Hi Camille,
Camille Thompson wrote:
> > As soon as you notice any aggression. You should be
> > alert for this at all
> > times.
>
> So when do you usually start seeing that? (Just a
> guideline; I'll keep an eye on them)
Depends on a lot of things, size of set-up, the hatchlings themselves. Bill
Love observed them in the wild ony in pairs, so I think they will get testy as
soon as they think they don't have enough space.
>
> I offer them mealworms in a dish
2 week old crickets are good, that is a better diet with mealworms as a variety
food.
> and try not to let it
> get empty (that way I know that no-one is hungry). I
> also offer baby food, though not daily (should I offer
> it every day?)
>
You can!
>
> > > when I opened the egg there was a fully developed,
> > > dead, hatchling.
> >
> > If you see that next time and the other has hatched,
> > go ahead and gently crack
> > it, possibly you can save the hatchling. I've done
> > this before and so has
> > another Phelsuma breeder I know.
> I'll try that with the next clutch.
>
> >
> > >
> > > I dust my adults crix every feeding with Mineral-I
> ...
> >
> > I used to use that, now I use Susan Donoghue's
> > supplement with high calcium
> > content http://www.herpnutrition.com . I felt
> > Mineral made their calcium sacs
> > too big.
> Drat, I meant to mention that--she has no calcium sacs
> that I can discern.
>
> >
> > I skip the vermiculite, just put the eggs in deli
> > cups. They usually have a
> > groove on the bottom to keep them from rolling
> > around. They don't need much
> > moisture to hatch, although my incubator is at about
> > 60-70%.
> Just straight on the plastic?
>
That's correct.
>
> >Be sure to NEVER
> > let Phelsuma eggs directly contact vermiculite.
> Why?
>
Because these hard-type calicified eggs have a very low limit on how much water
they can absorb. We are finding out that they don't need much moisture at all
to hatch properly, so putting them on vermiculite is waaaay overboard in the
moisture dept. The embryo may drown inside there in that moisture heavy
circumstance. No book on Phelsuma will ever tell you to put them directly on
vermiculite.
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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