Tatl
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male.female.juvenile
Phelsuma grandis entushiast from Indonesia
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aquaplantae
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Hi Tatl, these are the pic of 2 different hatchlings that I have.
You can see that this one don't have any red coloration at all, even the stripe before eyes. Don't know what it means though.
And this is the clutchmate of the above one. This one have a slight red coloration and stripe before eyes.
For higher resolution, please click here or here.
About the plant bottles, actually I filled the bottles with pebbles. So if the hatchlings should fall into the water, it wouldn't drowned. But, I will do as you suggested and try to cover it somehow. Thank you for your suggestion. ^_^
And this is one of them caught eating cricket by my reptiles keeper.
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aquaplantae
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Clutch 2 just hatched this morning. I only manage to get one shot, because the other one's position was not good enough to be photographed. I only used my smartphone to take the picture.
Btw, what are likely to be the sex of my hatchlings judge from the incubation period, given clutch 1 was 52 days and clutch 2 was 44 days?
Btw, what are likely to be the sex of my hatchlings judge from the incubation period, given clutch 1 was 52 days and clutch 2 was 44 days?
aquaplantae
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Finally my custom cage arrived, and I managed to fill it with phelsuma knick-knacks. This is cage ver. 1.0, so there should be room for improvements on the next version. For ver. 1.0, I designed it so daily maintenance would be easy enough with minimum risk of flee. I have two doors, first one is the main door to do major maintenance and then the second smaller door just to do daily routines.
I bolted a deli cup into small door, as it will function as the cricket basket. I never like the ideas that the crickets roam freely in the enclosure. And its easier to control whether the phelsuma eat its meal or not.
As for the other things, I think the pictures are self explanatory.
Btw, the enclosure are located outdoor and have a canopy from nearby trees. I positioned it, so that it will get a morning sunlight and during noon it will have a partial sunlight. I noticed that their color improved a lot when exposed to natural sunlight. And one more thing, as for the dimension, one module contains two enclosure. The enclosure dimensions are 50x50x70 cm. I don't know if it is a little bit to small for pair or not.
Well, here are the pictures:
I bolted a deli cup into small door, as it will function as the cricket basket. I never like the ideas that the crickets roam freely in the enclosure. And its easier to control whether the phelsuma eat its meal or not.
As for the other things, I think the pictures are self explanatory.
Btw, the enclosure are located outdoor and have a canopy from nearby trees. I positioned it, so that it will get a morning sunlight and during noon it will have a partial sunlight. I noticed that their color improved a lot when exposed to natural sunlight. And one more thing, as for the dimension, one module contains two enclosure. The enclosure dimensions are 50x50x70 cm. I don't know if it is a little bit to small for pair or not.
Well, here are the pictures:
For somebody who is living in a tropic country you can do much better.The cages are okay,I've seen better ones but what you did on the inside.....come on where are the branches and the big leaves (like banana or palm),let your fantasy lead you.Do not forget you can keep your animals always in the outside so make it worth to look at them.Ad some vertical placed bamboo it will look much better,more natural.
succes!
succes!
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aquaplantae
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Hi lodewijk, thank you for your reply and suggestions.
Just to say a few things. I'm an office worker, and I work during office hour and sometimes I stay in office until late night. Since I don't have the spare time to do daily chores for my reptiles, I hire one reptile keeper to keep all my pets. I have several Leopard Geckos, Boas, Molurus, Corns, and few others. So when I designed every enclosure, only few things come in mind. How to work in the most efficient and effective way. That's why all my reptiles enclosures are far from beautiful or gorgeous. During weekends, sometimes I will spend many hours to do the chores by myself. Maybe to bond myself with my pets, or maybe just to catch up with things around. ^_^
Below, you could see my reptile room/facility.
These are all Leopard Geckos.
These are all Corn Snakes.
These are assorted snakes, such as Rainbow Boas, Carpet Pythons, Ratsnakes, Colombian Boas.
These are for big Boas.
Just to say a few things. I'm an office worker, and I work during office hour and sometimes I stay in office until late night. Since I don't have the spare time to do daily chores for my reptiles, I hire one reptile keeper to keep all my pets. I have several Leopard Geckos, Boas, Molurus, Corns, and few others. So when I designed every enclosure, only few things come in mind. How to work in the most efficient and effective way. That's why all my reptiles enclosures are far from beautiful or gorgeous. During weekends, sometimes I will spend many hours to do the chores by myself. Maybe to bond myself with my pets, or maybe just to catch up with things around. ^_^
Below, you could see my reptile room/facility.
These are all Leopard Geckos.
These are all Corn Snakes.
These are assorted snakes, such as Rainbow Boas, Carpet Pythons, Ratsnakes, Colombian Boas.
These are for big Boas.
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aquaplantae
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Hooray..... my P. standingi just laid an egg yesterday. I know that this thread's title is for Phelsuma grandis, but rather than making new thread, it would be better to continue this one as a journal. ^_^
As usual, below is the pic, in comparison with grandis egg. Left one is grandis and right one is standingi.
As usual, below is the pic, in comparison with grandis egg. Left one is grandis and right one is standingi.
Andre
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Great enclosures Aquaplantae!
I would love to live in a place where I could have open air enclosures. I bet any foliage you could add would grow like weeds with your high temps and high humidity. I live in an area of temperate rainforest, cool and damp most of the year.
By the way my female that I introduced to my male a couple months ago, laid a clutch of eggs. I have a rather large well planted enclosure... I'm sure there are other eggs hidden somewhere. I am currently incubating them. I guess I will wait and see if they hatch.
I would love to live in a place where I could have open air enclosures. I bet any foliage you could add would grow like weeds with your high temps and high humidity. I live in an area of temperate rainforest, cool and damp most of the year.
By the way my female that I introduced to my male a couple months ago, laid a clutch of eggs. I have a rather large well planted enclosure... I'm sure there are other eggs hidden somewhere. I am currently incubating them. I guess I will wait and see if they hatch.
aquaplantae
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Thank you Andre.
True that my country is blessed with all the tropical goodness, and I try to fully make use of it. Recently, I started to fall in love with Uroplatus. But after read on it, the temp requirement is a little low. I would need to keep it in airconed room.
Congrats for you and your female. Usually my grandis keep on laying its eggs on the same spot. Except for the duds, she will usually put it on the bottom of the enclosure. Actually you can candle your eggs with small torch like maglite. If it have a reddish hue, it certainly fertile. I usually candle my eggs on first day. You can see a slight small spot and red vein. In a week it will cast a reddish hue when candled.
True that my country is blessed with all the tropical goodness, and I try to fully make use of it. Recently, I started to fall in love with Uroplatus. But after read on it, the temp requirement is a little low. I would need to keep it in airconed room.
Congrats for you and your female. Usually my grandis keep on laying its eggs on the same spot. Except for the duds, she will usually put it on the bottom of the enclosure. Actually you can candle your eggs with small torch like maglite. If it have a reddish hue, it certainly fertile. I usually candle my eggs on first day. You can see a slight small spot and red vein. In a week it will cast a reddish hue when candled.
aquaplantae
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It's been a while since I last updated this thread. Well just would like to share my standingi 2nd clutch. It is only a single egg like the 1st one. Both clutches took 41 days apart. I don't know whether it's my female or what. Duration from one clutch to another is quite long and it only laid single egg. During those 41 days no duds were observed.
Anyway, here is the egg pic from 2nd clutch.
Anyway, here is the egg pic from 2nd clutch.
aquaplantae
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Just like to share my running enclosure. Feel free to comment.
Overall pic
Overall pic
aquaplantae
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Yet another clutch from my grandis.
As of now here are the clutch from my grandis:
1. 19 Jan 2014, 2 eggs. Hatched 12 Mar 2014, 52 days incubation.
2. 7 Feb 2014, 2 eggs. Hatched 23 Mar 2014, 44 days incubation.
3. 22 Feb 2014, 1 egg. Hatched 11 Apr 2014, 48 days incubation.
4. 6 Mar 2014, 2 duds.
5. 21 Mar 2014, 1 dud.
24 Mar 2014, 1 egg. Hatched 7 May 2014, 44 days incubation.
6. 5 Apr 2014, 1 dud.
10 Apr 2014, 1 egg. Hatched 23 May 2014, 43 days incubation.
7. 15 May 2014, 2 eggs. Still incubating.
8. 6 Jun 2014, 1 dud, 1 good. Still incubating.
9. 16 Jun 2014, 2 eggs. Just got it today.
Both clutch 5 and 6 have two dates, I consider it as within the same clutch, since it's too close to be consider as different clutch.
And for my standingi are:
1. 23 Apr 2014, 1 egg. Still incubating.
2. 3 Jun 2014, 1 egg. Still incubating.
My grandis clutch interval is 15 days -+ 3 days. As for standingi 41 days. Quite a difference between grandis and standingi.
As of now here are the clutch from my grandis:
1. 19 Jan 2014, 2 eggs. Hatched 12 Mar 2014, 52 days incubation.
2. 7 Feb 2014, 2 eggs. Hatched 23 Mar 2014, 44 days incubation.
3. 22 Feb 2014, 1 egg. Hatched 11 Apr 2014, 48 days incubation.
4. 6 Mar 2014, 2 duds.
5. 21 Mar 2014, 1 dud.
24 Mar 2014, 1 egg. Hatched 7 May 2014, 44 days incubation.
6. 5 Apr 2014, 1 dud.
10 Apr 2014, 1 egg. Hatched 23 May 2014, 43 days incubation.
7. 15 May 2014, 2 eggs. Still incubating.
8. 6 Jun 2014, 1 dud, 1 good. Still incubating.
9. 16 Jun 2014, 2 eggs. Just got it today.
Both clutch 5 and 6 have two dates, I consider it as within the same clutch, since it's too close to be consider as different clutch.
And for my standingi are:
1. 23 Apr 2014, 1 egg. Still incubating.
2. 3 Jun 2014, 1 egg. Still incubating.
My grandis clutch interval is 15 days -+ 3 days. As for standingi 41 days. Quite a difference between grandis and standingi.
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aquaplantae
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Got another pair of eggs from my standingi. This is the first time she lay 2 eggs in a clutch. The eggs are quite big compared with grandis.
aquaplantae
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Finally, after 69 days my standingi egg hatched. This is quite a big hatchling, compared to grandis.
aquaplantae
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Proud father and mother.
