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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 133131" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>I think flat bark would be a good idea, as far as I'm aware these are scrape dwellers, most species will hide under bark regardless of their permanent dwelling style anyway.</p><p>Fights are most likely to occur if enough 'private accommodation' isn't available, particularly as they near ecdysis.</p><p>For the most part people keep 2nd instars together purely to save space then remove 3rd instars to separate enclosures as they appear.</p><p>Being that you only have 10 it would be safer to separate them now and not have any risk of cannibalism at all. It also allows you to monitor who's eating and who's not, with an enclosure full of babies you don't really know if they are all feeding or not. Also fights over food can happen too, some try to steal food from others instead of getting their own.</p><p>Sorry if this post is somewhat disjointed, I have been writing it over about 3 hrs, I'm having a busy day but to summarise, giving them separate quarters now is the safest option but it is not an uncommon practice to remove them one by one as they become 3rd instars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 133131, member: 27677"] I think flat bark would be a good idea, as far as I'm aware these are scrape dwellers, most species will hide under bark regardless of their permanent dwelling style anyway. Fights are most likely to occur if enough 'private accommodation' isn't available, particularly as they near ecdysis. For the most part people keep 2nd instars together purely to save space then remove 3rd instars to separate enclosures as they appear. Being that you only have 10 it would be safer to separate them now and not have any risk of cannibalism at all. It also allows you to monitor who's eating and who's not, with an enclosure full of babies you don't really know if they are all feeding or not. Also fights over food can happen too, some try to steal food from others instead of getting their own. Sorry if this post is somewhat disjointed, I have been writing it over about 3 hrs, I'm having a busy day but to summarise, giving them separate quarters now is the safest option but it is not an uncommon practice to remove them one by one as they become 3rd instars. [/QUOTE]
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