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Old 04-02-2017, 11:35 AM   #9
JButera
Thanks, Nick. Speaking of territorial, the former trio was believed to be one male and two females; since one skink was considerably larger and reddish face than the other two. It turns out one of the two females was male and sadly, the larger male killed and partially consumed him; only his head was found, around the same time the female started her first cycle of the season. Up until then, all three coexisted peacefully for the last eight months. I'm guessing the cycling female began emitting pheromones which in turn, sent the larger male into an 'eliminate-all-competitors' behavior. There was signs of aggression a few days prior (tail was bitten off), but I was too slow to act. By the time the new enclosure was ready for the weaker male he was already dead.