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- From: jason@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Jason Rosenberg)
- Subject: Re: (M) Adding fish...
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 18:01:26 GMT
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- sdebol@tsp.med.umn.edu (Steven Debol (Nelson)) writes:
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- >I would like to add a racoon butterfly. Can anyone
- >tell me how they do? It is my understanding that it is difficult
- >to get butterflies to eat in general--is the racoon especially
- >finicky? Any comments on racoons would be much appreciated. Also
- >I just read a post tonight that said butterflies prefer to be
- >paired--is that the case for these as well?
-
- I once bought a pair of racoons. The bigger harrassed the smaller one
- quite a bit for the first few days. Unfortunately, the smaller one died
- within 2 days (I'm don't think because of harassment). He was a little
- listless from the start, never did eat. The other one, on the other hand
- was a big eater, as long as I had him. He would only eat live food, though,
- in my experience. Brine shrimp and tubifex.
-
- I too have seen butterflies in pairs in the wild, but I don't think that
- all butterfly species have that tendency. The one's I've seen exhibiting
- this behavior tend to be some of the very largest species, which I have
- also seen do well in captivity in pairs. However, most aquarium sized
- butterflies are not mature and may not be prone to pairing off....
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