First Borneos Hatched in the US :)

gekkocorner · #1 11-16-2010, 07:44 PM

After a very unexpected short incubation of 2 months and 7 days my first two Borneo eggs from WC females have hatched! I couldn't believe it when I went to look at the eggs and found the two babies looking right at me

I was not expecting these guys to hatch for at least another month or so.

Anyways here are the pics. They appear to be a male and a female as they have the same striping as mom and dad and if my theory is right

we'll find out with time. ( The 'male' is about to shed his skin in the pic )

Lordoftheswarms · #2 11-16-2010, 08:43 PM

I'm a bit skeptical when you claim these are the first to be hatched in the US. How do you know?

gekkocorner · #3 11-16-2010, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lordoftheswarms

I'm a bit skeptical when you claim these are the first to be hatched in the US. How do you know?

These eggs came from one of the females from the first group who was ever imported to the States. so Unless somebody had some secretly these would be the first.

rhacoboy · #4 11-16-2010, 09:23 PM

As far as I know, these are the FIRST!!!!

Very exciting! Congrats!

-Armen

gekkocorner · #5 11-16-2010, 09:31 PM

Thanks Armen!

**Elizabeth Freer** · #6 11-16-2010, 09:43 PM

Good job, Steven...way to go!

**Riverside Reptiles** · #7 11-16-2010, 10:54 PM

Nice looking babies and congrats. However, I too would be leary of claiming these to be the first as well as claiming the batch that Kevin brought into the US was the first. We know for a fact that there were other batches of these green eyed felinus in the US years ago. So it's certainly possible that someone out there hatched some out back then. In any case, it's good to see some getting hatched out now. It's interesting how quickly these hatched out compared to other felinus. What temps did you incubate them?

DDReptiles · #8 11-17-2010, 01:01 AM

I think Wai Lui produced these guys 10 years or so ago, there were other animals floating around. So always a chance they were produced on the down low.

Anyways congrats, that is a very fast incubation time for sure. Maybe my eggs will hatch sooner than expected!

victorKR · #9 11-17-2010, 06:15 AM

I don´t know if they are the first, I hope Derek can be in the right way,perhaps some people have succesfull hatchings witht his location, but now the herp trade is out of this species.....very pretty and rare borneensis!

I only can say CONGRATS!!! they are one of my favourite and one of my "most wanted"!!!

Thanks for the pics!!!!

gekkocorner · #10 11-17-2010, 08:39 AM

well lets say they are my first borneos then

no prize given anyways to first place. I'm just glad the babies hatched out okay. Incubation Temperatures stayed in the high to mid 70 during the day and a few degrees colder at night. There were a couple of nights that went down to low 60. I would also like to note that they are huge compared to my 'unknow locale' babies that I've produced in the past.