Stepmom kills babies ?
Some of you know I went from Harem breeding to monogamous due to the fact of fighting females, however went back to harem again due to not producing babies as fast as I need them :P - I went back to 1.2 per breeding tank and things have been going well till today.
One female birthed 11 babies this morning and all was good - This evening while changing food/water in the tanks, I watched the other female run over out of nowhere, pick up a baby, and take off to the other side of the tank - appearing to be cleaning the baby.
Mom ran right over and took the baby back to the nest, than the other female grabbed another - same scenario - Mom to the rescue again, than a 3rd time in which she bit and drew blood from the baby - Mom snatched that one back as well.
By the time I got the lid back on the tank I was working on, the little beotch grabbed a 4th baby and ran into the TP tube - I picked up the tube, and dumped them out in the aspen - another bleeding baby - Mom grabbed the baby and the other female was moved from the breeder tank to the feeder tank :twisted:
Mom tried to clean the babies, but they died so I removed and froze them "Lucky Ameiva's lol".
I've read it's the mom who sometimes kills the babies, however none of mine have - and the surrogate helps with the babies, which they have till today 8O
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