More ? on mating thread...
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Posted by dryguy on October 11, 2002 at 17:22:28:
From those of you whom have had the misfortune of getting a female trounced by her prospective mate...Did you leave them un-attended, overnight, leave the room, etc???...Not pointing fingers, just want the 411...I do not leave my pairs together if I am not home and I check on them constantly when they are together...If I saw SERIOUS, violent behavior, I would separate them immediately...
Why did you leave them together long enough to have a female need stitches? Was there copulation at that time?
I think perhaps this behavior is like the "blind" feeding response...Can't see the mouse, eat themselves,the water dish, etc that we have commented upon before...The "overstimulation" that several of you mentioned, coupled with the abnormal environment of captivity, seems to ring more true for me in this behavior.
Perhaps proximity to other "breedable" females of the Dry family in the same room...
Great thread Anthony...Carl Gossett GDH
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