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Two males found in mating clutch

PHEve Oct 07, 2006 11:34 AM

Found my male Henkeli Barkley, and Morticai in a steamy clutch, thought it weird, and yes they are BOTH males.
Since my female Sindar died, the one male seemed to molest Barkley.

Any of you guys ever run into this before? They do not fight and are fine together otherwise. This just happened one night, have not seen it since.???????????
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umop_apisdn Oct 08, 2006 02:27 AM

im keeping my two males separated right now, but ive only noticed aggression out of the two of them when placed together. sounds weird, maybe dominance assertion?
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina

PHEve Oct 08, 2006 08:32 AM

Your right, if you did not know you would have thought it was a pair mating, for a minute there I thought geesh... could Barkley be a female, but he's not LOL Both male !

I have to get another female soon. How are your leaftails Mike, have not heard anything? Any new hatchlings?
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umop_apisdn Oct 08, 2006 10:37 AM

well...honestly, even though i had a lot of eggs this season, after i moved into a new place i had very very bad luck, i suspect the possibility of mold in the new apt. im still getting eggs though, just from other species. my first ebenaui hatched 2 days ago. hopefully it can hang in there.
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina

PHEve Oct 08, 2006 11:25 AM

Well thats really a happy event, glad to hear ya got a youngin. Have to post a pic, would love to see the new babe.

As far as the other eggs not making it, and if it is mold, what can you do to correct the problem, a dehumidifier???
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