First lock of 2012..!

[lady_bug87]

Well I just witnessed their first lock of the year after a couple days of pre-mating behaviors.. if she becomes gravid she will drop eggs in 6 weeks.

just in time for me to move *sigh*

[alessia55]

Well I just witnessed their first lock of the year after a couple days of pre-mating behaviors.. if she becomes gravid she will drop eggs in 6 weeks.

just in time for me to move *sigh*

Congrats! ...what animal?

[lady_bug87]

my lacertas.. hopefully I have more luck hatching them out this season

[shaunyboy]

my lacertas.. hopefully I have more luck hatching them out this season

thers going to be a lot of hatching going on at yours pal;)

poor hubby's going to be rushed off his feet :yes:

cheers shaun :D

[lady_bug87]

yea the funny thing is when she drops them its another 3 months until they hatch which will put the hatch date somewhere near my due date...

[Trent]

Good luck!!

[Valvaren]

If you end up looking into shipping I would love to get one!

[CK SandBoas]

You are going to have your hands full with babies this coming summer! Good luck!:)

[lady_bug87]

If you end up looking into shipping I would love to get one!

Yea sure we just have to see if a) I get eggs and b) if I can hatch them

[Valvaren]

I'm sure you will be fine and all the best to the couple!

[lady_bug87]

Thanks it'll be a few weeks until I know if she's Gravid

[CDN_Blood]

Make sure you have lots of 'film' in that digital camera to document the progress for us :P

[lady_bug87]

They are locking again as we speak usually they go at it for 3 or 4 days a few times a day my female is obviously fertile because she goes right up to my male and lifts her backside

[lady_bug87]

Just a quick update:

I have witnessed roughly 7 locks (all lasting roughly 10 minutes) between my lacertas and I have seen some evidence that she has follicles developing (she is getting noticeably thicker just ahead of her back legs) so good news is I can expect my first clutch of eggs in the beginning of May.

If I can get the eggs through the 85 day incubation then I should have my first clutch hatch out in August... just in time for me to give birth.

last season she laid 35 eggs as a first time mum she had 2 clutches of slugs and after adjusting their husbandry had one fertile clutch that my incubator successfully killed. This year I am hoping for better numbers since she has put on a good amount of weight between her last lay and now.

Fingers crossed!!

[lady_bug87]

I figured since I've been MIA lately I should update this. She dropped the eggs 2 weeks ahead of schedule while I was out of town and buried them. I predict I lost half the clutch to my male he looked a little fatter than usual but was able to salvage 7 eggs. Out of those 7, 3 were slugs and 1 collapsed shortly after incubation started.

So currently I have three very plump very white eggs incubating they were laid 2 weeks ago (approx) and have been in the incubator for 12 days (approx)

Whether or not she will drop more is unknown at this time.

[shaunyboy]

sorry to hear she dropped while you were away pal

imo,it makes the 2 eggs you have now all the more special

i hope it all goes according to plan for you

welcome back:)

cheers shaun

[CDN_Blood]

<crosses fingers and other crossable parts> :)

[lady_bug87]

thanks so far they're doing very well incubation is between 85 and 120 days