Hemitheconyx taylori babies

[MXWreptile]

Today I found these in the incubator. Not a bad start for the day.

Maximilian

 

[sune jensen]

Very good achievement - congratulations with the babies...

Best,
Sune Jensen

 

[geckobabies]

Totally awesome congrats!

 

[MXWreptile]

First crickets were eaten. But first meals are really challenging, hopefully it will be easier in the future. The goal is that they feed themselves.

Maximilian

 

[sune jensen]

Sounds good. My suggestion would be to try black crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) possibly with their hind legs removed. This is the slowest and least jumping around crickets. Otherwise wax moth larvae might be good - unless, of course, you have access to termites. One of these - or a combination of them all - usually does the trick with picky eaters.

MvH Sune

 

[MXWreptile]

So far they don't feed on themselves. But it works best for me, if I open the mouth gently with the food item and push it slightly inside their mouth, afterwards they feed the food item without any problem. Unfortunately it doesn't work to rub the food item on the jaw to get the animal to bite into the food item as it was the case with my adults.

Best regards,

Maximilian

 

[MXWreptile]

;-)

 

[Tamara]

Very nice, are they eating by themselfs allready now?

 

[KTyne]

These guys are so cool looking, like little Dinosaurs! I've never seen/heard of these guys. Are they a hard species to keep?

 

[MXWreptile]

The first two hatchlings are a little weak. Their eggs were laid about 5 days after the female was caught in nature. The last hatchling came from an egg that was laid much later after the female received already good supplementation. I assume that this might have influence on the condition of the babies as the last hatchling feeds every day on several crickets. Unfortunately they don't feed themselves yet, but as time comes by I think they will do.

They are considered to be one of the toughest species in captivity due to the fact that they are termite eaters in the wild.

Maximilian

 

[Tamara]

Now we realize, did we not trade ciliatus for Bavayia cyclura with you last september in Hamm?

Greetings, Tamara & Kevin.

 

[MXWreptile]

Yes we did, I hope they are doing well.;-)

 

[Tamara]

They are doing great and growing very well, thanks.
How are the cresteds?

 

[MXWreptile]

They are doing also great. But we get way to off-topic....:lol:

Maximilian

 

[MXWreptile]

I'm amazed how early they are sexable. The last animal I hatched is a male for sure and I was able to sex it with my bare eyes at less than a week of age. First two animals are females.

Maximilian

 

[Saskia]

Good luck with them, they sure are cute!! How are the meals going??