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Hi, I have recently noticed some strange behaviour in my Japanese FBNs.
They are about a year old or less (I think they morphed in December last year). Three are fully aquatic, one lives on land. Of the aquatic ones two are probably females and one is male (he's very noticeably different so I guess the other ones would have developed the same male signs like him by now).
About two weeks ago I watched the biggest female shed skin. The male came to her when she finished and started sniffing her. Then he began to court her (I was shocked...I consider them to be kids :lol:
The strange thing was what the female did - she kind of put "her hands behind her ears". I thought the posing of the female was part of the courtship but I noticed the male doing this too the other day. I managed to take some photos, sorry about the quality. One of the photos is of the male now - his cloaca is huge and his tail is funky.
Does the posing have something to do with mating or dispersing poison from their glands or what is it? Should I be worried?
They are about a year old or less (I think they morphed in December last year). Three are fully aquatic, one lives on land. Of the aquatic ones two are probably females and one is male (he's very noticeably different so I guess the other ones would have developed the same male signs like him by now).
About two weeks ago I watched the biggest female shed skin. The male came to her when she finished and started sniffing her. Then he began to court her (I was shocked...I consider them to be kids :lol:
The strange thing was what the female did - she kind of put "her hands behind her ears". I thought the posing of the female was part of the courtship but I noticed the male doing this too the other day. I managed to take some photos, sorry about the quality. One of the photos is of the male now - his cloaca is huge and his tail is funky.
Does the posing have something to do with mating or dispersing poison from their glands or what is it? Should I be worried?