HELP....Broken friendship????

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Posted by wednes halt on December 22, 2001 at 16:16:18:

hi there, i recently bought an iggypair, in the store they were lying toghether every day wen i went to see them, they looked so sad, and all they got for food was crickets,and they shared there cage with all sorts of reptiles. i never saw some vegetation for them. (i talked to the manager about that, but thats a different story) but i finally deceided to take em home, for they are so cute. The first week they where so cute together. But now since a week, one begins to dominate they other. he wont allow him to eat or sleep, and when i am not looking (he knows) he attackes him, and bites him hard, he starts head bobbing at him, and then bites him,the're still small, so it's hard for me to tell a boy from a girl cause there femoral pores are both alike, so i am starting to think there both males, i want to let the vet sex them to tell for sure, because now i have to keep em seperetly, but now there are still small, but i can't keep two iggy's seperate when the are big. what can i do. i've tried everything. make em confortable, speak to him nicely not to hurt the other, seperated him, then i gave him another chance, but he continued being aggressive... is this a dominant male fight or is it a male dominating a female. i've handled lots of iggy's but never got this problem before, and since i dont know the're sexes, i dont know what to do, now i seperated them again. but it's so sad. i hate it when my iggy's feel bad. i want them to be happy and get along. does anybody have some advice? by the way, he looks really mad, the agressive one. i can handle him, even though it costs me my hands, but i am used to that :-) but he just wont relax with me.. whats the matter with him?

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Re: HELP....Broken friendship???? marisa 12/22/01 (5)
- I meant in captivity. n/m marisa 12/23/01 (3)
  - Still applies.......more Craig Loose 12/23/01 (2)
    - Re: Still applies.......more wednes 12/29/01 (1)
      - Re: Still applies.......more Craig Loose 12/29/01 (0)
- Not quite........... Craig Loose 12/23/01 (0)
Re: HELP....Broken friendship???? xta 12/22/01 (0)
Re: HELP....Broken friendship???? Samcin 12/22/01 (1)
- Damn...i allready thought so, but hoped... wednes halt 12/23/01 (0)

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