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 Seperation? Help :[

So as some of you know I have 2 females housed together..
I adopted them off craigslist about 7 months ago. They were already housed together when I got them.
Recently I have noticed Ickis being really stressed out. She always has spots on her belly and she is dark a lot. She is hard to hold and does the tail whip thing a lot. I have never once seen her puff her beard out or anything aggressive. She is somewhere between 10-14 months and Krumm is 16 months old. They don’t fight and they get equal food and bask together. Krumm is never stressed out at all. She is always happy. They don’t really pay much attention to each other (at least physically) but seems Ickis is getting stressed out. I don’t want her to be unhappy. I’m really torn because I’m not sure if I can afford to separate them for multiple reasons..price of cage and bulb and decor and lack of room in my house.
So my questions are where do I draw the line? What should I do? How can I tell if she really is unhappy or if I’m just overreacting?

Of course, if they must be separated I will do so. I am not a selfish owner and I care greatly for my babies. I am just seeking some advice. Thanks.



11/07/09  04:55pm

 #2093071


Newfgal
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   Message To: Squid   In reference to Message Id: 2093068


 Seperation? Help :[

Well, since they get along with no issues and this just started, I would leave them for now and see how it goes. If it continues for a long time though you could try separating them, maybe even a fecal exam would be a good idea if you haven’t had one done on her or both of them lately...

Nancy
11/07/09  05:10pm

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   Message To: Newfgal   In reference to Message Id: 2093071


 Seperation? Help :[

Why a fecal testing? Just to see if she is sick? They are both healthy and parasite free.
11/08/09  12:12am

 #2093261


Newfgal
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   Message To: Squid   In reference to Message Id: 2093223


 Seperation? Help :[

Oh I just suggested that b/c you said the one was stressed, it was just a suggestion, but if you think there are no paracites than don’t worry about it. If they haven’t had testing for a while it wouldn’t hurt though...Whatever you think I guess, lol...

Nancy
11/08/09  05:36am

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Squid
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   Message To: Newfgal   In reference to Message Id: 2093261


 Seperation? Help :[

Yeah they both just got tested and finished taking their medicine a couple weeks ago. So they should be fine. I feel like she might just get irritated at my poor fat Krumm. We have dubbed her the insecure, innocent dragon and Ickis is the pompous, sassy one. I think she just gets irritated with her and stressed. :/ I’ll give it some time but it doesn’t seem to be changing, shes always up in the tree with stress marks.

Thanks for your advice.



11/08/09  04:52pm


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