Sex In The Shed

[watson]

Oh Well..I suppose it had to happen eventually.
I'll have to make an amendment to my shed rules........but it happened today.

At first she was shy (Pic 1)

But I turned on the romantic lighting (Pic 2 )

And eventually ..it was a date (Pic 3)

The real story.....the smaller echidna has been resident here for a couple of years. She really likes the dirt floor in the metal work area of the shed.
Today there was a lot of clanking through metal scraps and when I investigated, she had a visitor.
She was rejecting him, and hid everywhere she could even trying to go up the inside of my pants leg.

Alls well in the end, they are both under the shed stove...warm and happy.

[DJ’s Timber]

So we are going to see babies soon are we

[watson]

Decorum made me omit pics of the consumation.......but puggles would be really cool.

[weisyboy]

now thats a site. all i got living in my shed are spiders.

[wheelinround]

No wonder we haven't heard from Echnidna of late he's finally transformed

great shots Noel

[malb]

Have had a nice bushytail pos on trhe dependants list for about 6 months now, lives in a park tree couple of doors away. Comes over each night for a small feed, piece of bread and an apple. Gets on well with our three cats, our supported feralcat , and the cat from the house between our place and his park. Has been known to wander through the house in his quest for food.
Tonight, I caught sight of him climbing the teatrea where we leave his food, went to grab the camera hoping for a pic, came back out and he had shrunk a little and was climbing the tree again. No he has gotten a girlfriend at last. Now the possum house has to move up the project list. Congrats Percy, your human carers are proud of you.

[Mollywood]

She was rejecting him, and hid everywhere she could even trying to go up the inside of my pants leg.


That's hilarious! You've made my day!
Lucky you weren't wearing bell bottoms.

[watson]

No he has gotten a girlfriend at last. Now the possum house has to move up the project list. .

Well done Percy...must be getting close to spring.

Now, for your project could I recommend the Renevations Forum

[Calm]

Might as well test the knowledge - whats the gestation period for Echidna.

As the elocal radio station says the winner gets an extra peice of toast tomorrow for brekky.

cheers

[watson]

I reckon its between week and a half and two weeks.......now I've got to go and find out more......like where does she stash the eggs....when do they hatch........a well that's tonight buggered.

[springwater]

Hi Noel

Thanks for that great little story, found this info:

The female lays a single soft-shelled, leathery egg twenty-two days after mating and deposits it directly into her pouch. Hatching takes ten days; the young echidna, called a puggle, then sucks milk from the pores of the two milk patches (monotremes have no nipples) and remains in the pouch for forty-five to fifty-five days, at which time it starts to develop spines. The mother digs a nursery burrow and deposits the puggle, returning every five days to suckle it until it is weaned at seven months.
Male echidnas have a four-headed, _ _ _ _ _, but only two of the heads are used during mating. The other two heads "shut down" and do not grow in size. The heads used are swapped each time the mammal has sex. (This could be too much information)

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[watson]

Thanks springwater.........that's fantastic. Swappable, 4 headed, boys bits. Mind boggling!! You can have an extra bit of toast for brekky!

[Ron Dunn]

Now we know why they call you needle-d*ck

Jokes aside, this has all the makings of a Disney story.

[watson]

"twas a fun experience Ron

[Toolin Around]

That's too cool! It looks like she's very familiar with you and your sent - do you interact with her much?