Why are my boy and girl hamsters fighting?

Why is my boy fighting fish fighting with my girl fighting fish whenever i put then in the same tank?

  • when ever i put them together the boys gills pop out like how chickens feathers come out when they are ready to fight. Why is this happening becaues i want to mate them but the boy does that?

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    Generally mating includes a lot of threat displays, and often some violence. You should read up one of the proper ways to introduce a pair. http://bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm PS- Breeding is easy the hard part is raising the fry. Do you have live food for the fry? Do you have a proper breeding tank to raise the fry? Do you have 3 tanks? One for each of the parents, and the breeding tank for the fry? If you aren't ready it will end in tears. PPS- What are you planning on doing with the hundreds of offspring?

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The male will attack the female, if the female is not in breeding condition... Please, if you are not an expert, please do not try to breed. Ps. Jillian is completely wrong...

ßübblëš

This is usual for them. Give them over night to get to each other. In the morning monitor them to see how they are going. This could be just the beginning of the mating ritual. GL

sportyconnie

I used to raise and breed Betas as a child. The reason the male seemingly attacks the female is because he's courting her. Give it some time, she can get away, but if you see bubbles in a corner, don't destroy it. That's the males nest for the eggs. It's the male that raises the fry, not the female. On that note though, it takes skill to raise fish fry. If you have any further questions about this, feel free to e-mail me. I know all about those fish.

Pontius

Sounds like they're not ready to mate. Separate them up again and get yourself over to bettatalk.com and read the brilliant articles there on breeding (Faith explains it all really well, complete with pictures). You'll likely have to change the tank layout, temperature, their food and make sure you have a grow out tank as well as recovery tanks for both parents - it's a space and time consuming process so make sure you're fully prepared! Good luck :)

vix

Both need to be ready to breed at the same time or he will kill her. Use at least a 10 gallon tank put a globe from a hurricane lamp at one end and put her in it so he can't get at her but can see her. Put in a few floating plants and little or no filtration. Feed them live food every other day (regular food on alternate days) until she gets big and developes a tiny white spot on her belly. When he builds a nest of bubbles, and she has developed an egg tube(the white spot) you can remove the globe and let them be together. They will lay eggs and he will put them into bubbles and place them in the nest. When done laying eggs get her out before he kills her - he will neglect the nest and focus on killing her until she is removed. After she is removed he will tend the nest replacing fallen eggs until they hatch and he will continue to put the babies back in the nest as they fall out. Be ready to feed the babies special liquid food and live baby brine shrimp unitl they are big enough to eat regular food. Have a couple of hundred jars ready for the babies because you will have to separate them to keep them from fighting and killing one another. Good Luck!

pilot

The male cannot breed with the female unless the female is in breeding condition. -I would switch the male to a diffrent tank and seperate the 2. The male will attack

Jill knows best

Well, maybe you have two males....? The other possible scenario is actually that the male IS trying to mate with her, though. Those Siamese fighting fish can get awfully aggressive. The other possibility is that you have a gay or asexual male who thinks of the female as a threat of some kind. If they get rough ithout actually mating, put one of them in another tank. There's no way you can orce two fish to get along; they're much too stupid to use much psychology on. Then again, maybe the tank is too small and they are fighting over space....? Try a bigger one and see if that helps.

yourpastlifelover

He wants to mate with her and she is not ready. The female has to be in the right physical condition.

DAGIM

I had a female and male fighting fish to and they would always fight like that. I asked the people from petsmart what I should do and they said to put them in different tanks or wait a little while to see if they would get along. But they didn't , the female got tired of being pushed around by the male and kept biting him and then about a week later he died. So I think you should just keep them in different tanks.

Tico T

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