I'm probably going to get some flack for this, but I have TWO sully hatchlings. I don't know what I was thinking when I picked them up, and realized what I did when I put them in their enclosure for the first time. I've been meaning to get a 3rd but lack of extra money and a summer-reliable vehicle has ruined that plan.
Ada and Trudy are roughly 2.5 months old. Ada was originally smaller than Trudy, but now she is much larger. It's not a huge difference, but if it continues it will be. I'm worried there might be some bullying going on.
The thing is, if you were to watch them it would almost seem that the smaller one is the bully-er. She's the first to eat and last to leave, the first to bask, not afraid of bulldozing her sister out of her way. The enclosure is large enough (though I'm working on a big tupperware tub because they're growing so fast), there's always food leftover at the end of the day, there's two hides set up symmetrically with the basking light. I've never seen any kind of nipping. (They sit behind me on a bookshelf behind my computer chair, so I can see them almost constantly. Wait, did I just admit to spending too much time on the computer? ) There doesn't seem to be one preferred sleeping spot, and they rotate almost nightly between the two warmer hides.
Is it possible that she's just a slower grower?
When I first got them, end of May. The one that's currently bigger is Blue Dot.
Can you believe I had these girls for a week before I even noticed Ada had an extra scute? What a ditz.
Ada and Trudy are roughly 2.5 months old. Ada was originally smaller than Trudy, but now she is much larger. It's not a huge difference, but if it continues it will be. I'm worried there might be some bullying going on.
The thing is, if you were to watch them it would almost seem that the smaller one is the bully-er. She's the first to eat and last to leave, the first to bask, not afraid of bulldozing her sister out of her way. The enclosure is large enough (though I'm working on a big tupperware tub because they're growing so fast), there's always food leftover at the end of the day, there's two hides set up symmetrically with the basking light. I've never seen any kind of nipping. (They sit behind me on a bookshelf behind my computer chair, so I can see them almost constantly. Wait, did I just admit to spending too much time on the computer? ) There doesn't seem to be one preferred sleeping spot, and they rotate almost nightly between the two warmer hides.
Is it possible that she's just a slower grower?
When I first got them, end of May. The one that's currently bigger is Blue Dot.
Can you believe I had these girls for a week before I even noticed Ada had an extra scute? What a ditz.