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tbrock
at Sun Jun 20 19:02:15 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tbrock ]
It was a great Father's Day for me! When I checked on my female Green Rat, this morning, she had two eggs out and more on the way! She ended up with a clutch of five, which surprised me very much, as this is her first clutch! I expected maybe three eggs at the most, for her first time.
She is part of a true locality pair from Mt. Hopkins in the Santa Ritas, given to me by my friend, Diego Ortiz.
Here she is before her pre-laying shed, which happened about ten days ago.

After the fourth egg was laid.

The final count. She vacated the nesting box as soon as I opened her tub - and did not seem tired at all!

Happy Father's Day to all the other dads out there! ----- -Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
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Green eggs, but no ham!!! - tbrock, Sun Jun 20 19:02:15 2010
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