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I just bought a mature female P.imp for Cyris to mate with.
I put her into Cyris's tank and observed them for 15 minutes as soon as Cyris came out of his hide to see what was going on.
He begun to shake like a beat, shake - still - shake - still - ect...
He then approached her, and did the mating stance for about a minute but without moving back and forth and around the tank(I wasn't intending on mating them then) then she tried to get away and then they started to brawl.
Stingers going crazy(no successful strikes) then I moved each to a separate hide, I have 4 hides in my tank.
They immediately when under their own hide.
Now, I left for the movies. I remember reading somewhere that they might fight then get over it and become acquainted and no longer fight.
Well, I just returned from the movies and my friend said, "Kevin, look." It seemed as though Cyris was dead. I was like F*&$.
He looked like one side of his body was crippled and had then died.
So I took off the lid and went to touch him and he just came out of it with break-neck speed and went under his hide, which She aka 'Rose' was staying.
I was like crap now he is going to get killed so i lifted the hide up and they got real close together as if for protection so I lowered the hid back down and through in 3 crickets and Cyris came out and ate one then returned to the hide.
I'm going to go back in there around 1-2 AM and see if they come out.
Was Cyris faining or is he hurt? He seemed fine after I touched him and lifted the hide and blew lightly on them.
Should I expect more fighting since they chose the same hide, being communal?
If they do mate, will she eat him? I don't want that to happen.
There are no flat rocks in my tank.
If they do successfully mate do I need to separate them? How can I tell if there aren't any flat rocks to check for sperm?
Thanks for any info.
Links are fine too.
I put her into Cyris's tank and observed them for 15 minutes as soon as Cyris came out of his hide to see what was going on.
He begun to shake like a beat, shake - still - shake - still - ect...
He then approached her, and did the mating stance for about a minute but without moving back and forth and around the tank(I wasn't intending on mating them then) then she tried to get away and then they started to brawl.
Stingers going crazy(no successful strikes) then I moved each to a separate hide, I have 4 hides in my tank.
They immediately when under their own hide.
Now, I left for the movies. I remember reading somewhere that they might fight then get over it and become acquainted and no longer fight.
Well, I just returned from the movies and my friend said, "Kevin, look." It seemed as though Cyris was dead. I was like F*&$.
He looked like one side of his body was crippled and had then died.
So I took off the lid and went to touch him and he just came out of it with break-neck speed and went under his hide, which She aka 'Rose' was staying.
I was like crap now he is going to get killed so i lifted the hide up and they got real close together as if for protection so I lowered the hid back down and through in 3 crickets and Cyris came out and ate one then returned to the hide.
I'm going to go back in there around 1-2 AM and see if they come out.
Was Cyris faining or is he hurt? He seemed fine after I touched him and lifted the hide and blew lightly on them.
Should I expect more fighting since they chose the same hide, being communal?
If they do mate, will she eat him? I don't want that to happen.
There are no flat rocks in my tank.
If they do successfully mate do I need to separate them? How can I tell if there aren't any flat rocks to check for sperm?
Thanks for any info.
Links are fine too.