Today's hatchlings

hognose · #1 11-09-2011, 09:23 PM

Woke up to these little guys in the incubator this morning, a great start to the day!

knobfan · #2 11-09-2011, 11:15 PM

Beautiful! That one levis looks like its going to be a hypo? Love the deleani, would love to own a pair one day.

Sybet · #3 11-10-2011, 02:30 AM

Absolutely a great way to wake up!
And awesome geckos you've got there!

Yoshi'smom · #4 11-10-2011, 06:52 AM

What a great surprise! I would be happy too if I found those at my house!

Such gorgeous babies!

Jason Guthrie · #5 11-10-2011, 09:59 AM

Congrats on the babies.. they all look perfect!!

Have you hatched out a good number of nephrurus using the S.I.M containers? Also curious what media your using? If you care to comment on your over all results with these containers/method it would be greatly appreciated.. As I have been considering it myself, but was not sure if many have had good results with nephrurus.

hognose · #6 11-10-2011, 01:34 PM

Thanks all!

@knobfan - that one might be hypo, he was sired by a very light colored hypo. I'll have a better idea after the first shed.

@Jason - this is my 2nd season using the S.I.M containers. The first season I was using a mini fridge type incubator and did a test with 2 eggs. I had major issues with condensation (much like what gets reported using bottom heat) and lost both eggs. This season I built a new incubator and have hatched more than 10 eggs without issue. I still have slightly more condensation on the lid of the container than I would like so I may do the sponge mod but it hasn't caused any issues.

I am using perlite and water as the substrate. I tried vermiculite but it didn't seem to produce as much humidity in the container as the perlite does.

Chris

josabby · #7 11-11-2011, 09:10 AM

Aw, what cuties

GeRu Reptiles · #8 11-11-2011, 09:30 AM

Wow, that's a nice way to start your day!

bombax1212 · #9 11-13-2011, 08:06 AM

Fantastic geckos Chris! I'm thinking of trying out the SIM incubator next year for nephrurus. Could you please tell if you used the standard 1/1 weight/weight ratio of water and perlite in the sim? Any breeding advise for those deleani?

hognose · #10 11-15-2011, 12:56 AM

Bombax1212,
I went about 1:.9 perlite:water ratio in the SIM. If there was one thing I'd do differently with the Deleani in their first year it would be to have brumated them. I saw a much lower fertility rate in their first breeding year when not brumating than I have seen in my Levis. Another breeder I've spoken with suggested seeing something similar.

Good luck!

Chris