[pakinjak]

It's about frikn' time, I might add...

She's laid some duds off and on since the late fall, but I could see them through her belly this morning. she had dug in the laybox last night, so I took it out and checked it but there was nothing. I went somewhere, and when I came back she was back down there. I left her for a couple hours, came back and could see she had one in here back feet. I'd say she was in the box for about 5 hours to lay them.

Here's a pic from when I pulled the first one out of the box, notice Mama in the background still.


Oh, and I got another clutch of henk eggs today too

Here's everything I got today


AND here's what I have from the whole season, minus the two henks that have already hatched.


What would be really really really cool is for the egg that is due to hatch tonight to come out. That would make one heck of a cool Uroplatus day.

After that insanity I've experienced with my collection this year, it sure feels good to have some success.

[Suspensefulsteve]

That's awesome, congratulations.

[jalopy]

Congrats on your eggs. Mind sharing what you do for a lay box?

[BonnieLorraine]

Grats!! I can't wait to see the baby pics

[pakinjak]

Originally Posted by jalopy

Congrats on your eggs. Mind sharing what you do for a lay box?

Sure. I'm no expert though, this is my first season producing Leafies.

Here's what I said when asked on another forum-

Here's the rationale behind my laybox-

yes, it's the same substrate (as the rest of the enclosure), but there is no moss or leaves anywhere else. They tend to lay under leaves and whatnot, and I use the box to give them added depth to use and so the eggs are easier to find. The henkeli lays hers in the box, the same way every time- just under the leaf litter, never under the mulch. I've heard that fimbs can sometimes bury them a bit or leave them just under the litter like the henks. but with uroplatus species, you can't assume one species will do it the same way as another, can you? I just don't want to have to dig up the entire enclosure and risk missing or breaking the eggs. Fimbriatus are spotty enough breeders that I'm doing everything I can to get good eggs in my incubator.

I use a 6x9 tupperware with no lid, put about 2.5" of substrate in it and then cover the whole thing with moss and leaves.

Here's a picture of the fimbriatus in the box.


So far I've noticed a difference between how the henkeli and fimbriatus place their eggs. The henk just leaves them under the leaves and doesn't seem to dig at all. The fimbriatus dug down about 2" and totally covered the eggs, but just barely under the surface.