Jewelled Lacerta UPDATE - Page 2

Gungirl · 10-13-11, 11:58 AM

Whooo hooo!!!! I so wish you where in the same country as me. I hope you get more eggs and great hatch count!

**lady_bug87** · 10-13-11, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gungirl

Whooo hooo!!!! I so wish you where in the same country as me. I hope you get more eggs and great hatch count!

aw you're so sweet

I wont know for sure if these are viable for another couple weeks, I hope they are and shes still digging around so who knows I will be cooling my male down this week I will leave my female for another 2 weeks before I cool her down

**lady_bug87** · 10-22-11, 07:08 PM

OK

not sure who is actually waiting for these updates but I am going to keep giving them until someone tells me to stop...

Ok so week one of incubation went awesome all my eggs are puffy and white aside from a very very mild mold problem that has been fixed all 12 look great so. One week down... roughly 11 more to go! I candled them and there are some dark little shadows in a few but its still too early to tell the eggs have also swelled since they have been in the incubator

this is also week 1 of brumation of my pair which will last approx 7 more weeks I should see a newly gravid mama around February with eggs starting in March and hatchlings for June.

This season without brumation my young female managed to lay 25 eggs with her first clutch of 13 being mostly unfertilized but she carried them and had no problems laying maintained a steady appetite and energy level throughout her gravid period after laying she maintained some weight and continued to feed on schedule without fail so I'm proud of her =D

I cant wait for next season!!

**millertime89** · 10-22-11, 08:03 PM

how have I not already subscribed to this... am now.
edit: in case you couldn't tell, I'm awaiting updates. Even though I won't own one, it still interests me, plus I think they're cool lizards.

**lady_bug87** · 10-22-11, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

how have I not already subscribed to this... am now.
edit: in case you couldn't tell, I'm awaiting updates. Even though I won't own one, it still interests me, plus I think they're cool lizards.

If you are interested in the species there are American Breeders I'm not sure where they are located but I have seen them on a few sites

and thank you! This is my first time trying to breed anything and there is precious little info out about them so I am trying to document the experience incase someone out there is trying to find someone else doing it

and like I said the updates will keep coming until someone tells me to stop regardless of the number of replies I get lol

**millertime89** · 10-22-11, 08:06 PM

what's the process of shipping animals from Canada to here? I might want a few if its not too expensive (if you know)

youngster · 10-22-11, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

what's the process of shipping animals from Canada to here? I might want a few if its not too expensive (if you know)

It's gruesome. For the best but it's just plain hard unless you're a billionaire. That's why you get all those stories about people trying to smuggle snakes onto airplanes :P

stephanbakir · 10-22-11, 08:12 PM

150 shipping, 400 CITES II 239 inspection.

**millertime89** · 10-22-11, 08:55 PM

you should just have stephen bring a few with him when he comes down, or would all that crap still have to be gone through?

Gungirl · 10-23-11, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

you should just have stephen bring a few with him when he comes down, or would all that crap still have to be gone through?

If it was that easy... ahh I would have my ackies by now...lol

You still have to do a lot of the same stuff. They don't let you carry animals across the boarder with out all the permits and paper work.

**lady_bug87** · 10-22-11, 08:56 PM

lol Stephan lives about 7 hours away from me!

**lady_bug87** · 10-27-11, 08:13 AM

Goodmorning folks,

My eggs are officially 2 weeks old and this week was not as kind as last week, the mould is back and it is worse than before, next year I plan on using dry vermiculite I have had 3 eggs collapse and 2 completely covered in sticky mould

I will try and fix what I can but its not looking good on that front I still have a few promising eggies though so we will see what hatches for me 2.5 months to go until our hatch date

This is also week 2 of brummation the lacertas are doing fine I have 6 mos to go I will keep this updated throughout the day on the mould situation I will be taking unorthodox extreme measures shortly I have no clue if it will work but it is worth a try.

Thanks for reading!

totheend · 10-27-11, 09:02 AM

What are you incubating them in now?

Usually when eggs mold like that, they were never fertile in the first place. Have you candled them??

**lady_bug87** · 10-27-11, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by totheend

What are you incubating them in now?

Usually when eggs mold like that, they were never fertile in the first place. Have you candled them??

I did when she laid them but they were too small and too soft to really see anything, this season wasn't supposed to happen I just got her in March and was going to wait until next season to start breeding them but since they're housed together all year and they bred and laid eggs I figured I would give them a shot.

A couple of them look like they have something inside and those are the ones that had no mould on them or very little

right now they are in dry vermiculite in my zoomed reptibator at a temp of 84 degrees with 84% ambient humidity

totheend · 10-27-11, 09:42 AM

Yeah, you won't see anything right after they are laid....but not long after you should. You should without a doubt see veins in healthy eggs and they will have a pink/red glow. Infertile eggs will be yellow.