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I have had my female mali for over a year (2.5 years old). I decided to get her a friend, so I bought a previously owned male mali (this mali used to be housed with another female mali who died). He is larger than her, so maybe 1-2 years older.

They seemed to be getting along. They sleep under the same rock, sunbathe together...the female crawls over the male and he doesn't seem to mind.

It's been about a month and now they seem to fight once in a while. After catching the male bitting the female's tail, I separated them.

Do you think its too dangerous to put these two together? Should I be really concerned?

Ok I got a question that might answer your question believe it or not.

First off, did you immeaditeley put the male in w/the female or did you give him a week or so to get adjusted to a new home and then slowly introduce him to her?

If you just immeaditeley put him in w/her that could be the problem.
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GUY: You know I have a tendency to grow on people.
GAL: Yeah, so does fungus.

"Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches."

I did put them together immediately, but I didn't see any problems occuring then. For a month, I haven't seen any fights and no scars from biting. Do you think he might still be stressed out?

Its was surprising to see this happen because the male is fairly inactive. He tends to sit near the basking area, or under a log, while the female crawls over him.

I would really like to put them back together. Would you suggest slow re-introduction? Does that mean putting them together for a couple of hours and then taking him out?

Thanks for the suggestion.

This piece of advice is coming from my experience.

I got my male saharan uro Orion along with a female saharan uro named Phoebe at the same time and they got along great. Then Phoebe died so I got a replacement for her because I plan on breeding them.

Orion was alone in the tank for about a month and a half before I got Iris. I put them together immediatley because the breeder said that they were in the same tank before he shipped Orion out.

They get along perefectly fine, they sleep together, eat together, bask together, they do everything together. Just like your mali's.

It could be that the male is stressed out from the sudden roomate gain.

It could also be that your male is sexually active and is trying to "get his freak on" with your female. And maybe she doesn't want to do it.

Maybe slowly introducing them like you said in your post is the best way. Try that and see if it works and I hope it does.

I hope this helps.
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GUY: You know I have a tendency to grow on people.
GAL: Yeah, so does fungus.

"Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches."