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Making an M. Balfouri communal with already established members, different ages ?
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<blockquote data-quote="ilovebrachys" data-source="post: 185834" data-attributes="member: 28710"><p>As it sounds like you have sub adults who have lived alone? I would not recommend putting them together as females will likely get aggressive as it's their territory, I'd only put a male in with a female for pairing (if they were mature of course) and remove him immediately afterwards -</p><p>If you really want a communal of balfouri I'd recommend just getting some slings and starting afresh, you can safely mix slings of various sizes as long as when you first put them together it's in a fresh new enclosure so it's not an established home for any of them, we have a communal of 5 adult balfouri atm and they have been raised together from tiny slings and have never had any issues with them.. They have grown on to be 4 females and 1 mature male so he's a lucky boy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>It's not worth losing an adult by trying to cohabitate at that stage but that's just my thoughts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ilovebrachys, post: 185834, member: 28710"] As it sounds like you have sub adults who have lived alone? I would not recommend putting them together as females will likely get aggressive as it's their territory, I'd only put a male in with a female for pairing (if they were mature of course) and remove him immediately afterwards - If you really want a communal of balfouri I'd recommend just getting some slings and starting afresh, you can safely mix slings of various sizes as long as when you first put them together it's in a fresh new enclosure so it's not an established home for any of them, we have a communal of 5 adult balfouri atm and they have been raised together from tiny slings and have never had any issues with them.. They have grown on to be 4 females and 1 mature male so he's a lucky boy :) It's not worth losing an adult by trying to cohabitate at that stage but that's just my thoughts :) [/QUOTE]
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