[Dragonfly91]

Ok, so maybe I'll show my L.williamsi too








And something I'm recently pride of



The female is more photogenic, I have many of its photos. The male always hides, and the photos above are a little old ^^

[getmealemon]

Lovely pics, any chance of a full tank shot? Congratulations on the eggs, i hope to see pics of the them when they hatch!

Have you had any hatch before, would be interesting to hear your experiences with them as i'm introducing a male and female to eachother later this year.

[Dragonfly91]

Ok, no problem
Photos of te whole enclosure :


The tank is in stage of alteratios now, so the photos were made some time ago, when it was totaly new. When I finished I'll show some new photos

No, I've never had hatch before, these are my first eggs, so I've no experience yet ^^ I hope everything will be alright with them, because there are fluctuations in temperature in the terra. Recently I found out that temp shouldn't be above 30 degrees Celsius, and in my enclousure it's about 32... On the other hand, minimum temp was about 22... Sometimes happend it was equally 20... I'm thinking about some way to equalise temperatures, but I'm not sure if it's not too late now...

[getmealemon]

Looks great. Can't really give you any advice on the temp problems. Hopefully it will be ok for the little ones anyway.

[hexentanz]

Since the eggs never move in the Terra, you have less fluctuations than you think. Only the temperatures where the eggs are located play a factor.

I'm not sure which exact tube they are in, but in the picture it looks like they are next to a light source. It could well be it is hotter in that area than 32C.

Analog gauges are pretty inaccurate. You should get yourself a good digital gauge. Lucky Reptile makes a few to name a company for you.

I see you have the lamps and wiring in your terra. The lamps alone are dangerous as they could lead to some serious burns for your animals. I won't even go in to detail what could happen with the wiring.

I would strongly suggest moving your lamps to the outside of the enclosure.

Do you provide any UVB in there besides what looks like a bunch of heat lamps?

Since you mention these are the first eggs, it could well be they are not fertile, which is typical in first clutches. When you remove the bamboo with the eggs how do they look? Is the shell solid in color or clear in parts?

[Dragonfly91]

One of the lamp, in the back, on the corner, is with UVB.
And I've not these gauges now, but some different. I'm going to buy a digital gauge.
The shell is white in whole and looks solid.

Hmmm... I checked it out again and there are some clear parts... but it's hard to say, because I can't take out entire bamboo (only look from the upper side).

[hexentanz]

Originally Posted by Dragonfly91

One of the lamp, in the back, on the corner, is with UVB.
And I've not these gauges now, but some different. I'm going to buy a digital gauge.
The shell is white in whole and looks solid.

Hmmm... I checked it out again and there are some clear parts... but it's hard to say, because I can't take out entire bamboo (only look from the upper side).

The clearish parts could indicated an infertile egg unfortunately. However do keep it a bit more and see what happens.

[Dragonfly91]

Females sometimes lay infertile eggs, in spite of copulate?

[hexentanz]

Originally Posted by Dragonfly91

Females sometimes lay infertile eggs, in spite of copulate?

Yup. Just like humans, things sometime need to be worked at for awhile until things go as planned.

[Dragonfly91]

Uhm... So if the eggs are infertile, the female will lay next in some time, and these will probably be ok?
And should I build some incubator or something? I heard that people put in the terrarium plastic phials (these which are needed to keep decorative bamboo at home), females lay the eggs in, and thanks to it they can move them to incubator.