Stenos -- Caught in the Act

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Cover your eyes kids -- Mating shot

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Gravid! The boy is in the background...

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You can see the white of the egg and calcium sacks better in this one. Their skin is really translucent. She lays about every 9 days!

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Caught the first baby hatching! What a great surprise. About 75 days later at 83f.

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Still waiting on the clutchmate, I'll try to get a few shots with a little less eggshell in a few days...;)

Thanks for looking!
 
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Very cool Stenodactylus, I`ve always wanted to keep a couple. How difficult are they to care for compared to say something of the Nephrurus genus?
 
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Thanks guys! Still no clutchmate...I'm starting to wonder if the first two eggs were from different clutches?

Nigel - They're pretty easy, well the CBs at least. Very hardy little geckos. I picked up a few wc's (new blood) and they are a bit tougher. Easily stressed and somewhat finicky eaters. The care is similar to Nephrurus. I only keep Milii though, so not a whole lot to go on there. I give them a basking spot 24/7 @ 90-93 day and 87ish night. Uth at 85 24/7. I house them in 10 gallons on a couple inches of sand. Feed and mist lightly daily and they're happy. I haven't had to cool them yet. They've taken self imposed breaks from breeding about every fourth clutch. Hope that helps!
 
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Thanks again everyone! I finally got her to take a cricket today. She struggled a bit with a 1/4 incher...gonna have to get something smaller...lol

@Malt Geckos - Excessive moisture can case swelling and other problems in hard shelled eggs. Incubating like this offers a little more protection, while still allowing the egg to get the necessary humidity from the air. Other than that they're set up 1:1 on perlite in my female incubator (mini-fridge).
 
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I have 2 Stenos I need to figure out what they are... I am hoping Male and Female I would love to get some babies, if not I got to track down whatever sex I am missing. I just never see any for sale anywhere!
 
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Are they adults? Check for hemipenal bulges...

Other than the prototypical bulges...Males in my collection have tended to hold a somewhat banded pattern and a slim frame. The females tend to be noticably larger with bulkier frames. Their pattern tends to be a bit more broken letting more of the background color through. Kinda tough to describe...Hope that helps.

Feel free to post pics...if necessary. I'll do what I can to help.
 
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Thanks. I'll have to get a few updated pics of them this weekend. This girl is a beast now! They grow soo fast!
 
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A few fun and possibly informative pics...

Growth rate - January, May and August babies
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the containers measure 4 5/8" x 2"

This shows the size change between 6-12 weeks
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From sub adult to adult
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The few males I have hatched have grown extremely slow. Male and female both born on 5/02
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I was hoping to add a few others (sexing etc)...the light was fading too fast. Another time maybe...
 
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Monte, I've talked with you in the past, and you know how much I want one of these little guys.
They are such amazing little critters, and your pictures are great!
 
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i have 5 of these 4 females and 1 male an hoping mine are gravid ive only had mine a few weeks and all females are looking a bit plump but not as big as your female , how long do they stay gravid for
 
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