eggs laid where infertile....
I have seen him mating, so i think he is infertile....

So it is possible with leopards i think...

 

[Franks_Geckos]

None of my females seem to be ovulating right now . I was hoping I didn't have to wait to get an early start for next year, but it seems I may have to.

 

[Wretched]

I had a male that bred fine with his first paring, but have not been able to get him to breed since. He just steals the females hide and gos to sleep! Men!

Good Plan! *takes notes*