aoikirin Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I was thinking about whether the adults are self aware of the amount of space they occupy in captivity and will cut back on mating and reproduction if the enclosure gets too full? Alternatively would they just breed ad nauseum until they had crowded out their small space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Account Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Judging from keeper stories, even if they do have such behaviors the cage still overpopulates. Perhaps there are just too many predators in Madagascar...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axolotl Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I haven't noticed any changes in breeding as colonies get larger, but the adult males will kill each other if they don't have enough space to each have a small territory to themselves. For my G. oblongonotas, this space was about a 12" diameter area, but with my A. insignis, they seem happy with about a 5" diameter area. As they're breeding, I'm seeing more and more newly adult males losing legs and antenna as the reigning males hold their territory. The same happened with my G. oblongonota and the king male ended up killing all of the other adult males in the bin. He was particularly feisty, though. I ended up separating him from the colony. That being said, I haven't noticed the same with Elliptorhina, only Gromphadorhina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.