[ReptiRutger]

Hello everyone. To my surprise I found two little hatchlings of my 1.2 C. pulchellus yesterday. I was feeding the adults, when I saw one wandering around. When I took a closer look I also saw the second one hidden behind a plant. I took them out and put them in a seperate enclosure. This was the first time for me I had hatchlings who hatched in the terrarium with the adults. Normally I put the eggs in a incubator.

Does anyone have experienced this before?

[viktor]

I know that this is generally not desirable, but I also think that having offspring hatch in the enclosure is the ultimate test of proper husbandry.

I keep heavily planted enclosures, so I do not always find the eggs. So sometimes I find little geckos wondering about. I have had this happen recently with goniurosaurus kuroiwae and with oedura robusta.

[ReptiRutger]

My enclosure is also heavily planted. That's why I don't find all the eggs. It was a surprise that the adults didn't found the hatchlings.

[Bowfinger]

That's awesome, I have tried that with no luck at least with Cyrtodactylus. I once had a very large planted cage that I continued to breed Uroplatus spp. in. I had a layer of gravel/carbon under a thick soil. That was my most memorable breeding experience, so I feel your excitement.

[JimmyNightlizard]

Never had that experience with any egg laying species myself yet, always just take the eggs out and incubate them. However my first c.b. yellow spotted night lizard was born in a heavily planted 40 gal tank. There were a few adults in there. She was the only juvi I found, don't know if she had any siblings? Ever since then I kept all my adults in their own individual set ups. Because of her instincts, I don't think the mother would have eaten any of them, but the other two could have. Now that baby from 2005 is a mother herself for the first time! Got my first f2's from her this past august, she gave birth to 7 offspring! I hatched out two C. pulchellus babies this past june. These little guys are such characters! They eat alot, and they have been growing fast! Very competitive too! I had to separate them already.
Good luck with yours!

[geckoboy30]

wow do they come out ok?

[ReptiRutger]

They both did well the first day. One of them died.... That's a pity. The other is doing very well. He / she sheds and eats good!

[viktor]

I just found a little baby c. elok hanging out on the glass this morning. I thought I took all the eggs out, but I guessed I missed some. Well, that's another species that hatched in the tank for me!

[rhachic]

wow, awesome! i hope my eloks do that! haha I've only ever had that happen with rhacodactylus auriculatus and ciliatus and was frankly shocked that the auric's didn't eat the babies!

[rhachic]

well my female elok is gravid, and i just realized i'm not sure where she will lay her eggs! Do they bury or attach?