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Old 04-12-13, 06:21 PM   #1
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Parthenogenic Species

Does anyone here have experience with any parthenogenic species of skinks or geckos? Just curious if anyone has kept any/produced babies.
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i have a good friend who has a colony of mourning geckos.
My friend took a trio of the babies but they didnt thrive (she should have had something easier/more hardy). Once the adults started reproducing, they really took off. The friend who has the colony has to cull some of the babies, she has so many now.
She feeds them just repashy and fruitflys.
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i have a good friend who has a colony of mourning geckos.
My friend took a trio of the babies but they didnt thrive (she should have had something easier/more hardy). Once the adults started reproducing, they really took off. The friend who has the colony has to cull some of the babies, she has so many now.
She feeds them just repashy and fruitflys.
Do you know how fast they reproduce approximately?
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i *think* hers started reproducing at around 8 months, and the adults lay 2 eggs every 4-6 months...
She also said they will not reproduce if there is only one of them, they need the social interactions from other females in order to lay eggs.
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i *think* hers started reproducing at around 8 months, and the adults lay 2 eggs every 4-6 months...
She also said they will not reproduce if there is only one of them, they need the social interactions from other females in order to lay eggs.
Wow thats odd lol Would be interesting to make a nice viv and throw a few in there. Use the extras for feeders :P
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lol yup; you have to get the babies out and in a separate container pretty quick or the moms will eat them :P
I think the eggs are a bit bigger than a q-tip, and the babies fit very nicely on a dime (read: escapees!!). Her adults are about 4-6 inches long. The babies really need fruit flies to do well, and high humidity.
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Too bad they don't look like electric blues or something. They seem pretty dull. Theres also a parthenogenic night lizard on fauna lol
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Too bad they don't look like electric blues
Females of this species are very dull as well.
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Females of this species are very dull as well.
Yea but having 1 blue is better than none right :P Can electric blue males be housed together?
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