Post by etana on Nov 2, 2016 22:16:05 GMT
I just saw my two adult Margies, Iisakki and Grey Nose, do quite a sequence.
First I gave them bathwater, and they bathed and exchanged looks. Then they RAN to the corner of the tank. Grey Nose climbed up the wall and Iisakki attached to his shell and gave him a kiss, they disappeared up between the plastic plants, maybe one minute passed - until THUD! They fell off, strangely entangled. Took me a while to recognise they had their love organs completely out, they were so long! That was seriously the quickest progression of a mating attempt I've ever seen! No dancing or other rituals at all, just looks, running to hide together, and a kiss or two!
Then Grey Nose rasped on his love organ for several minutes, and I thought I saw the horrendous Gut Extrusion Syndrome with my own eyes when a membrane bubble formed at his mouth, but no, it was a huge sperm packet. Now hear this, he rasped it until it fell off. Huh.
He's still rasping himself and putting his love organ back in right. Ha ha, not always fun being so well endowed. Iisakki is probably doing something similar, he's harder to see.
There are two new Margie hatchlings too, I just love the white little guys with their black eye spots. May have to start removing the eggs at some point though.
First I gave them bathwater, and they bathed and exchanged looks. Then they RAN to the corner of the tank. Grey Nose climbed up the wall and Iisakki attached to his shell and gave him a kiss, they disappeared up between the plastic plants, maybe one minute passed - until THUD! They fell off, strangely entangled. Took me a while to recognise they had their love organs completely out, they were so long! That was seriously the quickest progression of a mating attempt I've ever seen! No dancing or other rituals at all, just looks, running to hide together, and a kiss or two!
Then Grey Nose rasped on his love organ for several minutes, and I thought I saw the horrendous Gut Extrusion Syndrome with my own eyes when a membrane bubble formed at his mouth, but no, it was a huge sperm packet. Now hear this, he rasped it until it fell off. Huh.
He's still rasping himself and putting his love organ back in right. Ha ha, not always fun being so well endowed. Iisakki is probably doing something similar, he's harder to see.
There are two new Margie hatchlings too, I just love the white little guys with their black eye spots. May have to start removing the eggs at some point though.
