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OMG first ever for me!!!
So I got a new MM Formosa for my freshly molted female. That is not the cool part.
So they were playing cat and mouse running all over, the female was receptive and the male was more then willing, but the female kept turning away at the last second and walking away. They would tap some more to each other get close again then same thing the female would saunter away. This went on for over an hour, so I decided to try something and it worked!!!
I coaxed the female out of the tank and picked her up with my thumb and middle fingers holding her carapace. Then I held her in front of the male. The male dove right in and tried to insert but missed and was getting my thumb, he backed up for a second then dove in again and got a very long good hard insert while I was holding her!!!
I tried again to see if I could get two inserts but she was not having it this time. And the next time I do it IF I do it again Ill video tape it, my heart is still racing!
She is very calm right now in a trance like state eating her roach like nothing ever happened. Did I mention I am still shaking? More from excitement then anything else!
So I got a new MM Formosa for my freshly molted female. That is not the cool part.
So they were playing cat and mouse running all over, the female was receptive and the male was more then willing, but the female kept turning away at the last second and walking away. They would tap some more to each other get close again then same thing the female would saunter away. This went on for over an hour, so I decided to try something and it worked!!!
I coaxed the female out of the tank and picked her up with my thumb and middle fingers holding her carapace. Then I held her in front of the male. The male dove right in and tried to insert but missed and was getting my thumb, he backed up for a second then dove in again and got a very long good hard insert while I was holding her!!!
She is very calm right now in a trance like state eating her roach like nothing ever happened. Did I mention I am still shaking? More from excitement then anything else!
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