Dankmeleon
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i have been breeding reggie all day with my various females.
he had a very light meal yesterday. I know he is starving. i put a nice size dubia in the cage with him and female for him to eat, and i put it on the side he was on, instead of hitting it right away like he always does, he let the female come all the way over and eat it almost like he was offering her the food because he knew she was going to becoming gravid after they mated.
i put another one in and the same thing.
this is not usually his behaviour at all and although i can't conclude anything based on this observation it makes me wonder if anyone has seen similar innate instincts like this in breeding chams, it really surprised me how gentle he is with females, but my only comparison is to veileds and they are obviously a lot more aggressive.
and on a final note he had bred one time and this was right before his second breeding sesh of the day with female number 2, which it also made me wonder if he could differentiate between the two females because they were almost identical and he showed a lot of hesitation before going in like either a. it was the same female he just got off of and was not trying to breed with her again or of course b. he was just taking a little break lol
either way interesting would love to hear others experiences i find it so fascinated how advanced these creatures are in the most subtle ways!
he had a very light meal yesterday. I know he is starving. i put a nice size dubia in the cage with him and female for him to eat, and i put it on the side he was on, instead of hitting it right away like he always does, he let the female come all the way over and eat it almost like he was offering her the food because he knew she was going to becoming gravid after they mated.
i put another one in and the same thing.
this is not usually his behaviour at all and although i can't conclude anything based on this observation it makes me wonder if anyone has seen similar innate instincts like this in breeding chams, it really surprised me how gentle he is with females, but my only comparison is to veileds and they are obviously a lot more aggressive.
and on a final note he had bred one time and this was right before his second breeding sesh of the day with female number 2, which it also made me wonder if he could differentiate between the two females because they were almost identical and he showed a lot of hesitation before going in like either a. it was the same female he just got off of and was not trying to breed with her again or of course b. he was just taking a little break lol
either way interesting would love to hear others experiences i find it so fascinated how advanced these creatures are in the most subtle ways!