Nateb55":hxqzc7c1 said:
kingofnobbys":hxqzc7c1 said:
Been there done that, I had Puff and Rex in the same 100L rearing tub for their first 6 months , and they did look cute together. Of cause one grew faster than the other and was getting the lion's share of the crickets and silkworms and monopolising the basking spot and best (toastiest) sleeping spot, and then the physical bullying started so I set up a second 100L rearing tub and moved the bully out into the new tub.
I think I was lucky that the bullying was not vicious attacks and no one got injured.
Second brace of hatchlings a few years later - Peppa and Toothless - separated almost immediately into their own 100L rearing tubs. Very good approach separating them from the getgo, both have been stressfree and have thrived.
I recommend you house each of your new hatchlings separately (stackable 100L tubs with clear see through sides are ideal, very easy to keep hygienic and clean, durable (make sure they are UV hardened plastic), and very easy to convert to a lizard tank with a few simple tools (ie a soldering iron and an drill/driver and some cloth tape and c-screws or cable holddowns) and cheap ! most the expense will be a NanoHood , a 26W UVB200 , heatpad, simple digital thermostat, small-medium HubbaHut, and a 40 - 60W basking globe and ceramic E27 socket and some offcuts of 1/2 plywood to mount the basking lamp socket under and maybe a household programmable lamp timer..
Our friend just so happens to have a 55 gallon tank. He'said gonna give it to us with a lamp, but we'll still need to buy more lights and decore and find a place for another tank. Do you think they'll be ok for another month or 2? Btw we feed them separately as to avoid Reptar from getting all the food cuz he's the bigger faster one even though they're the same age.
I wouldn't risk it.
You are likely to need to hand feed each to ensure both get enough dietary calcium and insect proteins and fats to grow and develop properly, as well as providing multiple basking spots and multiple hides to ensure both get enough privacy and UVA and UVB and heat. Easier setting up two rearing tubs or tanks IMO.
While they are permanently housed together, there is strong risk the dominance can turn violent, vicious and bloody, even lethal.
if you take the bigger tank, you could retire the existing tank and partition it into two equally heated and lit (UVA and UVB) areas and make sure neither hatchling can see the other - all it takes is seeing the other dominant hatchling for the subservient to be highly stressed all the time and to fail to thrive.