Kicking myself....

[Adrn]

I am posting this to inform those breeding in the hopes to maybe prevent this from happening to others. I am a little bummed right now :-x . My laticauda female laid her third clutch of the season into oviposition on Saturday, April 26th. She laid the double egg clutch vertically, tucked nicely at the base of some Sansevieria leaves inside the viv. Late last night before going to bed I found out the hard way that laticauda eggs on occasion are pasted in place. I attempted to extract just the clutch and ended up breaking one in half and puncturing the other. A complete waste as I was so very disappointed. In hindsight, I should have just cut out the entire leaf and incubated the section with the clutch. Otherwise I could have just left the eggs to hatch insitu and they would have been perfectly fine. I consider it a lesson learned hope that others can learn from my mistake instead of making their own in this same manner.

Regards,

-Adrian

 

[Lunar Gecko]

Oh so sorry to hear that! Thanks for the tip. I'm just getting into day geckos (dont have any yet) tips from exp is always help full!
Very sorry about your eggs! Better luck next time.
TTFN

 

[BlakeDeffenbaugh]

Sucks that happened but you never try to move glued eggs. Cut the plant they are on or something. If they are on the glass put a cup over then just dont try to move them. More than half the time it'll just end badly. Hope you get more eggs to make up for it.

 

[jeroen de kruyk]

laticauda doesn't glue their eggs.

@adrn.

sorry about your eggs, but this can happen to every one. including the experts. dont feel a shamed;-)

if this will happen again, you should cut out the plant so you can remove the less difficult than if they are stuck
you can also take out the whole plant and you can take you time to take them out..

all the best,

jeroen

 

[Adrn]

Thanks to all for the show of support.

 

[BlakeDeffenbaugh]

I did hear that laticauda eggs are super fragile. Hope the next ones go better for you.

 

[Adrn]

I would say that I treat all my phelsuma eggs as fragile. It is definietly new to me and was a surprise that they were pasted in place as most often than not, laticaudas are non-gluers. Just an update, clutch #2 from my pair #1 has hatched at 40 and 42 days. The first time I have experienced hatches two days apart. I will post some pics later.

-Adrian

 

[jeroen de kruyk]

i had three days ago also juveniles:

2 Phelsuma modesta isakae incubated in situ, took 60 days
1 Phelsuma borbonica borbonica incubated in incubator, took 49 days (very fast)

i had 2 clutches of ornata aswell in the incubator before i found the borbonica eggs. all the 3 ornata eggs hatched on 60 days
both species are gluers.
do you guys have any idea's how the borbonica was able to hatched faster than my ornata?


regards,

jeroen

 

[PhelsumaUK]

I managed to break a cepediana egg tonight, trying to cover it!

With eggs glued on leaves, I cut the leaf off, then trim it around the egg....you still occasionally get a broken egg as the leaf contracts as it dies.

Length of incubation even varies within the same species. I've had cepediana hatch after 37 days and up to 54 days, although all were incubated immediately after laying at the same temp +/- 0.2 deg C.