N.levis levis/ mating,eggs,and hatching!

[nephrurus7]

First the breeding

then the eggs!

then the first hatchling, unfortunately i was late in catching him/her breaking free.

then the second hatchling, i did catch this one!!!! notice how the first hatchling is watching to make sure everthing goes well :wink: it did this throughout the whole process!

then finally a pic of both after all of this. this was the pairs first year of breeding and only the second clutch, the first was infertile.

hope you enjoy these pics as much as i enjoyed seeing the whole process happen. eggs were laid on May 30 and hatched on July 29 and 30.

 

[Ken Bartenfeld]

CONGRATS! And I wish you the best in raising them. Now usually I don't feed my geckos around 5 days after hatching, sometimes even more...they will be afraid or not hungry...if anyone cares to comment on this, please do.

 

[GoldenGateGeckos]

Congratulations! How did you incubate the eggs?

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Congrats! If you look at my thread "The Deflowering" you'll see I just had the same experience w/ my levis. Nothing like new babies. And even better to get to see them actually hatch. Mine, like yours, hatched in almost 60 days exactly (62 I think).

@ Ken: I just gave my new little guy (3 days old) 2 tiny lateralis and he went into instant hunt mode and gobbled them up. I'm sure some just eat sooner than others. I'd have pulled the roaches out if he had seemed scared though.

@ Marcia: I incubated mine in vermiculite/water at the standard 1:1 ratio in a hovabator @ around 84 f

 

[Ken Bartenfeld]

Awesome, if SHE ate Ethan! Hehehe, you keep saying he, I always hope for females ;-)

Sometimes I guess they go for it, sometimes not!

 

[GeckoHunter]

Awwww! So incredibly cute and adorable!
And so fortunate to watch one of them hatch and get some photos.

Congratulations on your new additions and thanks for sharing.

cheers,

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Awesome, if SHE ate Ethan! Hehehe, you keep saying he, I always hope for females ;-)

Sometimes I guess they go for it, sometimes not!

Ken you're right. I do need to start calling her a "her". Perhaps through osmosis, good karma, or just plain old good luck, that's what she'll turn out to be

 

[Justabeginner]

Congratulations! they are cute. Love the photo of the other one watching the hatching!

 

[DDReptiles]

Very Nice, they are both so cute and the parents are stunners

 

[nephrurus7]

Congratulations! How did you incubate the eggs?

in damp vermiculite(i did not measure the parts, i just guessed and added water when needed which was not much) at 83 degrees.

thanks for all the comments, these geckos are so great to be able to work with. the adults came from Nathan as juvies and are beautiful and very red.

 

[Travis]

Ethan, I would stick with reverse sycology. When I had my two daughters, I thought for sure they would be boys!! 8)

Travis