PLEASE HELP have my Stenodactylus sthenodactylus got eggs (for steve905)

[mariex4]

ok people im now getting worried do my 4 females look like they have egg

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp37/chrisandmariex4/Photo0830.jpg

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp37/chrisandmariex4/Photo0831.jpg

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp37/chrisandmariex4/Photo0832.jpg


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[entropy1980]

Looks like it to me but hard to tell with the lighting in the pics.... Mine having been laying up a storm in the last month ....

 

[mariex4]

hi is there any chance of pics lol as im realy not sure 1 looks like santa after a few pies and i put a moist hide in there tank and one other the others is in there and dug abit but not much ive had a look under them but can just see white with a dark line

 

[entropy1980]

I have mine in sand they with an UTH, no moist hide... they always seem to lay in the hottest part of the tank right on top of the UTH. Usually pretty easy to spot since you can see where they dig to lay. Be careful the eggs are SUPER fragile and they are hard shell so they seem to almost break if you just even look at them funny.

 

[mariex4]

lol what does uth mean sorry the females have been digging but so has my male so bit comfused lol

 

[mariex4]

how long are they gravid for ?

 

[entropy1980]

UTH = Under Tank Heater. The males will dig too. Just keep checking the cage near the warmest part my bet is they will lay there.

 

[entropy1980]

Seems they are gravid for 2-3 weeks from when I notice them starting to plump up. But again I haven't had mine that long so I am no expert just what I have noticed with mine so far.

 

[mariex4]

so should i remove the hide from the heat spot so can keep an eye out and remove the moist hide
and just have water / calcium in

 

[mariex4]

how come theres not alot of info on these cute ickle guys ive tryed all sorts but nothing

 

[erik]

We should at some point start a husbandry thread for stenodactylus species...I have a hard time finding answers to questions for my petrii and it would be good to bounce off some ideas and questions concerning housing and husbandry.

Acoording to someone in my petrii thread my supposed 'male' is gravid and I have seen 'him' digging right under the heat bulb.Haven't found eggs so far...

 

[mariex4]

lol yeh be good what should we do lol

 

[erik]

http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?p=478119#post478119

 

[mariex4]

just posted the first one lol some pics to show people lol

 

[steve905]

They look like they might be at the start of being gravid. The eggs are about the size of a pea. Make sure if you incubate them you access to pinhead crickets for the juvies. There is a really long thread on the Geckos Unlimited site under other gecko species....Good luck..THey are some of my favorites!

 

[mariex4]

thank you steve ,how far could they be do you think ,ive got a polysireen box (sorry for spelling and a heat mat should i just use sand or that stuff that holds moist etc

 

[MonteQ's]

Tough to tell from the pics, but looks like they have a while to go if they're gravid. My females lay about every 9-14 days. I've heard a few people say up to 3 weeks between clutches.

I've had the best luck retrieving eggs from dry sand. The shells are paper thin.... the weight of the wet sand alone may lead to issues when it comes time to remove them. I incubate their eggs in bottle caps filled with dry sand placed atop a moist medium.

Hope this helps.

 

[mariex4]

ill try and get side on photo's to the best i can and load them on here