i have a communal avicularia avicularia setup with three pinktoe slings at around the 3/4" mark... today i threw in a live cricket the same size as them.. at first, all three where hanging out close to each other with two of them doing what seemed to be cuddling.. as soon as i dropped the cricket in thru that red screw off top you see in the pic all three lunged at it... well the two that where cuddling grabbed a hold of the cricket and kicked the other one away with fast tapping of the legs causing it to jump.. so now i thought, "hey, that's pretty cool! they're sharing food..".. boy was i wrong! they looked as if they where mating when one decides to start turning in circles spinning web.. the other did not like this and they got into a feet tapping brawl until the one who first got the cricket kicked the spinning one out.. so now only one has the cricket and the other one is going crazy moving all fast and scaring the third as if it was bullying it.. suddenly the one that got kicked out decided to go back for the cricket and got into a little feet tapping brawl with the one that has the cricket and eventually latch's on to the cricket again.. so now i figured they're actually gonna share it.. i leave to get the camera and i come back only to see one has the cricket and the other is roaming around.. all the while the third one is on the wall sitting still minding his own business... so a little later the second one comes back and latch's on again! so i take the pic and i made a bit of noise which i think starttled them causing yet another feet tapping brawl leading one to have the cricket.. the one who got the cricket first has never let go and the other keep's trying to get some... it's pretty interesting because i threw another cricket in there and the second avic keeps going after the cricket the other one has...
i find this to be pretty interesting.. keep in mind that this is the first live cricket they've eaten because before they'd refuse.. i've so far only fed them one cricket leg each like 3 weeks ago and since they've been starving.. here's a pic of the 2 that kept fighting for the same cricket..
could this be bullying like leopard gecko's do? maybe the two with the cricket are bullies and the other get's picked on all time.... :?
i find this to be pretty interesting.. keep in mind that this is the first live cricket they've eaten because before they'd refuse.. i've so far only fed them one cricket leg each like 3 weeks ago and since they've been starving.. here's a pic of the 2 that kept fighting for the same cricket..
could this be bullying like leopard gecko's do? maybe the two with the cricket are bullies and the other get's picked on all time.... :?
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i woulda made that nothing but air holes but then i wouldn't see the t's... the other side has a HUGE wall of holes.. believe, when i've posted that my avic enclosure's surface area is 80-85% air holes i wasn't lying... you should see my A. VERSICOLOR VIAL! lol.. nothing but holes.. they need lots of ventalation and that's what they get...
