Monday, March 5, 2012

Integration & The Hussy

Another long-overdue post is here!  Several weeks ago when we had a brief time of beautiful weather, I decided to see what would happen when I put the donkeys together.  It was quite interesting!  Turns out that Frida decided to be in heat and tease Cody, who while he knows he's supposed to do something, he is missing the drive to figure it out.  Donkey behavior has continued to be a surprise and Frida didn't disappoint.  Donkey females (jennies) tease to a jack by pinning their ears, holding the mouths open and backing up to them (they also pee but, we won't get into that!)  Frida nicely showed these behaviors and I, of course, documented it through photos.  Vida was pretty much not interested in the whole thing, only visiting with Cody for a brief moment before concentrating on incubating her baby!  Take a look to see how tempting a jenny in heat looks...

Frida in her "come hither" state and Cody taking in the scents.

The Flehmen Response - trapping pheromones in the vomeronasal organs to examine them more closely.

Cody doesn't quite know what to do!
Who couldn't resist such a beautiful girl?

Vida (left) and Cody say a brief "Hello"
Baby Belly!

1 comment:

  1. Hi from Anne, just getting around to reading your blog again--was gone for awhile. Love the "attempted" mating story. The pictures are wonderful. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us--I can enjoy it all without having to do the work.

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