[rhachic]

Well I think I've figured them out! At least so far, next step is incubation, sooo exciting Soon to be captive bred babies.

[DDReptiles]

Congrats, make sure to give her some snails after she lays them, they seem to burn through the calcium!

Thanks Derek

[rhachic]

Any specific kind of snail? I only have trap door snails in with my fish, but they're constantly making babies. I'm making sure to powder her bugs every other feeding to make sure she is getting a good amount. She eats off my tweezers so I know exactly what she's eating.
Any incubation suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[DDReptiles]

I just use local garden snails right now, just as they are the only viable option for me at the moment.

I don't think simply dusting for these guys is enough. I too dust all my crickets every feeding, but I have had some females lose function of their back legs after laying eggs. I feed them a few snails and they are back up and running in less than 36 hours.

I just incubate mine on dry sand in a 2 oz. souffle cup placed on a 1.1 (perlite:water) at 70-80 degrees, same method as Uroplatus other hard shelled eggs.

[crestedtimm]

I have never had a female get calcium deprived, as I have only one female that was WC. She dropped one good clutch last year, both hatched. She has since dropped one more clutch that may be good, I dont know yet.

I have never used snails, but I totally advocate the application.

I wonder how long a female can retain sperm, and with that, can she regulate her laying in such a way that would be less taxing of her calcium reserves than if she were in full breeding mode, i.e., with a male.

Further, I agree with DD on his recommended incubation method. I use dry peat in a deli cup on saturated perlite,in a standard sterilite shoebox, leave them in the frog room where the AC runs on 75 F and I dont recall incubation duration exactly.

One tip I can give is to fold a piece of newspaper to where it just fits in the box, over the eggs. This will catch droplets of condensation, and keep them from dropping directly on eggs, and also it will serve as a visual indicator or humidity. Further, having a moist layer above the eggs seems to provide good humidity.


Timm

[rhachic]

Thanks for the advice guys!
Not sure if I have any garden snails, just lots of slugs and grubs in my garden!
I'm pretty sure she was either laying last night, or picking the spot to lay. She's suddenly acting different and was poking around the leaf litter at the base of a branch all night.
I'll have to set up that incubator as soon as I get home. I hope coco-fiber is an alright substitute for sand or peat. That newspaper idea sounds good, I think i'll try that!
I'll take pictures of my progress!

[rhachic]

Well they're still incubating, and we're on 71 days...any info on how long they normally incubate? They still look the same, and i did try candeling them a week ago and saw they are red inside. No mold or anything, so I think i'm doing alright.

[rhachic]

STILL incubating i'm now at 123 days! They're not moldy, don't seem to have grown in size (not sure if they should). I tried increasing the humidity and temp to 80-85% and 90*f...any suggestions/advice from people that have successfully hatched them?? I increased temp and humidity 20 days ago...

[JimmyNightlizard]

Keeping the eggs on dry peat or something similar like coco fiber works just fine. So far I have had 100% hatch rate keeping my C. pulchellus eggs in a small plastic containor on dry peat moss. It is kept on a very low shelf very close to my basement floor. The eggs should not grow to any larger size. Keeping them at around 75 degrees is usually the way to go with cyrto eggs. Going past 80 is very risky. If you want to keep the humidity where it is at, it's up to you? Sounds like Timms method worked for him. What ever you do don't wet your substrate. 123 days means they could almost be done? My pulchellus eggs hatched between 145-181 days. Seeing how much smaller eloks are than pulchellus I would think that maybe their eggs would be a bit smaller and take alittle less time to hatch? Hopefully you will hear from someone who has kept records. Keep your eye on them, try to check them at least once a day if you can. I am hoping to work with the eloks down the road aswell. They are very cool geckos!

Good luck!

[DDReptiles]

My elok eggs can go anywhere from 3-5 months, just have to wait