sperm plug

[jvillereptile]

i put my female in with my male today to see if they would breed. my female showed to be receptive and my male was real eager. i let them alone for about a half hour and when i checked on them my female had his sperm plug sticking out of her cloaca. what i am now wondering is will she have fertile eggs or should i put her back in with him if he only expelled the plug into her. any help would be great

 

[ChameleonsTree]

Is she rejecting him now?

 

[Brandy]

As long as she is receptive it should be fine to mate them again if the male had one sperm plug its possible that he has two and i find they cange sides for the next mating.

 

[jvillereptile]

i put them back together for a couple hours and now she is showing her now receptive color. at first it was her normal geen color i seperated them again and hopefully i get eggs in a month

 

[Jordan]

I am a little confused by the way this read out to me and perhaps I do not want to know. What is a sperm plug?

 

[jvillereptile]

a sperm plug is old sperm buildup that a male reptiles usualy get if they are sexually inactive for a while

 

[kinyonga]

jvillereptile said..."i put them back together for a couple hours and now she is showing her now receptive color. at first it was her normal geen color i seperated them again and hopefully i get eggs in a month"...if she is showing receptive coloration and not repelling the male, then she likely isn't going to lay fertile eggs IMHO. She should be showing her non-receptive coloration and repelling the male (rocking, hissing, gaping, lunging at the male) to show that she is gravid. Did you mean to say she is now showing her non-receptive color?

 

[jvillereptile]

i just miss spelt the word she was black with bright blue and yellow markings all over

 

[jvillereptile]

here is a picture of her now

 

[kinyonga]

Hope you soon have fertile eggs from her!
Have you incubated veiled eggs before?

 

[jvillereptile]

this will be my second clutch. same time last year older female and had 9 hatch back in may