Another Phelsuma kochi hatchling

[mkschaefer]

Hello,

I discovered another Phelsuma kochi hatchling in my incubator yesterday morning, 6/2/09. I have no idea how old the clutch is as I stumbled across the clutch last week before moving it to my incubator. As I was poking around the my adults' enclosure last week, I discovered the "new clutch" I was looking for and two additional clutches. The eggs could be a few weeks old or ready to hatch, I really do not have a good idea as to their age. I presently have seven eggs incubating with more eggs on the way. I'm having a great time with this species. I'm soon going to be overrun with them unless I'm able to sell them all.

I probably should not have moved the clutch, but one gecko has hatched from one of the older clutches. The other egg from this clutch has not hatched yet. Has anyone observed significant differences in incubation times between members of the same clutch?

A hatchling from my first clutch died a few weeks ago. I incubated my first clutch at a rather high temperature and the hatchlings were quite small. I have since reduced the temperature and hope to have good results. I may not poke around the plants so much and just let some eggs incubate in situ. I found all three clutches concealed in the Sansevieria.

 

[mkschaefer]

Well, the second gecko from this clutch hatched this afternoon. Unfortunately, I just discovered the second gecko from my first clutch passed away at some point this afternoon.

I incubated my first clutch at 29 °C and the geckos hatched at 41 days. Both hatchlings spent the majority of the time in low positions in their mini-enclosures and were not eager feeders. Both hatchlings died. The geckos from my second clutch were incubated at the same temperature, but went three days longer. I do not know if this is significant, but the hatchlings from my second clutch(5/5/09) are vigorous and are eager feeders. They are actually larger in size than the deceased individuals from the first clutch.

The individuals from this third clutch appear very healthy, much like the second.