Re:One thing to consider...

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Posted by Ingo on September 19, 2001 at 02:40:52:

In Reply to: Re: ig's together posted by xta on September 18, 2001 at 19:41:02:

First: In the wild, Igs are social animals living together in loosely associated grouips of a dominant male, several females and often a few female mimic males.
In captivity spce is very often limited and hence potential and normal agression may end with a unnatural severeness.
But: Here in Europe most Ig keepers and almost all local Ig breeders keep their Iggies successfully in groups. I say groups, not pairs! In a group of 1,3 or more agression of the male does seldomly center on one individual animal, which it always does in pairs. So ask other people in Europe if you do not believe me its possible. Of course its way less easy then keeping a single Ig and you do not only need to have space but also have to carefully select for friendly specimens. But believe me: It works. And life for these Igs is much les boring then for an animal which has to spend all its life alone with no opportunity to make use of the sophisticated intrasopecific communication machinery which Igs developped!
Of coures the situation here in Europe is also different with respect to another aspect: Here its still a market for cb Igs and so many people try -and in most cases manage- to breed green Igs. But if you do not want babies-its nothing easier than to just discard the eggs...
Just my 2 cts and Infos about the situation abroad.....think about it

Ci@o

Ingo

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: First: In the wild, Igs are social animals living together in loosely associated grouips of a dominant male, several females and often a few female mimic males. : In captivity spce is very often limited and hence potential and normal agression may end with a unnatural severeness. : But: Here in Europe most Ig keepers and almost all local Ig breeders keep their Iggies successfully in groups. I say groups, not pairs! In a group of 1,3 or more agression of the male does seldomly center on one individual animal, which it always does in pairs. So ask other people in Europe if you do not believe me its possible. Of course its way less easy then keeping a single Ig and you do not only need to have space but also have to carefully select for friendly specimens. But believe me: It works. And life for these Igs is much les boring then for an animal which has to spend all its life alone with no opportunity to make use of the sophisticated intrasopecific communication machinery which Igs developped! : Of coures the situation here in Europe is also different with respect to another aspect: Here its still a market for cb Igs and so many people try -and in most cases manage- to breed green Igs. But if you do not want babies-its nothing easier than to just discard the eggs... : Just my 2 cts and Infos about the situation abroad.....think about it : : Ci@o : Ingo

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