P. Masobe laying!

[Blane]

Hi guys,

Thought I would share some awesome news! This morning I was lucky enough to catch one of my WC female Masobe's laying! There has been some talk from what I have read about females covering the eggs with feces as a deterrent. I was lucky enough to witness this, it was very much done purposefully and I have it on video. She laid her eggs and after a while of grasping them firmly with her back feet, she excreted feces and rolled the eggs in it thoroughly. Enjoy the pictures! Both eggs are fertile and hard!

 

[Yoshi'smom]

That's really neat! Love how those eggs are little spheres!

 

[Blane]

Thanks! Yes, the eggs look amazing. They are definitely larger than I expected. A lot has been said about the difficulty in keeping Masobe. I have had no issues! I have 2 males and 3 females and all my females are gravid and doing amazing!

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Sounds like your doing things right. I'm not familiar with their care at all. Just that they're awesome little guys.

 

[Tamara]

Congrats with the eggs, masobe's are awesome!

Do you put the eggs directly in the wett incubation medium?

 

[Blane]

Thanks!

 

[Blane]

I put them directly on the medium. Its not at all wet, I squeeze the water out very well!

 

[Tamara]

Mmm, interesting, we never dared that and have always used a bottlecap with dry medium on top.., the same as with Uroplatus henkeli, which eggs are very similar.
Good luck with the incubation.

 

[Blane]

Yeah, I do that as well, I moved them into something different. It was temporary while I got a bigger container--was not expecting such large eggs. Should have mentioned that earlier! haha