Sharing is Caring

[Katherine]

Two Sulcatas sharing food is a rare sight at my place... Came home today just in time to catch these two playing nicely and sharing a giant pear : )

 

[wellington]

Very sweet [/php]

 

[Linzbragg]

What kind of fruit is that? I love giving Frank bits of cantaloupe and strawberries bc he goes crazy for it, but I don't want to give too much.

 

[Jacob]

That's Nice to see, usually they would be a tad bit more aggressive!

 

[Katherine]

What kind of fruit is that? I love giving Frank bits of cantaloupe and strawberries bc he goes crazy for it, but I don't want to give too much.

It is a pear, but you are absolutely right to be concerned about introducing too much fruit. I posted this picture because I thought it was cute and unusual for them to be peacefully sharing food, but it is a terrible example of what to include in their diet! We have pear and fig trees in the yard so occasionally our bigger sulcatas get the fallen fruit, but I do not think it is necessary nor would I recommend making fruit a regular part of their diet. I am sure Frank loves his treats for the same reason mine love this pear, lots of sugar! Which is exactly why they should remain 'treats' and little else : )

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Nice picture.

 

[TaraDodrill]

What a sweet pic. My girls share food all the time. It's really more like Scarlet is eating something and Babette wants to see what it is so they eat from different ends. They each have their own food trays in a large enclosure, but they always both go to one together and then the other. I have fried feeding one while the other is out is in the outdoor enclosure, no luck. Whichever one is with the food refuses to eat until they are both together. They both eat a healthy diet and are growing at typical rates, so I quit trying to infuse what I thought was best on their routine

Learned behavior I think. When I rescued them they were in a 3X2 aquarium with two redfoots and two yellowfoots which were all larger. They are approx. 7 inches and 9 inches.

They didn't have a hide in their old home. I put two hides in the indoor and outdoor enclosures, but 90% of the time they prefer to be together. Odd for Sulcatas So, I put a larger hide in the enclosure as well so if they chose to be together they would not be scrunched. They rotate in all of them as they see fit, but they tend to prefer the bigger one together. Three hides to keep humid, fun fun fun- but worth it since it makes them happy.

 

[Katherine]

That's very sweet. They are definitely creatures of habit and I bet you are right about their history conditioning them for shared meal times. How old are they? I hope they stay smitten and get to grow old being friends. My pack of ladies do gravitate towards the same general area and always graze nicely together, but if I give them any kind of unusual food (mazuri, spring mix, veggies, fruit) they tend to spar over it, and I think in my case they would not notice or care if one of their 'sisters' went missing.

 

[TaraDodrill]

I net your pack of sisters are adorable. I'm estimating their age around 18 months and 2 1/2 maybe. They were on their second human when they joined our family and the guy wasn't sure about age. I think they are really undersized for their age, so I'm just guessing. Babette is about 9-10 inches now and Scarlet is about 7 inches.