T. dobrogicus aggressiveness

[Dobro033]

Hey

When I feed my 4 adult dobrogicus they quite often snap at each other.
And sometimes my female gets a bit of her tail bitten of.
I feed about every other day (so monday, wednesday, friday, sunday)

Is this normal?

 

[Otterwoman]

I have found them to be very aggressive with each other. The fewer together in a tank, the better. I'm not sure if there is a sex issue (i.e. you could have more of one sex or if only one sex were there they would or would not fight).

 

[ed_moyer]

From what I've seen after the last 30+ years It's normal here with them!!

 

[caleb]

All Triturus are aggressive at feeding time, in my experience. Larvae even more so.

I find the best way to avoid it is:

-Feed at multiple spots in the tank, so there's less chance of them seeing each other feeding

-Feed lots of small food items, instead of a few big ones, so they're all occupied with their own food, and have a better chance of swallowing it before any others notice it. If one is taking its time swallowing a massive earthworm, there's a good chance that another one will come over and nip at it...