A couple new Silver Eyed hatchlings...

**Riverside Reptiles** · #1 11-21-2009, 12:37 PM

These two just hatched out a couple of days ago. The pics are from minutes after the hatching...

This one hatched out first. As you can see if you look closely, it's still absorbing it's yolk sack:

This one hatched second:

PassPort · #2 11-21-2009, 12:42 PM

sweet! that would have made my day.

come to think of it, I've been meaning to pick up some felinus for a few years now. maybe I should get around to it finally......

Scarlet.Escapist · #3 11-21-2009, 06:41 PM

Gratz on the cute silver eyes!

Just wondering if you don't mind me asking... how many A.Felinus have you hatched out this season? This species seems like its starting to picking up in popularity slowly (at least in Canada)...but surely :P.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #4 11-22-2009, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Scarlet.Escapist

Gratz on the cute silver eyes!

Just wondering if you don't mind me asking... how many A.Felinus have you hatched out this season? This species seems like its starting to picking up in popularity slowly (at least in Canada)...but surely :P.

Not sure how many I've hatched out this year. I have a decent sized collection of these guys and I still have eggs to hatch out yet this season as well as females still producing. They are NOT however large producers. Nor do the eggs hatch quickly. Nor do the babies grow fast. So this is not exactly a high production species at all. They're much more popular in Europe and Asia than here in the US and Canada. I think that part of the problem here is that most of the felinus you see on the open market are still crappy wild caught non-locale specific animals that are hard to care for and sell for dirt cheap. Even most of the cb animals that you see on the US market are non-locale specific. So, nobody wants them as they're too much work for too little money. On the other hand, the high end locale specific animal sell quickly and at a premium price. All of my animals are locale specific and I can't produce enough to meet demand. So I think that the popularity is there for the animals that are worth while.

Jan Grathwohl · #5 11-22-2009, 05:32 AM

Congrats Ethan - and interesting thread

Might i ask how large a breeding group you have? and did you have other localities than Silvereyes Johor?

**Riverside Reptiles** · #6 11-22-2009, 10:05 AM

Jan, I'm honestly not sure off the top of my head. It's a fairly decent sized collection as I've managed to hold back a few pair each year and I've been breeding them for about 5 years now. Not all of them are breedable yet though of course. And yes, besides the silver eyes, I also have true Cameron Highlands locale. What I really want now is some of the striped ones from Borneo. As far as I know, none of them are in the US though.

rhacoboy · #7 11-22-2009, 11:55 AM

Very nice babies!
The second one is stunning!

Chris3004 · #8 12-07-2009, 12:59 PM

I'll get some Johors on Saturday

**Riverside Reptiles** · #9 12-07-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris3004

I'll get some Johors on Saturday

Chris, silver eyed Johors? Or black eyed Johors? Just curious. Either way, that's great! Felinus rock. I'm actually on the look out to expand my collection by getting a few more silver eyes.

Chris3004 · #10 12-07-2009, 04:25 PM

Silver-eyed. I'm really looking forward to working with them. It's such an unique species.