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Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC*
Posted By: Anonymous
Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 01:23 AM
I caught my gliders in the act today and I happened to have my camera on hand, so I snapped a couple pictures and recorded a short video of them mating... I've attached the pictures, I don't know how to add the video, but if you want to see it, send me a message and I'll send it to you...
Posted By: Xglider
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 01:31 AM
Wow… those are some amazing… Pics, yes graphic… but… great for educational value… what a photographer you are!!!!!!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 01:34 AM
Very graphic but I guess they get the job done and let people see what it looks like
Posted By: Xglider
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 01:42 AM
Many mew comers to gliders get panicked the first time they see this part of a male glider, and are worried that something is wrong, but we all have to remember that their reproductive systems are designed differently than those of mammals …
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 01:50 AM
Just wondering how aften do they clean it and take it out?
Posted By: pappy1264
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 02:05 AM
If we can use dropshots here, you can go to
www.dropshots.com and sign up for a free account. Then you can download your video and send the link (it will be
www.dropshots.com/whatever you pick for your screen name there.
Pretty amazing pics! I still am not sure my two have ever mated, although they sure make a lot of noise some nights! I've certainly never seen anything like that with my two. And they only time you even 'hear' anything is when they are in their pouch! lol
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 02:17 AM
Posted By: kristenfl
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 02:30 AM
WOW... IT IS GRAPHIC BUT very educational! I had no idea Thier "thingies" look like that lol... ( Thingies lol you can tell I am a mother of boys lol )
Posted By: pappy1264
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 02:36 AM
Wow, they didn't make a sound! Is that normal (not making noise)? I thought they made lots of 'crabby sounds' when mating.
Amazing you were able to catch this! Guess you have some exhibitionists there! lol
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 04:22 AM
Great shots Leyna
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 04:39 AM
Hubby and I were just saying we were watching glider porn. LOL. Great video Leyna. Actually, I wanted to hear what it sounds like. I have no idea when Romeo and Jezabelle mated because she barks all night every night. She crabs a lot too so I never knew until I found bumps.
Thanks for sharing Leyna.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 04:51 AM
OMG LEYNA!! That is the best mating pics I've ever seen! You're just full of good pics lately!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 05:01 AM
I agree, that is amazing video. I too thought that they made mating noises but I guess you have two very quiet lovebirds there. lol
Posted By: s10racer4
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 06:34 AM
thats not graffic... just really informational... their penis (aka thingy) put me in shock when i found out what it really looks like...
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 07:23 AM
i am so glad i saw the pics. i know for sure i would be rushing my boy to the vet if i had seen it in person. good picture btw and thank you for posting.
Posted By: MizValorie
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 11:38 AM
Thanks for posting! Thats amazing that you caught it!
Posted By: sugarglidersuz
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 11:51 AM
Leyna,
The pictures are graphic BUT very educational. The video is excellent as well.
As many of you have noted, there was no sound from the gliders during their mating. Many gliders don't make any sounds at all during mating. Others do. It just depends on the individual gliders
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 11/30/06 11:59 AM
Anybody that's ever met my gliders will tell you they are anything but bashful, lol.
Those 2 gliders are kind of an odd pair. Teddy, is a 3 year old non-producing male white tip, and Larkin, is a 12 year old non-producing standard. Neither of them have ever produced to my knowledge, yet both are willing and able to mate and do so regularly. They are also the most obvious of my gliders when it comes to mating and after I see them mating, I can usually count 16 days and find joeys in the pouch of one of my other females. I don't know if the smell of the other gliders gets them fired up or if they are just on the same cycle, but their mating seems to coincide with my other gliders...
Posted By: s10racer4
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/01/06 06:49 AM
As many of you have noted, there was no sound from the gliders during their mating. Many gliders don't make any sounds at all during mating. Others do. It just depends on the individual gliders kinda like humans... all in the individual...
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/01/06 06:56 AM
this is the 1st time in my life..wow..wat a day!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/01/06 08:10 AM
that is the cutest thing i need to get 2 girls for my boys..lol
Posted By: gliderslavegirl
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/01/06 05:45 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/02/06 11:54 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/03/06 12:06 AM
They don't waste any time do they? I was looking threw the pictures on my computer and discovered I have 2 other mating pictures... I've attached them.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/03/06 12:10 AM
wow, they seem to be doing some acrobatics there. Upside down hanging on a little pole??? They ARE exhibitionists!
Posted By: myangelbear77
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/03/06 02:17 AM
Leyna they are very good pics. What type of camera do you use for your stills?
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/03/06 03:15 AM
OMG!!!!!! AWESOME pics... but the penis scared me to death. It looks sooo eww. I was like omg you got to be joking.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/03/06 04:16 PM
I used to have a concord eyeQ (4 mp) and have since upgraded to a Konica Minolta Dimage G600 (6 mp). The Dimage is probably about the most bang for your buck you can get. It's got a built in zoom lens, almost no time laps between photos, shoots nice video, etc. I just love it...
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Mating Video and Pictures *GRAFFIC* - 12/08/06 08:53 PM
These are great pics all. Very very well taken.
Reminds me of the first time my mother in law seen Scooby Doo on the table mating with Sweets. She about passed out on the table until I explained this was 'normal' and not to panic.
All I did was pull them out of the bonding pouch. Scooby didn't mind and neither did Sweets. I should have gotten my own pics to share. Didn't think about it at the time.
Thanks for sharing all. Great shots. Great educational value to show others that this in fact normal behavior.