D. diadema Communal Q's

[BobBarley]

Damon diadema can be kept in male and female pairs, but I do not suggest keeping two males or two females within the same enclosure.

If that bag of Kaytee wood bedding is meant for the enclosure, I would recommend finding some coconut fiber or husk substrate instead. Wood will mold in humid enclosures and if it's softwood, I would not recommended it for use with invertebrates.

I keep an unrelated pair of Damon diadema and they tend to stick to their own pieces of bark, but will occasionally rest near each other. The female's older and twice the size of the male. She killed the two other females that were in the enclosure on the day she produced an egg sac. She tolerates the male's presence even when she's holding onto an egg sac, but she apparently did not want to have any other females around. They're living with a few dozen of their offspring and she's just produced her third egg sac this year without molting. So far, there's been no observed cannibalism occurring, but I can't say whether or not siblings from different broods will tolerate one anothet since the first brood was devoured by some hungry adult lateralis that the adults didn't eat.

Thanks for all the info! That substrate is definitely NOT for inverts, the whole enclosure and everything on/in it was gifted to me by a friend who housed a snake in it. I hope your third brood goes well!