Hello. Just out of curiosty...do you give your eggs a nighttime drop in temperature?
Quoting maleldil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That's good to know. I wasn't too worried about it but it is interesting > nonetheless. Physiologically speaking, something must tell the gecko to stop > absorbing and ditch the remainder of the yolk. I thought it might be from > low RH. > The baby is not in the best of health after hatching but I think he'll make > it. > > Thanks once again, > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:27 PM > Subject: Re: [gecko]Yolk sac rentention > > > > I see this a fair amount of time, it doe not seem to have any particular > > pattern or circumstances. Usually it falls off by itself and the baby is > > fine. > > > > Julie B. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This one had a portion of its yolk sac attached by the dried remains of the > vitelline vessels. I dipped surgical scissors in iodine and snipped the > dried vessels. The yolk sac was mostly dry. > > > > > >Question: Can anyone give me an idea why this happens? All of my net > searches turn up water fowl yolk sac retention whereby a liquid yolk sac > remains on the bird. The gecko's yolk sac was dry, and apparently > jettisoned. > > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
