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Jackie
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hear what you are saying Scott and I do think that the diet definitely had it's part to play. However, I think the difference is you raise your groups from babies so I would assume they would all be roughly the same size and weight ratio at the same time. This female was put in with a large mature male in a small exo terra viv (the shop bought the viv too), therefore she didn't have anywhere to hide.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jackie wrote:
This female was put in with a large mature male in a small exo terra viv (the shop bought the viv too), therefore she didn't have anywhere to hide.


Hi Jackie,
So basically the animals were very badly set up as well as a bad diet. This is exactly my point about it being nurture rather than nature being to blame.

I do agree that if the female wasn't in with a male then her condition wouldn't possibly of deteriorated as much or as fast as it did but it was still kept inadequately and like I said you have done a fantastic job with her.

With regards to my own, yep overall I do try and keep sizes together but sometimes there is a reasonable weight/size difference but again this isn't a problem if there are enough hides & food etc.
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