Indian Elephants refuse to breed

[GlassRose]

I have a herd of about 24 different females and have tried 2 different males with them. In 10yrs I've only gotten one breeding, at all. Not just calves but they're not even mating. The males are not related with the females and I only add one male at a time. All females under 40yrs. I'm getting frustrated because they were working just fine this past week and I've been working hard on this herd. It's gonna die out eventually without babies and I dunno what to do. Is this a glitch?

[grampers62]

As the elephants, all species really, get older the chances of offspring reduce a bit. May we assume you do have them fully researched? Higher research really does improve breeding. There also seems to be a period of blending where new animals in a herd/pack will take a while to blend in and start normal behaviors.

[GlassRose]

Originally posted by grampers62:

As the elephants, all species really, get older the chances of offspring reduce a bit. May we assume you do have them fully researched? Higher research really does improve breeding. There also seems to be a period of blending where new animals in a herd/pack will take a while to blend in and start normal behaviors.

They have all been together for a long time so should be full integrated. I do have full research on them. I did get a breeding/pregnancy after posting this, apparently they just have an obnoxiously long time they go without breeding after having a calf. 8yrs is what the zoopedia says and my history only goes back 7yrs so I assumed on how long it'd been. Maybe they're all coming up due.

[grampers62]

Yeah, they can take a while to mate. It's kind of random that way. Elephants have really long life cycles in every aspect.