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mike3
at Thu Dec 11 19:15:53 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mike3 ]
I am no breeder, but i bred my malis last year. She laid 6 fertile eggs, and 4 hatched. One of the hatchlings died from impaction which was my mistake, which is now corrected. So, laid 8 eggs, 6 fertile, 4 hatchlings, 3 survive. I am breeding the malis pair again this year. Even though i have seen no signs of breeding, i think the female has new scares from breeding with the male, and she is starting to get plump again. So i wouldn't be surprised if she was gravid. I incubated my eggs at 93, and for the last few weeks i incubated them as high as 95. So overall, i incubated them at 92-95 degrees F. In a chicken egg incubator. I had them in deli cups filled with 1 inch of moist vermiculite. The eggs were covered 3/4, and there was no holes in the lid of the deli cup. They hatched on day 76. They are 4 months old and are at 23-24 grams each. I moved them into a large cage with dirt in it, and they are starting to actually grow. They are very agressive towards eachother but they are all growing fast, and are not getting injured. I also have a growth chart with notes about the hatchlings i couldn't put all of it up but here is some of it.
Hatchling 1 Brown Hatching 2 Orange Hatchling 3 yellow
7 grams 7 gram day of hatching 7 grams
7 grams 7 grams week 1 7 grams
7 grams 7 grams week 2 6 grams
8 grams 7 grams week 3 7 grams
10 grams 9 grams week 4 8 grams
11 grams 10 grams week 5 10 grams
11 grams 11 grams week 6 10 grams
12 grams 11 grams week 7 10 grams
13 grams 12 grams week 8 11 grams
13 grams 14 grams week 9 12 grams
14 grams 16 grams week 10 13 grams
12 grams 14 grams week 11 14 grams
15 grams 15 grams week 12 16 grams
16 grams 15 grams week13 19 grams
16 grams 15 grams week 14 19 grams
17 grams 17 grams week 15 19 grams
19 grams 17 grams week 16 19 grams
20 grams 19 grams week 17 21 grams
Week 1 Not that active, not eating that much, not eating insects, colors darker than normal
Week 2 Very active, eating a lot (most of a flower peddle), eating insects, colors darkening, growing longer
Week 3 Very active, eating a lot (1 flower peddle), eating insects, colors lighter, becoming aggressive towards each other
Week 4 Very active, eating three times as much (3 flower peddles), colors darkening, grower faster, shedding on tails, aggressive towards each other.
Week 5 Very active, eating three whole hibiscus flowers colors same, growing a lot faster, shedding on tail, very aggressive towards each other.
Week 6 Very active, eating three whole hibiscus flowers colors same, growing a lot faster, shedding on tail, very aggressive towards each other, growing longer.
Week 7 Very active, eating three whole hibiscus flowers, colors same, grower a lot faster, shedding on all body parts, aggressive towards each other, growing longer.
Week 8 Very active, eating 4-5 grams of food per day colors very dark with yellow dots, finishing shedding on all body parts, aggressive towards each other, growing longer and fatter.
Week 9 Very active, eating 11 grams of food per day colors very dark with yellow dots, finishing shedding on all body parts, extremely aggressive towards each other, growing longer and fatter.
Week 10 Very active, eating 13 grams of food per day colors very dark with yellow dots, finishing shedding on all body parts, separated because of aggression, growing longer and fatter.
Week 11 Going into brumation, all of them are separated
Week 12 Pulled them out of brumation, put millet seeds as bedding, are starting to gain weight by eating the seeds, are growing faster
Week 13 Going into brumation again eating less, inactive
Week 14 Coming out of brumation
Week 15 Very aggressive put them all in the big adult cage with 1 foot of dirt.
Week 16 Are eating more, more active, aggressive, head bobbing, and are starting to dig holes under rocks
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Mike
1.1.3 maliensis (Spike, Marshmellow, Brown, Green, Orange)
0.2 Female U. Acanthinurus-Werneri x "coming soon"
0.1 Pit Bull/German Shephard/ Lab/ ect. mix (Kodak) - looks like an over grown toco bell dog.
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RE: where are the Uro breeders? - mike3, Thu Dec 11 19:15:53 2003