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eric adrignola
at Wed Jul 16 07:50:43 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by eric adrignola ]
Well, if you build a LARGE enclosure, it won't be big enough. In order to get a trio to coexist with no OBVIOUS (not counting hidden) signs of stress, I had to make a 12 foot by 8 foot outdoor cage. Anything smaller, you can get them to live well, and they WILL looks spectacular. This is because the females and males will constantly be displaying threat color! The constant excitment will dramatically shorten the lives of the females, and possibly the male. I managed to put my trio of deremensis in a single place, but it's nearly half a room, and they just sit there and change color, veilds will persist, constantly mate or try to mate, harass, display, and it's not good for them.
Here's a simple fact: One trio of veilds in one cage will need, at the bare minimum, with the most compatible veilds in existance, a cage that is at least 6 feet high, 6 feet wide and 4 feet deep. And you will still probably have shorter lived animals.
One trio of veilds in 2 cages will need 2 cages (male in one, females in the other) at least 3' high, x 18"x18". And the females MAY not like each other, in which case you'll need another cage.
The space required exponentially increases as you add more animals to the same cage, they are way too territorial to house them together under normal cage conditions.
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RE: the odds are NOT in your favour... - eric adrignola, Wed Jul 16 07:50:43 2003