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I don't have enough experience to advise on this situation but will share my experience. I had 6 together and for the first year or so they made a burrow all together and did really well. I staggered their feeding to make sure everyone got enough and did research on the ideal enclosure size. However after a year one ate 3 of the others So I separated the remaining 3. The cannibal I have named Satan! She was really fat so I assume it was all her/him. One of the remaining ones was deformed for a few moults after that, bent legs, missing legs, maybe due to the stress of Satan :/

I don't know what I did wrong. My only theory is that maybe they were separated from their mother too young as when I received them as a group from the shop they were around 1cm each. I have heard people keep tons of them together repetitively and never get any cannibalism, so I also wonder if they do better as large groups and that way the dynamics work better? I read 5 or 6 should have been fine but saw someone recommend to not go lower than that.

<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 235001" data-attributes="member: 31253">I don't have enough experience to advise on this situation but will share my experience. I had 6 together and for the first year or so they made a burrow all together and did really well. I staggered their feeding to make sure everyone got enough and did research on the ideal enclosure size. However after a year one ate 3 of the others <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> So I separated the remaining 3. The cannibal I have named Satan! She was really fat so I assume it was all her/him. One of the remaining ones was deformed for a few moults after that, bent legs, missing legs, maybe due to the stress of Satan :/ I don't know what I did wrong. My only theory is that maybe they were separated from their mother too young as when I received them as a group from the shop they were around 1cm each. I have heard people keep tons of them together repetitively and never get any cannibalism, so I also wonder if they do better as large groups and that way the dynamics work better? I read 5 or 6 should have been fine but saw someone recommend to not go lower than that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 235001, member: 31253"] I don't have enough experience to advise on this situation but will share my experience. I had 6 together and for the first year or so they made a burrow all together and did really well. I staggered their feeding to make sure everyone got enough and did research on the ideal enclosure size. However after a year one ate 3 of the others :( So I separated the remaining 3. The cannibal I have named Satan! She was really fat so I assume it was all her/him. One of the remaining ones was deformed for a few moults after that, bent legs, missing legs, maybe due to the stress of Satan :/ I don't know what I did wrong. My only theory is that maybe they were separated from their mother too young as when I received them as a group from the shop they were around 1cm each. I have heard people keep tons of them together repetitively and never get any cannibalism, so I also wonder if they do better as large groups and that way the dynamics work better? I read 5 or 6 should have been fine but saw someone recommend to not go lower than that. [/QUOTE]

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