full moon effect

[mat.si]

After a couple of decades of gecko breeding you start noticing some things.
It looks like more babies always tend to hatch around the full moon nights.

Last night I came home late in the evening and found the following new babies waiting for me:

1x Paroedura masobe
2x Eurydactylodes vieillardi
2x R. ciliatus
2x Coleonyx elegans
1x Goniurosaurus orientalis
2x Gonatodes a. fuscus

It was a busy night.

Matjaz

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Interesting observation Matjaz. It would be cool to actually track the moon cycles to hatchings over a few years to see how much effect it actually does have.

 

[Hilde]

I've noticed that too. During the full moon I expect to see more shedding, mating, egg laying and hatching. There also seems to be a small increase during the new moon.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

What a handful! Were you ready for 10 new hatchlings?

 

[mat.si]

Like Hilde said. Definitely more activity during the full moon.
I never get so many new hatchlings all at once on normal nights, but it happens rather frequently on full moon.
Egg laying is more or less finished for the season for most species, but I also found a good looking new egg from one of my Thecadactylus oskrobapreinorum females on the same night.

 

[mat.si]

I more or less always have to be ready for some new hatchlings, but that was quite a bunch the previous night. Definitely more than the average number of new babies per night.
Most of those went into smaller boxes with moist peat moss anyway and will be set up more permanently in the next day or two.

Matjaz

 

[mat.si]

I can't believe it. Got another big package of babies tonight.:yikes:

1x Paroedura masobe (clutch mate of the last one)
1x Eurydactylodes vieillardi
1x Eurydactylodes agricolae
1x R. ciliatus
1x R. chahoua
2x Coleonyx elegans
1x Strophurus wellingtonae

Being swamped over here.
I definitely need another room for geckos. :roll:

Matjaz

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

I definitely need another room for geckos. :roll:

No worries Matjaz, I have plenty of extra room here. Send your spare stuff to me!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Matjaz ~

I do have "another room" for your hatchlings! When can we arrange this import?

 

[mat.si]

I'm sure we can figure something out to fill up your empty gecko rooms and my empty bank account. :biggrin: :lol:

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

That's what's so great about GU...the way we all look out for each other