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RE: Junior laying eggs

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Posted by: jobi at Tue Dec 19 17:07:55 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jobi ]  
   

Actually I am still learning about acanthosaura nesting.

My first few nesting where not optimal, I feel the temps where to low, if a lizard nest at 72f in the wild doesn’t mean it’s the preferred temp for this specie? My captives have nested much better at higher temps, I can tell by how long they hold there eggs.

I just took this photo for you 10 minutes ago, this female is nesting her 3rd clutch as we speech, notice how small she looks! When she nested her first clutch she was twice this size, why? Because she retained her eggs, retained eggs keeps growing and so those the fat bodies if she’s well fed. She’s held on to her eggs because the temps where off, now that I provide higher temps she and other acanthosaura’s nest in the 30 day range (after copulation) and it barely shows, this reduces an enormous stress on the body.

As iv said many times I keep all my lizards the same way, the only difference with armata is stress related. I haven’t kept them at lower temps, therefore I have not experienced the problems Bonnie and Marcia are having.

My only concern with armata is fine tuning my nesting medium, I want them to nest faster then 50 days, I think my temps and hydration is good, I know my medium can be better.

One thing I can guaranty you, when my book is out the information will be dead on.
But now I am only experimenting.



   

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