One bite may kill!!

Posted by Bosse on February 12, 2000 at 12:55:28:

In Reply to: well said... (more) posted by xta on February 11, 2000 at 18:54:16:

Hi

I have two LARGE exhibits that each house one male with two females. This works fine for now, but there has been problems with aggressiveness between them during breeding season. However, as I said, the exhibits are large ( 250 sq feet + ), and still there has been problems! At one time I tried to have two males together ( to increase competition to mate the females)...this was a BIG mistake. The smaller male (5') took one bite over the back of the larger (~6') male. I had seen bites before and they healed fine. This bite, however, punctured all the way through and killed the big guy! So, my suggestion would also be to house them seperatly and just have them together for short, supervised moments!

Just my humble opinion

Bosse

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: Hi : I have two LARGE exhibits that each house one male with two females. This works fine for now, but there has been problems with aggressiveness between them during breeding season. However, as I said, the exhibits are large ( 250 sq feet + ), and still there has been problems! At one time I tried to have two males together ( to increase competition to mate the females)...this was a BIG mistake. The smaller male (5') took one bite over the back of the larger (~6') male. I had seen bites before and they healed fine. This bite, however, punctured all the way through and killed the big guy! So, my suggestion would also be to house them seperatly and just have them together for short, supervised moments! : Just my humble opinion : Bosse

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