Richard.C wrote:oi blotch,my males could beat up your males,lol,lowlands females can get pretty solid tails as well,but yeah,alot of the alpines appear to get really thick tails in comparison,lisa ralphy is a mighty fine looking specimen,his tail looks solid in the pics,but he doesnt look over weight body wise,so maybe the camera playing tricks on us as tails closet to the camera
and luke,why do u think your males could beat up ralphy,aggresive males that do that sort of caper i find are younger males,and with my lot,if the younger male trys going a bigger male,it gets put in its place and usually gives up ,mine only do it in the breeding season though,a couple of weeks each year,the rest of the time they get on well,thats over ten males living in the same cage to,my 2 biggest males,lowlands dont chase other males,they copulate with the girls,but they will put young aggressive ones in there place if they have a go
Hey richard!
Ok let me do this one at a time.
Female lowlands - Yeah they do have the shorter and thicker tails - but I reckon this is simply for fat reserves and the fact that females generally have the smaller tails yet longer bodies. I reckon Females generally carry more weight than males - would you agree? My reasoning is for reproduction. anyway - Onward!
Ralphies tail - Certainly looks quite big! But Ralphie in general is a big boy - I agree he doesn't look overweight - and I also agree he is one impressive unit.
My Lowlands Beating up Ralphie - Well It's only 2 of my lowlands. Lil and Lance. They are just aggressive - always have been. Lance tries to kill anything put in with him - and with ralphie being an eater rather than a fighter, I think the only way ralphie could win is if he was yawning when lance or lil tried to attack his head and instead of latching on they landed in his mouth - in which case he'd swallow them whole.
Oh - they are aggressive year round - not just in spring. It's fun holding a bluey on the opposite side of the glass and watching lance go stupid. Both lance and Lil are smaller in bulk than say Vic or Chopper - but Lance and Lil never back down - you should see when i put Lance and lil together! Woah! fight club!
EDIT - If you reckon your blotchies would beat mine - we should set up a bluey fight! hahaha for all those that are disgusted in that comment - I'm only joking...
...not - or am I?
We'll have to wait for Bode's updated stats -- what was the owner's name?
Hi Drew! 
