poisonfrog
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Ok guys over the last week i have observed some strange behaviour in my trio of lesser sirens (1.2.0) it started as usual several weeks ago really with the male developing the massive muscles around the head, this was followed by the appearence of lacerations along the flanks of the two females, nothing strange here it's happened for the last three years but this year it was followed by a catastrophic power failiure which led to a drop in temperature in my amphib room down to 1.9 degrees C! i panicked but luckily every thing survived, then this monday the eggs started appearing. I've now got around 150 eggs that seem to have been layed by the larger of the two females over a period of three days, the oldest eggs now have 1cm long developing larvae inside. first query, does anyone know how long they will take to hatch?
so day four and tragedy hits, the smaller siren is killed by the male, which tore it to pieces when it strayed too close to the eggs! in fact the male seems reluctant to leave the 'nest' and attacks feeding tongs that are placed near the eggs! query two, is this degree of protective/parental care usual?
and finally what should i feed any possible hathlings?
thanks for any suggestions, i value the caudata collectives input and i'll try to post pics over the next two days.
thanks Ben
so day four and tragedy hits, the smaller siren is killed by the male, which tore it to pieces when it strayed too close to the eggs! in fact the male seems reluctant to leave the 'nest' and attacks feeding tongs that are placed near the eggs! query two, is this degree of protective/parental care usual?
and finally what should i feed any possible hathlings?
thanks for any suggestions, i value the caudata collectives input and i'll try to post pics over the next two days.
thanks Ben