Neil,
Thanks for posting the info. I hope it proves to be
helpful toward my upcoming phantasticus breeding
season. I have found the key to getting them to breed
and/or laying eggs is low temps. 65-70F at night and
68-72F during the day has worked for me. Once the
temps rise, they stop laying (so, the reverse manner
of leos,etc). I would like to ask the enclosures,
foods, etc etc that you use for the young. I hatched
out one baby, but it died. It was in an enclosure too
small and the crickets ended up attacking and killing
it after several days together. I also found I had
some problems with the last few eggs. My incubation
medium (Bed-A-Beast) had some small bugs, about the
size of mosquitoes that resemble slender moths had
gotten inside the incubator, and apparently laid eggs
in the substrate. Come to find out after inspection,
these larvae ate through about my last 4-5 eggs of the
season. I'm also interested to see if your CB
offspring produce F2 babies. Keep us updated.
Robert
http://www.geocities.com/reptiluvr
--- "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello Gaylon,
>
> Are you out there?
>
> A while back we had a list discussion on Uroplatus.
> I recall stating that I would post results of my
> incubation
> efforts, so here they are:
>
> One clutch incubated at approx. 24 C last fall
> hatched, one
> hatchling eventually died at less than 2 months old.
> The other
> is now close to breeding size.
>
> I set up an incubator in December dedicated to U.
> phantasticus.
> I moved it out of my herp room to better control
> temperature.
> Temperature fluctuates between 16-19C (night) and
> 23-24 (day).
> Eggs are elevated over a saturated substrate using
> aquarium filter foam.
> Incubation is usually 3 months or a bit longer.
>
> One clutch which was put in the new incubator
> halfway through incubation
> did not hatch. Since then time my hatch rate has
> been 100% (8 out of 8).
> Survival has likewise been 100%.
>
> Additionally, 3 hatchlings from last summer
> (July-August 2000).
> are adult and I've recently found the first viable
> egg from this group.
>
> I have several eggs still incubating. It will be
> interesting to see what
> happens when the temperatures rise over the summer
> months.
>
> Thanks to Juergen Pietschmann for advice on
> incubation temperature.
>
> Best wishes,
> Neil Meister
>
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>
> President
> Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society
>
>
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