G.vorax

DNA Reptiles · 09-24-03, 10:42 AM

This may be the 2nd time you have heard this (my computer is acting and I don't see the first post anywhere!)....
We had our first vorax egg hatch yesterday - boy are they fast. I hope to be able to post some pictures on the week-end when Braydon is here to hold the cage lid open!
It has been quite the days for vorax as David bought me two very beautifuly females from Lowell Shaw to add to our collection.

Clownfishie · 09-24-03, 08:19 PM

Awesome, congrats!

Can't wait to see pics...

Sean_.E. · 09-25-03, 04:49 PM

Congratulations! I'd love to see the pics when you get them!

Tim and Julie B · 09-25-03, 04:58 PM

Congrats! Have you given them a shallow water dish to swim in? Apparently they are quite the swimmers when young

How big are they?

Julie

sara · 10-03-03, 09:46 AM

Congrats on the new hatchlings. My adult male loves to swim when he gets the chance, they can actually float... it's really neat to see.

Katt · 10-03-03, 12:03 PM

I had no idea these guys liked to swim. I'll give him a big bowl to swim in.

Are any of yours friendly??

Congrats on the baby!

Skink Keeper · 10-03-03, 02:57 PM

Congrats on the new baby. can't wait for some pics.

Wuntu Menny · 10-04-03, 09:08 AM

Andrea, just wait until all those females start producing! With only two laying for me, I was swamped with babies within a year. I can't imagine dealing with the number you guys will be popping out!

Congrats again and have fun!

Sara,
that's interesting to hear about your swimming male. I've only seen this behaviour in hatchlings and never tried to offer a chance to adults. Obviously, there needs to be more research on natural history as it would seem that they are well suited to travelling through water. This could make for a really cool future enclosure!

WM

sara · 10-04-03, 09:32 AM

yeah, I had no idea they liked to swim until he jumped into the bath tub with my b.f. a few months ago.

After that we put a large water source in with him and he seems to enjoy submerging himself to check out the corners. I was completely stunned at how well they float and keep their balance. He's pretty strange for a g. vorax as it is, so I guess I shouldn't be too suprised that he would do something like this as well.

It would definitely be interesting to see whether other adults retain this behavior...

TheRedDragon · 10-04-03, 12:59 PM

Congratulations on the new baby.

geckoguy157 · 10-10-03, 03:26 PM

here's a picture of one of the baby's that they hatched out

DNA Reptiles · 10-10-03, 05:23 PM

Thanks Braydon for getting the photo together!! They certainly seem to be slowing down now and are not nearly so skittish. Peach baby food is working well, although I haven't actually seen any of them eat crickets as yet. I guess the other eggs should start hatching in a few more weeks.
I am revamping my cage Lowell for the two females - I like the idea of aquatic vorax!!

Wuntu Menny · 10-10-03, 07:36 PM

We just hatched another pair yesterday too. They are the fourth clutch from our second bloodline. Unfortunately, they will also be about the last from that line as we lost the female last week.

It was one of the strangest situations I've witnessed. The female got severely mauled by her mate a couple of months ago. They were separated immediately but she looked pretty bad. She survived the attack alright, but then proceeded to refuse food for the next three weeks. She finally resumed a normal feeding routine and, just as it looked like she would make a full recovery, she hops to the cage floor and breaks her lower jaw!

She barely tapped her chin on the substrate and the lower mandible fractured on both sides! At first I thought the gaping mouth was a threat display but soon realized what she'd done. When I took her out for a closer look, I find that entire cranium has turned to rubber! Her skull had the consistency of a warm gummy bear. We had no choice but to put her down.

All I can think of is that the demands on her systems to heal the injuries compounded by the lack of food resulted in such a depletion of reserves that she began to metabolize tissues. There was no visible weight loss or any indications that she was going downhill. She actually appeared to improving almost daily until this happened.

I'm a little puzzled, any opinions?

WM

DNA Reptiles · 10-10-03, 10:13 PM

your PM box is full!!.... I have e-mailed you Lowell.

sara · 10-10-03, 10:19 PM

:S sounds awful... definitely wouldn't want to see that. I've haven't heard of anything that fits the circumstances , maybe a bacterial or viral infection resulting from the wounds & immune system stress might do something along those lines... but even then... I'm sorry to hear about your girl.