HI I HAVE A PAIR OF ARGUS MONITORS THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT TOGETHER FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS WITH NO PROBLEMS AND I WENT IN 2 CHECK ON THEM AND MY MALE BITE THE FEMALE ON HER BACK AND SHE BIT HIM ON HIS BELLY I BROKE IT UP BE FOR ANY THING HAPPENED DO YOU THINK ITS BREEDING BEHAVIOR OR DO YOU THINK HE WAS TRYING 2 EAT HER THERE IS A BIG SIZE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM HES 4 AND HALF FEET AND SHES A BOUT 3 AND A HALF FEET BUT HER BODY 2 TAIL RATIO IS DIFF RENT HER TAIL SEEMS ALOT LONGER FOR HER SIZE THEN HIM I NOW HAVE THEM IN SEPRATE CAGES WHAT DO U THINK WAS GOING ON HE WASNT TRYING 2 BITE HER ON THE BACK OF THE NECK IT WAS CLOSER TO HER REAR LEGS AND HER HEAD WAS UNDER HIM AND SHE BIT HIM ON HIS BELLY DO YOU THINK HE MIGHT HAVE WANTED 2 BREED AND SHE REFUSED HIM AND HE GOT MAD IAM TRYING 2 GET ALL THE INPUT I CAN
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argus monitor fighting
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Biting can mean lots of things, but I wouldn't consider it normal breeding behavior. I'm not quite sure what to make of some things, you say bite and fight, yet if there was really a fight, I think you would be worried about other things than breeding at the moment. It was probably more of a discussion. I have seen males be overly assertive in wanting action, and even falling back on a nip to get the girl's attention, but I have never seen it create a positive response. The copulations I have seen seem to be a gentle thing, and typically initiated by the female. But I have seen far too little to comment further.
The sizes are close to my female and male, but has your female laid any eggs or is it just a suspected female? Has she fattened up in the weeks previous to this?
Good Luck,
--Robert
PS - Please turn the caps lock off, it is annoying.
they are a proven pair today i went 2 cheack on the female and found one egg right out side of her nest box and now shes in her nest box laying more i hope. the egg is white and soft i hope it will be fertal along with the rest of the eggs i thought females stoped eating be for laying she ate some mice yesterday i just looked in on her and she is sleeping in her lay box i hope she will lay the rest soon
