Male Maculosa Combat

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Hi all,
I was hoping some maccie breeders could post some experiences with male combat.
What behaviour and how hostile, what percieved injuries.
Cheers
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[Ramsayi]

Any particular reason why you would want to combat male macs or are you just curious?

[NoOne]

Ad, mostly they aren't to bad, i combat males a bit even if it's not really needed, it gives them a spring in their step and always mate well after.
Sometimes they can get a bit narky and will bite but normally it's just a whole lot of running around the cage and a bit of a wrestle.
Always watch them while theres two males in the cage, i normally leave them together for about 10mins unless they starting biting. I've never had any injuries from the bite as they are more a nip than anything, if one does bite i will separate them straight away. It would take alot of biting for a maccie to to any damage to another.

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Thanks NoOne!
Just curious Ramsayi, I have a spare male and thought why not try so I put them together and then wondered if I should leave them unwatched, how long for etc.

It was interesting, they 2 had been curled together though I havent seen mating, they have been very non-active. The other male livened it up no end, I dont co-house so it was cool seeing 3 snakes together so active. Also I bought a pair but havent sexed them so I thought by putting a known male in would detirmine for sure.
Im giving the other male a go for a while now, lucky girl!

[Ramsayi]

yeah sticking two males together does make things interesting.As NoOne has said keep a close eye on them as they do wrestle vigourously.They get maybe half their body length up off the floor and twist together and carry on.As was said sometimes there is a bit of biting(usually by the dominant one) but all in all the most you will get is a trashed snake enclosure.
Just swapping the males in and out of the females enclosure I find is usually enough to keep the male who is in with the female on the job so to speak.

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Thanks Ramsayi, I didnt get that strong a response, the dominant male rose up similar to a strike but with a very tight 's' at the start of his neck/back of head. Moved around like that, big tree snake kind of. He left a trail from his vent. He is coming on shed so I sent him to the mens quarters to feed and shed, i thought a week on/week off would be good.
I will probably combat again after his shed, see how they fire up then.

[obee]

don't ever leave 2 males ad of any species unsupervised.maccies are generally not to bad but are argueably one of the most bitey.this year i gave a mate a male to spark up his male,he phoned me 2 days later to tell me my male killed his supposed female.he left him with what he thought was a female.it had been biten so hard it had open wounds[the silly dope].i have another male that can't be put with a female if she has been with another male first.she has to kept away from a male for 2 days before introduction or he will attack her because the smell of the preveious male.


obee

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Thanks Obee, I was a bit blase about it initially but never thought it would get to that level, i thought maybe some bite marks and stress, as it is not absolutely necessary I shall keep it to a limit ( istill want to observe it some more) . I am hoping the dual males will ensure chances are better, it certainly got things moving.

[womas4me]

Would make a good video though.

[Ricko]

a mate of mine put his good blonde male in with 2 girls and they attacked him so much he died withing 2 days as he was with another girl the day before.

[Robert]

Hi Ads,

My 2 males went hammer and tong at each other.Well the dominant one was very aggresive.
I had to seperate them pretty much immediately.Old mate just didn't want him there.
I have since sold the male but kept his skins.

I Was wondering if your boy sheds if it is possible you could chuck it in the freezer and i will come grab it.Keen to see if there is much of a reaction if place it in with the pair.I think my skins where to old and most weren't in the freeze.
cheers.

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No worries Robert, I shall let you know when he has shed. very milky atm
Cheers
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[Robert]

Cheers Ad.

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Hi Everyone,
My male mac had shed so I put them back together today with quite a different result.
Combat is full-on! I got some video but dont know how to post it. Just go to my folder and select them from there.

http://www.aussiepythons.com/modules...view_album.php

[Fuscus]

WOW - thanks for that Ad