the hatchlings have been together off and on since they hatched. In 4 months they were probably separated for less than 2 weeks, so they already know eachother. It is safer to house uros with a larger size difference than with the same size, so haveing the adults with the hatchlings is ok, and since the hatchlings have basically been together since they hatched it seems pretty safe. Since i have been doing this for a month with no problems i cant see any problems other than when the hatchlings mature and they try to become the dominant animals, that is the only time i can see where i would have a problem. I am going to start selling the hatchlings after the next clutch hatches and is ready to be housed in the adults cage, so i wont have the dominant/submissive problem in the future when all the hatchlings are mature. So I am going to sell hatchlings when they are about 8 months old. Instead of selling them when they are 4 months old and having no hatchlings to take care of for 4 months i am going to sell them when they are 8 months old so i will have hatchlings all year round. In the future i am going to sell them when they are 1 year old, but since my female started to brumate really early this year everything is off by 4 months. Also, the second my uros started to show signs of brumated i put them in brumation, even though it was as early as August. I thought i screwed up the brumation by making it too early, too short, and too cold(low 50's during deepest part). But now i have hatchlings. So my successful way of brumating is early, short, and very cold. Some of you might think i almost killed them, but i checked on them multiple times a day seeing if they were breating normal, and if they would move if i touched them.



Wow, a little off topic, but what i am trying to say is i think there is no danger in houseing well established clutches with thier parents. I am also trying to say, try different ways of brumating and see what happpens. Another thing, I hatched my uros at 92-95 degrees F. Since they were mostly at 92 it took 76 days to hatch, so i am going to make it 93-95 to speed up the incubation.
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Mike

1.1.3 maliensis (Spike, Marshmellow, Brown, Green, Orange)

0.2 Female U. Acanthinurus-Werneri x

0.1 Pit Bull/German Shephard/ Lab/ ect. mix (Kodak) - looks like an over grown toco bell dog.

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