Chebe6886
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Getting five 2i slings soon. Considering doin a small communal set up but curious as to when is the best stage to introduce them to same enclosure?
I'm going to go with "Never". Not a fan of communal setups.Getting five 2i slings soon. Considering doin a small communal set up but curious as to when is the best stage to introduce them to same enclosure?
Neither am I, I think the term leads soooo many keepers down the wrong path....but balfouri is the one species I consider to be the exception.I'm going to go with "Never". Not a fan of communal setups.
I don't recommend fruit flies whatsoever. M. balfouri slings will feed on pre-killed prey as mother M. balfouri's will leave pre-killed for them to come and scavenge. 2nd instar M. balfouri are very shy and will not likely take live prey whether it be the right size or not. They are highly reliant on mom for meals most of the time until big enough to hunt. What I recommend for you is to use chopped mealworms and let the little ones scavenge for it since there isn't a mother around to do to hunting for them.This is the only species I would really consider it with. I’ve seen several very healthy long term results. Haven’t seen when they officially were housed together to start though. I guess my thought process was to make sure each is feeding properly on its own for a bit prior to putting them together. Which very well may be a mistake. figured I’d feed them flightless fruit flies, as that’s what I have access to for small prey, till they molt again then onto something more substantial