Can't give you much info as I didn't really work them that

diligently Travis,



I picked up a 2.3 group of blue spinys a few years ago.

If I remember correctly, I lightly cooled them for about

a month or so. During the nicer spring weather they were

put in an outdoor cage. I never saw any courting and never

witnessed any breeding attempts to speak of so there was

no live birthing cage set up for them as I had no clue that a

couple were gravid.



One mid summer day I saw what I thought were blue bellies

on the exterior of their cage. I remember thinking to myself

that they were probably visiting the spinys. The western

fence lizard is plentiful in my area as are the southern alligator

lizards so I didn't think that much about seeing some small juvie

fence lizards on the exterior of one of my outdoor cages.



As I walked closer I realized that they were in fact baby blue

spinys and not fence lizards at all. Not realizing that one of

the spiny females was even gravid I never gave it a second

thought when I put them in the outdoor unit which had 1/2"

wire mesh throughout most of it. These babies were simply

walking out through the 1/2" mesh with ease! Good thing I

put casters on this roll out unit as I was able to slowly and

carefully roll the unit into the garage before any of the babies

fled. With the garage being dark and with the help of a pen

light I was able to catch each of the babies as they just sat

motionless there in the dark.



After those were collected from outside and inside the cage

I moved that female and her babies inside to a more secure

enclosure. She continued to pop out another hand full of

babies in no time at all. A few days later a second female

would also give birth to another dozen or so but this time

she was in an indoor/secure enclosure.



I sold the babies and soon after the adults as well. These guys

are fun to watch but really flighty and after having them for a

couple of years they just didn't seem to change much.



I will say that experiencing live birth from a lizard was a first

for me and quite interesting. Besides, I can't say I missed all

the incubation time/worry ... lol.



John

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• Breeding question??? - Travis4471, Mon Jan 28 18:00:10 2008
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