[hofud]

Hello

I have a breeding trio of p.tigrinus and they laid many eggs. Now I found two more which is stuck to the rock on the background. My question is can I leave the eggs there? I don't want to loose any eggs due to damage. Would the parents eat up the babies when they hatch? If anybody had such experince please let me know.

Thank you very much in advance.

[ptenopus]

The eggs that are stuck to the rock are probably no good. Tigrinus do not glue their eggs.
To get the best sex ratio's, you need a fluctuating incubation temp 90f in the day to 75 at night

[Elizabeth Freer]

Originally Posted by ptenopus

The eggs that are stuck to the rock are probably no good. Tigrinus do not glue their eggs.
To get the best sex ratio's, you need a fluctuating incubation temp 90f in the day to 75 at night

ptenopus ~

Have you tried this method? Have you assessed the male-to-female ratio? By the time I realized I had many more females than males, I really did not want more tigers! I tried a couple times incubating in the high 80s, but really wasn't satisfied with the results.

Prior to that the tigers were hatching out at basically room temperature.

[hofud]

Thank you for the fast reply. Where do tigrinus generally put their eggs? Do they put them under rocks? Do they have lay often infertile eggs or its maybe because they are young?

Thank you in advance.

[hofud]

one of the 'stuck' egg hatched and I found one more dug egg hatch...

[Hilde]

They don't typically glue their eggs to a surface, but it's not at all unusual for freshly laid eggs to stick to something. They're moist when laid, and if they touch a rock while hardening, they'll stick to it.

I've seen eggs buried almost anywhere - even in what I would consider a really bad spot. Most of the time they were laid under a rock or under bark slabs. A lot of the eggs where stuck together.

Removing eggs stuck to rocks or walls risks damaging them, leaving them might work - so the best thing is to leave them be. When I kept tigrinus, I left the eggs in the enclosure. Judging by the population explosion, I'd say the parent didn't eat the young (or eggs), or at most they only ate a few.