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Leo laid eggs!

Postby Leos r gr8 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:44 pm

Hi everybody!

Around an hour ago, my female leo laid her first clutch! She layed the eggs in a corner of her laying chamber and piled all of the vermiculite from everywhere in the tub on them, she was looking a little like an Ethiopian after laying! She took 12 adult crickets and the next clutch is already visible.

I put the eggs in the incubator and set it to 28 degrees celcius, how long will it take for them to hatch?

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Postby gino » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:10 pm

wow congrads granny :) hope they all hatch out so you can sell me 2 :)
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:26 pm

LOL, I will definetly sell you 2, we just have to work out how to get them to Gauteng!
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Postby neko » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:28 pm

45-70 Days. The higher your temps, the faster they will hatch. Remember that the sex is temperature dependant though. I have some simmering in the incubator as well.
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:37 pm

I guess that the length will be towards the longer side, Shame the female that laid the eggs is back in the empty laying box guarding her eggs, she doesn't know that they aren't there...How long will it take her to get over this and stop guarding "ghost eggs"?
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Postby Serpy » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:42 pm

Conrats man I hope all goes well. Hopefully I'll have some eggs soon too!
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:55 pm

Thanks Serpy, I hope you have loads of luck too! I noticed one thing, and I don't know if this could help you but she refused to work on her laying sight in the light so I blocked the windows in her cage, I think she felt more secure in the dark...
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Postby Michelle » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:03 pm

Congratulations Liam, that's awesome!! I have found that at that temp it takes between 60 to 65 days to hatch. Candle them in a weeks time, if they glow pink, they are fertile. Will be holding thumbs for you! She will stop guarding after about a day. Its normal!

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Postby gino » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:07 pm

^^^^thank you very much :)
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Postby boaboy » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:23 pm

Hi my female blizzard that i got from Michelle also layed a cluch the other day and i candled them and they came up pinkish red.

good luck to all those with eggs!!!
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Postby Mongoose » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:30 pm


boaboy wrote: good luck to all those with eggs!!!


Is that not a bit discriminating towards women?
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Postby gino » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:43 pm

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Postby boaboy » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:02 am

Well it depends on how you are feeling ;P
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Postby Clint » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:38 am

Hi All...
I've had my Leo's for about 3 weeks now, still very green at all this. One of my females emptied all the nesting material out of her nest last night? Does this mean i'm gonna be a dad?
I don't want to disturb her and check what's happening in there...
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Postby Trayton » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:45 am

that or she's one of crazy neat freaks ;)

lift her up and check her underside,if she is gravid you'll see one or two pinkish oblong shapes near her "stomach"

don't worry about disturbing her it won't affect her she'll do what she needs to do anyway.(laying eggs or not)
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