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Breeders => Breeding 101 => Topic started by: Joyce on November 13, 2006, 07:17:23 PM

Title: Large female with a tiny male!
Post by: Joyce on November 13, 2006, 07:17:23 PM

As I mentioned in another post I recently got a very large white mosaic female from a gal who could no longer keep her. 
Well, this white mosaic female came with her cagemate of 1 1/2 years, a very small dark standard gray male.  They are VERY VERY attached to one another!!!  So they will be staying together.
OK,,,,,the female is roughly 3-4 years old & weighs 850 grams.  The male is much smaller, he is roughly 2 1/2 years old and weighs 467 grams, so he is about 1/2 her size! 
They have never had a litter, and hopefully never will.  That is something I will deal with if I ever have to but hope I never have to.
He does mount her and gets in several humps a day, well at least he tries to! 
In ya'lls experience is it difficult for a tiny male to get a large female pregnant?

Title: Re: Large female with a tiny male!
Post by: ChinchillAZ on November 13, 2006, 10:50:13 PM

It's never been difficult for my 475 gram Dark Ebony to get my 700 gram Standard female pregnant.  But she's not exceptionally huge.   ::shrug::

Title: Re: Large female with a tiny male!
Post by: chinclub on November 14, 2006, 06:56:07 AM

Nope, if the female is in heat and is ready they will find a way to make it work!  ::)

Title: Re: Large female with a tiny male!
Post by: Jo Ann on November 14, 2006, 09:36:44 AM

 ::silly::

 ::thumbsup::

Title: Re: Large female with a tiny male!
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on November 14, 2006, 10:27:49 AM

I agree that wouldn't stop him.
That said I have couples together that have never mated, and a couple I changed spouses on and they never bred after. Sometimes the female can avoid being mated, and sometimes she just can't conceive. The I guess the male could be shooting blanks, though I've never heard of that one yet. ;D