Pumilio aggression toward offspring?

[JL-Exotics]

We had a nice pair of red bastis that would just throttle their offspring. They would chase them, stomp on them, kick them, and bully them until they were either dead or I removed them. It was surprisingly brutal and it happened with clutch after clutch.

[ChrisK]

Originally Posted by JL-Exotics

We had a nice pair of red bastis that would just throttle their offspring. They would chase them, stomp on them, kick them, and bully them until they were either dead or I removed them. It was surprisingly brutal and it happened with clutch after clutch.

What size tank were they in?

[JL-Exotics]

Originally Posted by ChrisK

What size tank were they in?

Initially a 15 tall and then again in a custom tank about 30 gallons in size.

[ESweet]

In the wild, both in Costa Rica and Panama I've seen a lot of this. I had a video of a Bri Bri male jumping on the head of a very young froglet, pinning him down and calling. They are strangely aggressive little animals, though I've never witnessed this in any of my captive pumilio, WC or CB.

[jeffr]

I just pulled to Basti froglets because I saw one of the adult females pouncing on them