Well, my phants have a Vita-Lite over them (formerly Reptisun but I tried
Neil's way this time), get dusted food and the females get liquid calcium
supplement from a dropper, they live in a planted vivarium etc..
Last night I found a freshly laid egg, but once again, it was partially
adhered to the glass, although the bottom sat in substrate. I decided to
treat it as if it might be fertile anyway, and placed a small, ventilated
deli cup over it. The female whom I think laid it, had been hunting
crickets but returned to the spot the egg was and seemed to hang out there.
This morning I found the same female sleeping on the glass with another egg
beside her, glued to the glass. Before I could decide anything, she
stirred, and ate it right before my eyes. Eggs for breakfast and all that.
Judging by their size and growth, my phants were small sub-adults when I
bought them; so these still may be infertile eggs, I guess...they would be
the fourth and fifth eggs I've found, plus one 'slug' that was a precursor
to this, and a suspicious looking smear on the glass this morning that could
have been another.
The eggs themselves looked a lot more solid this time around, and bigger.
Do phantasticus eggs have a particular colour indicating viability?
I'm wondering if this female just chooses bad laying spots...the one I saved
was right between a slab of cork bark and the glass, so the adherence may
have been a mistake. The small 'cave' between the glass at the back of the
tank and the cork is where this female spends a lot of her time.
Thanks.
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Dilshad Khan
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