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Along with my beloved torts, I also have a 2.3 breeding colony of Lygodactylus Williamsi, or the Electric Blue Gecko. I have just this year, been blessed with approx 12 eggs with this lil’ guy being the first to hatch. I’ve been doing an experiment on the time frame to which these hatch. Generally , you can hatch them within the same enclosure as the adults ( as far as heating and humidity) the downfall is they are so darn small the become
“ snacks “ to the parents sometimes. They also are also unusual in the fact they lay their eggs stuck to something and in most cases the side of the enclosure, which makes it impossible to remove for incubation. Most of the time , covering them with a clear deli cup tape to the side works fine, bu if in an awkward spot its next to impossible. So this time I stuck PVC pipes ( and even a new version of hallowed out bamboo) , when I noticed the female gravid, I put these pipes into their habitat and sure enough she laid eggs in them 2 times now. So instead of leaving them in their enclosure I took one of the pipes and stuck it in the “ cooker†with the tort eggs. Thus seeing if this would speed up incubation time. And yes it did ..! Also I knew they wouldn’t become an easy meal for their parents. Last night I check on the tort eggs ….and
WA LA ! ~ Look what I found.....
Here is an Adult Male
JD~
JD~
“ snacks “ to the parents sometimes. They also are also unusual in the fact they lay their eggs stuck to something and in most cases the side of the enclosure, which makes it impossible to remove for incubation. Most of the time , covering them with a clear deli cup tape to the side works fine, bu if in an awkward spot its next to impossible. So this time I stuck PVC pipes ( and even a new version of hallowed out bamboo) , when I noticed the female gravid, I put these pipes into their habitat and sure enough she laid eggs in them 2 times now. So instead of leaving them in their enclosure I took one of the pipes and stuck it in the “ cooker†with the tort eggs. Thus seeing if this would speed up incubation time. And yes it did ..! Also I knew they wouldn’t become an easy meal for their parents. Last night I check on the tort eggs ….and
WA LA ! ~ Look what I found.....
Here is an Adult Male
JD~
JD~
