[Mallick]

Hi guys

Long time no see on the forum. I just wanted to ask if it's normal that my phants have inferts for almost six months straight? They are fed every other day with live crickets, wax moths and they get their calcium and vitamins. Still thinking snails play a crucial role in all this. Any opinions?

grts

[jadrig]

Your female/s are A ok...It s your males that arent doing their thing.
Try separating a male or several males and then reintroducing when the female lays infertile eggs.

[JSmithGirl]

I agree it is most likely the males who well are shooting blanks.

[sushigex]

When you say inferts what do the eggs look like? My female phant probably laid 4 to 5 rounds of slugs. All were stuck to branches and foliage. When I started finding whole eggs in the leaf litter they were all good. on a side note, it is incredibly hard to see the "cheerio" in a newly laid egg. In the phant eggs I have candled I would say it took at least 3 to 4 days to easily see it. Granted the brown flecks of dirt didn't help matters.

Personally I feel like snails are a contributing factor to the success with this female. The
male pays no attention to the snails. The female didn't at first until after she laid. From then on she went nuts for them. Also it wasn't until after snails were included that I could easily see calcium reserves protruding from the females neck.