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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 57468" data-attributes="member: 4086">Ok, I have 2 females, one large and one medium. I also have one male, large. They've were communal at the pet store, in an exxoterra tank. They were placed in a large noodle container with a central piece of cork bark : Unfortunately I can't upload the pictures, because I don't freaking know why..Anyway, I've been watching them since I got home, they were huddled in a circle facing each other, all on one side of the bark..then the large female got kind of aggressive with the large male, and he got aggressive back, and the small female ran behind the large male, and they got still again..by aggressive, I mean they kind of threw elbows at each other, made little jerking motions, and opened their arms a little, like half way. I had noticed the large female acting like that with the smaller female on the way back from town. I don't know if this behavior will lead to serious fighting, but the large female was just removed, and placed in her own, similar set up. I don't want any killing before I gain some understanding of their behavior, so if necessary I have yet another set up ready to go, for the smaller female, who seems to get along great with the male, so far. Its possible that the set up was too small, I just don't know yet..as I said, there was plenty of room on each side of the bark for distance, but they came together in some kind of Mexican standoff circle...or they were plotting against me, i just don't know..anyway, right off the bat I've noticed that if you use slow, gentle movements, they will move slowly..if you startle them, they're fast and panicky. Hopefully this little disturbance was just a dominance display, but who knows.[ATTACH=full]12290[/ATTACH]Ok, I got that one to load, this is the larger female that got moved.[ATTACH=full]12291[/ATTACH] This is the huddle. Now as this picture was loading, the male slapped the little female and she darted around to the other side of the bark...I think they're establishing their places in the new enclosure, but I'm not sure, so i'm going to remove the other female until I know more. This is what happens when you buy the animals before you buy the book..I'll post more when I get the book..until then, isolation for my "communal" whips. I have a large enclosure for them, but I'm not ready to move them into it, and i won't be putting them together again until I know what the hell I'm doing. Don't be a Mass, get the book first..sorry for the bad pics.</blockquote>

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