Brian S
08-25-2008, 12:37 PM
I just got this little male P miranda from Diane Fisher the other day. I have a girl that I would like to see bear fruit since this species isnt really all that common in the hobby yet.
Female's enclosure
http://i36.tinypic.com/28s69lv.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2ikqdg5.jpg
The male was at first terrified of his new, much larger girlfriend and I had to gently coax him back inside with her a couple of times
http://i33.tinypic.com/72xdgl.jpg
The female started drumming and was definetly interested but the male was pretty shy at first.
http://i34.tinypic.com/2qixonb.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/avg5yg.jpg
After watching them dilly dally around I finally turned the lights off and checked them late at night. The male was drumming and the female was drumming back. I never saw them actually hook up but I decided to leave them alone until morning. Perhaps they just dont want to do anything while human eyes are watching. Hey! I can relate to that!
Next morning I checked on them and this is the only thing left of the male! I am not ruling out that something could have happened, in fact I really hope it did. I guess time will tell
http://i38.tinypic.com/2vl4l88.jpg
Female's enclosure
http://i36.tinypic.com/28s69lv.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2ikqdg5.jpg
The male was at first terrified of his new, much larger girlfriend and I had to gently coax him back inside with her a couple of times
http://i33.tinypic.com/72xdgl.jpg
The female started drumming and was definetly interested but the male was pretty shy at first.
http://i34.tinypic.com/2qixonb.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/avg5yg.jpg
After watching them dilly dally around I finally turned the lights off and checked them late at night. The male was drumming and the female was drumming back. I never saw them actually hook up but I decided to leave them alone until morning. Perhaps they just dont want to do anything while human eyes are watching. Hey! I can relate to that!
Next morning I checked on them and this is the only thing left of the male! I am not ruling out that something could have happened, in fact I really hope it did. I guess time will tell
http://i38.tinypic.com/2vl4l88.jpg