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I've never heard that about Avics..I've seen other species kept communally, but I'd never do it, myself. Too much risk, for very little reward..I'd rather know they were all safe enough in their own enclosure. There's videos all over youtube about it, I've seen several Poecilotheria species, including metallicas, kept that way. It seems a common trend that the people doing it always stop updating about it...makes me rather suspicious..I've also seen mating videos where the people come back and video the male still in the enclosure, living "communally" with the female..."getting along"...and then no more videos..hmmm. I wonder what happened? lol, Some folks don't feel the same way about their pets as us. While I admit to believing a spider can take care of itself to some extent, such as putting rocks in most of my enclosures (because spiders like rocks) and not worrying about a fall, or leaving superworms and roaches for the spider to deal with, it just seems kind of reckless to put two, or several, of these antisocial animals in a box together..unless they're mating, and I'm standing there ready to separate them..

<blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 55031" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>I've never heard that about Avics..I've seen other species kept communally, but I'd never do it, myself. Too much risk, for very little reward..I'd rather know they were all safe enough in their own enclosure. There's videos all over youtube about it, I've seen several Poecilotheria species, including metallicas, kept that way. It seems a common trend that the people doing it always stop updating about it...makes me rather suspicious..I've also seen mating videos where the people come back and video the male still in the enclosure, living &quot;communally&quot; with the female...&quot;getting along&quot;...and then no more videos..hmmm. I wonder what happened? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> lol, Some folks don't feel the same way about their pets as us. While I admit to believing a spider can take care of itself to some extent, such as putting rocks in most of my enclosures (because spiders like rocks) and not worrying about a fall, or leaving superworms and roaches for the spider to deal with, it just seems kind of reckless to put two, or several, of these antisocial animals in a box together..unless they're mating, and I'm standing there ready to separate them..</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MassExodus, post: 55031, member: 4086"] I've never heard that about Avics..I've seen other species kept communally, but I'd never do it, myself. Too much risk, for very little reward..I'd rather know they were all safe enough in their own enclosure. There's videos all over youtube about it, I've seen several Poecilotheria species, including metallicas, kept that way. It seems a common trend that the people doing it always stop updating about it...makes me rather suspicious..I've also seen mating videos where the people come back and video the male still in the enclosure, living "communally" with the female..."getting along"...and then no more videos..hmmm. I wonder what happened? :rolleyes: lol, Some folks don't feel the same way about their pets as us. While I admit to believing a spider can take care of itself to some extent, such as putting rocks in most of my enclosures (because spiders like rocks) and not worrying about a fall, or leaving superworms and roaches for the spider to deal with, it just seems kind of reckless to put two, or several, of these antisocial animals in a box together..unless they're mating, and I'm standing there ready to separate them.. [/QUOTE]

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