Would this work for my females to ovulate?

[Theinfidel]

Alright so i've had my 5 females since august or early and i live in south Florida so it's never cold here, only on December the air temp in the bins will get at around 70 but that's it. December is gone and it's been warm here and it gets around 76 in the cool side of the enclosure and around 90 in the hot side. My females just wont ovulate at all though, i've introduced my 2 males a couple of times and all of them reject them so now im just wondering if i can just move some of my females in this 40 gallon breeder tank and raise the temperature in there at about like 85f with some basking lamps with purple bulbs?

Also.. my male which used to eat anything hasn't been eating much at all for about 2 or 3 weeks. I would put the worms in his enclosure and he swiftly looks at the worms as i put them down, walks towards the bowl then just turns away..he's only 10 months almost 11 and he's been ready to mate since he's been 8 months. He's been around the same weight (60 grams) for a while it hasn't been going down im just getting worried that i probably need to switch with annoying crickets now? or could this also be because it's breeding season and he wants to get down and dirty like a beast?

 

[shiftygecko]

Ok so hopefully I can give you some advice from my personal experience... I have 6 leo's and they have started breeding this year! Yea! You can try burmation to get your leos to ovulate but I believe in letting nature take its course and waiting for the female to ovulate. I had tried burmation in the past with no luck. But others have had great sucess with it. I personally just look for the pink dot and put her in with my male.

As far as your male not eating mealworms... Not a huge deal unless his tail gets skinny. I have noticed that a male of mine will do this every december... Almost like he goes into burmation himself(I didnt turn the temps down to force it)... I have offered food the whole time and he eventually comes around.

You never mentioned what your males substrate is... If it is a loose substance ie. sand... He could be impacted and thus would cause him to stop eating. if he is impacted then it is a whole different ball game.

Hope all goes well

 

[ajveachster]

I wouldn't worry too much about the females not ovulating yet. The male slowing his eating could be a sign that he is ready to breed. Some of our males will slow down during breeding season. We have used the paper towel method before to stimulate ovulation. Whether it really works or not is still up in the air. We have only had a couple breeding seasons under our belts. We take a piece of paper towel from the male's hide and place it in the tub with the female for about a week. Not sure if this is actually stimulating ovulation. It may just make it so the smell of the male is familiar, and less chance of rejection. Who knows. At least it is something you can try without too much extra effort, or changing the housing too much for the animals which can stress them.

 

[Theinfidel]

Yeah nevermind i wont be doing that.Thanks

 

[prettyinpink]

Some people don't start breeding until April. One of my females just started ovulating, my other isn't ovulating. So, just don't move too fast...they'll get there