Convicts

[Austin.brehun]

Have a black convict and a pink convict. Great colors on both. Only about 2 or 3 inches amd ive had them for a few months. The black has orange on the side so im sure shes a female. And the pink is just all pink with no other colors so its a male. The problem is that i wantthem to breed.

The black convict just chases around the pink and bites her. They are alwYs face to face about to bite echother it looks like. They loge to play around. Is the biting good or bad when wanting to breed.

I will post pics to make sure it is a girl and a boy. Can you tell me why they arent breeding?

 

[tiger terror]

Have a black convict and a pink convict. Great colors on both. Only about 2 or 3 inches amd ive had them for a few months. The black has orange on the side so im sure shes a female. And the pink is just all pink with no other colors so its a male. The problem is that i wantthem to breed.

The black convict just chases around the pink and bites her. They are alwYs face to face about to bite echother it looks like. They loge to play around. Is the biting good or bad when wanting to breed.

I will post pics to make sure it is a girl and a boy. Can you tell me whyT they arent breeding?

Try to get some better picks if you can&i could help you with the sexing..once determined we can figure out the breeding situation..

 

[tiger terror]

Your pink one looks to be a male..can't tell by the pic of the black one..

 

[Austin.brehun]

Heres another pic of the pink. Im thinking its a male.

 

[tiger terror]

Yeah I agree also..

 

[Austin.brehun]

So the black convict has an orange spot on the side. So its a female? And the pink is a male?

 

[tiger terror]

Yeah the females have coloration on their lower sides and bellies...the males have none..

 

[Austin.brehun]

Ok so now i am wondering why they arent mating. The female just chases around the male all day

 

[tiger terror]

She may be rejecting him,how long have you had them together?

 

[Austin.brehun]

About 2 months or maybe a little less. The black convict is also really really dark for some reason

 

[tiger terror]

Their colors can fluctulate with mood changes..also is the male larger or smaller than the female?

 

[Austin.brehun]

They are exactly the same size. And still now the female is chasing the male

 

[tiger terror]

2 things: 1 she may consider herself dominant over the male..the male will definitely outgrow her in the long run,so you could leave them be for awhile so he gets a chance to become larger or 2 rehome him & get a male who's definitely larger & of the same breed & try that..its hit and miss to tell you the truth,I got lucky & purchased a breeding pair..

 

[Austin.brehun]

Alright heres another pic. Still a chance that there both female?

 

[tiger terror]

Sry the pic didn't post..

 

[Austin.brehun]

Just posted

 

[tiger terror]

After looking at some pics online its definitely possible that you have 2 females there..

 

[Austin.brehun]

Alright so ill get a male and thats better. Would you reccomend a male
Black convict or a male pink convict?

 

[tiger terror]

I have a pair of black convicts..something to look for in a pink(albino) male is that they develope a nuchal hump above the eyes on the head..you may have better luck staying within the same color variation.

 

[Austin.brehun]

I think blacks are more beautiful than thinks so im looking towards a male black convict.