14 February 2017: And NOW 2 Cyrtodactylus zebraicus hatchlings!

[acpart]

May 18-22: Rest in peace hatchling #8

• Mom = ID2 (same dad)
• 1st of 2 egg clutch
• "Popped" out of the egg
• Much yolk remained
• Seemed to be eating 1/8 inch crickets
• Did poop once
• Not doing well
• Poorly coordinated - ataxic
• Very weak and inactive

May 21: + 9th hatchling

• Mom = ID2 (same dad)
• 2nd of 2 egg clutch
• Some yolk remained
• Seemingly vibrant like the 7 others who are thriving

Does anyone know why sometimes more or less yolk remains? Many of the first ones hatched when the yolk was completely gone.

I don't know about the species you're working with, but I've had leopard geckos hatch out on the early side and small with a yolk sac and also on the late side and large with a yolk sac!

Aliza

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I don't know about the species you're working with, but I've had leopard geckos hatch out on the early side and small with a yolk sac and also on the late side and large with a yolk sac!

Aliza

Thanks so much, Aliza. Your feedback is much appreciated.

 

[IrishEyes]

Aww, I'm sorry for the loss of one of your hatchlings :-(. Even though we all know that infant mortality in most creatures tends to be high, it's always sad to lose a baby. All of the promise and potential unrealized....

May all of your other babies grow up strong and healthy, and pass their genes on to a new generation in their own good time.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Aww, I'm sorry for the loss of one of your hatchlings :-(. Even though we all know that infant mortality in most creatures tends to be high, it's always sad to lose a baby. All of the promise and potential unrealized....

May all of your other babies grow up strong and healthy, and pass their genes on to a new generation in their own good time. ��

Thanks for all your positive vibes.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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+ hatchling #11: 5 July 2017

• Mom = ID2
• All yolk absorbed
• No vertical stripe at base of head/neck
• Upper "point"
• FEMALE - sexed on 14 Feb 2018
• 6 May 2018 weight = 5.9 grams
• No photo ever taken.
• 1 of a 1.3 that Jm received: #15 MALE, #1 FEMALE, #11 FEMALE, & #21 FEMALE too.
• #11 female had been mated & was laying eggs @ Jms.
• Passed away on ~April Fools' Day 2021.

 

[IrishEyes]

YAY! Congratulations to you and female ID 2 .

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Thanks so much, IrishEyes! These are really fun little guys. Their patterns are very interesting.

FedEx just delivered their suppers. :biggrin:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

:cheer: :cheer:​

+ hatchlings #12 & #13: 3 August 2017

• Mom = ID4
• Clutchmates!
• Spotted #13 prior to the initial shed
• Laid on 3 March
• Both yolks fully absorbed
• Hatched in 5 months

[[#12: 3 August 2017 -- 16 January 2019]]

• No vertical stripe at base of head/neck
• Upper & lower "points"
• FEMALE - sexed on 22 Feb 2018
• Rest In Paradise: 16 January 2019 (sudden calcium crash + e. liver)

#13: 3 August 2017

• Vertical stripe at base of head/neck
• "Skeleton face" pattern on head
• MALE - Sexed on 4 Feb 2018 by seeing the guy chirp!
• 26 May 2018 weight @ 9.5 months old = 5.7 grams
• 16 October 2018 weight @ 14+ months old = 6.4 grams
  

 

[IrishEyes]

Congratulations! Your pairs are sure going to town in the reproduction dept. . Are you having to supplement your girls with extra calcium?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Congratulations! Your pairs are sure going to town in the reproduction dept. . Are you having to supplement your girls with extra calcium?

Thanks, IrishEyes!

Feed hatchlings just about daily.

• Monday ~ lightly dust all crickets with Zoo Med's Repti Calcium with D3
• Wednesday ~ lightly dust all crickets with plain - no D3 calcium carbonate
• Friday ~ lightly dust all crickets with Zoo Med's Reptivite multivitamins without D3

Feed moms and the dad 3x per week.

• Dust all crickets as above.
• Even when dusting as above, for ALL females who are producing eggs provide a shallow dish of shaved cuttle bone/sepia bone 24/7. They devour the cuttle bone chunks and powder! They may die without this extra calcium from a calcium crash! Scrape the soft substance off the cuttle bone -- not the "bone" itself.

 

[IrishEyes]

They eat cuttlebone? How do you fix that for them? Break it into chunks? Shave it? Crush it up in a mortar and pestle? I think it's fantastic that the ladies will eat that so readily. What a great idea!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

They eat cuttlebone? How do you fix that for them? Break it into chunks? Shave it? Crush it up in a mortar and pestle? I think it's fantastic that the ladies will eat that so readily. What a great idea!

A thoughtful EU gecko breeder shared this "secret" when I started up with two new Cpz females.

I shave cuttlebone into chunks and powder with a pocket knife.

Just don't break the cuttlebone into chunks. The shell that accompanies it is probably too tough to digest!

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

:banana:​

+ hatchling #14: 12 August 2017

• Mom = ID2
• All yolk absorbed
• Vertical stripe at base of head/neck
• MALE - Sexed on 4 Feb 2018 by seeing the guy chirp and seeing his bulges!
• ***One of 3.2 2019 holdbacks from my initial breeding in September/October 2016.

 

[IrishEyes]

Wow! Congratulations on yet another new li'l one! Your breeders are certainly busy this year . May all of the babies grow up to be healthy, and to pass on their genetics to the next generation when the time comes.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Wow! Congratulations on yet another new li'l one! Your breeders are certainly busy this year . May all of the babies grow up to be healthy, and to pass on their genetics to the next generation when the time comes.

Thanks so much! I hope additional generations will do just as well. :biggrin:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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+ hatchling #15: 7 September 2017

• Mom = ID4
• All yolk absorbed
• No vertical stripe at base of head/neck
• White tail bands: 9 (including tip)
• MALE - sexed on 2 March 2018 by bulges
• 28 October 2018 weight = 8.0 grams
• 31 October 2018 ~~ Jm
  

 

[IrishEyes]

15 hatchlings so far!! FANTASTIC! Congratulations yet again . How many more eggs are you expecting to hatch? Are parents still laying eggs? I am truly amazed.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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+ hatchling #16: 10 September 2017

• Mom = ID4
• All yolk absorbed
• Vertical stripe at base of head/neck
• MALE - sexed on 2 March 2018 by bulges
• ~30 April 2019 weight: 7.1 grams
• 2 May 2019 ~~ Rc

 

[IrishEyes]

It can certainly get more like Portland temps up there in the northern part of the Oregon coast. Funny, 'cause when I was growing up and we spent summers up in that area, it NEVER got that hot! Global warming, for sure. One reason we chose the central coast to live--milder temps than both north and south of us. I'm glad that 88*F didn't mess with your hatchlings!

Congratulations on baby #16! Do you give them names?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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I don't know how many more eggs there will be. There is at least one more that I'll set up in the "incubator" after I remove #16.

Me too, IrishEyes, thanks! Usually when it's hot in Portland people escape to the beach. I'm so glad I live here!!!

Even though I don't name the hatchlings, and only sometimes name the adults, they are still very much family.