Hi,

Here is three of my group of four kims. They bask on a pile like this routinely and will constantly change positions in order to better thermoregulate. They pile on even when there is another beam of light directly to the left. They really prefer to be in the same spot.

The breeding male was on top when this photo was taken. A non-breeding male was nuzzling and arm wrapping the gravid female on the bottom. After the photo was taken, she wiggled out and got on top of the pile. I don't believe this is really dominance related, as they all take turns on top.

What is interesting is that the breeding male has no problem with the other male being in close contact with the female, but as soon as the 3rd male (on the next level down in the Retes stack) gets near her, all hell breaks loose. This has occured since her cycle began (a week ago). The breeding male gave the male that is out of sight an a$$ wuppin' yesterday but they have been amicable since. I have another trough set up if things continue to get ugly, but I'd like to see if they can work it out.

I'm not drawing any conclusions here, just noting some observations. Thanks for looking.

Will

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