Do females hide in caves?

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Do females hide in caves?

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or is it only males?
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Yes, females will hide in caves, although not as frequently and usually when they think they're ready to spawn.

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Barbie wrote:Yes, females will hide in caves, although not as frequently and usually when they think they're ready to spawn.

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yes, some of mine do :wink:
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This is all good news

I bought an adult wild caught male to add to my existing adult male and younger ones

but when I received the new one my existing adult male is looking alot more like a female :shock: rather than a male :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Yes, mine do too. Mine are a bit different though, in that, the females that use caves, 2 of them, use terra cotta "old style" pots, one never enters any cave and the male takes the onlt slate "breeding" cave.
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Females will shelter in caves but they don't claim them the way males do.
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My females do too, but you see these coming out more to feed than you do my males.

They seem to hang out of the caves more than males & also change caves quite frequently.

Anyone, never say never you have no females, one day you may be amazed.

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TwoTankAmin wrote:Females will shelter in caves but they don't claim them the way males do.
Same here. Females do not fight and claim caves while male does.
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