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corallus1
at Fri Jul 11 14:48:44 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by corallus1 ]
The female is quit large exceeding the 2 meter or 6 feet mark. But its quit hard to measure these ropey critters...lol. They do get much bigger, for I initially purchased 3 WC adults of which one female died. I spotted she was in bad shape at the fair, but I gave her a shot, but helas. She was much bigger than the female I have left.
I now think the mother of the 3 is still on the young side and therefore only gave birth to the 3 instead of the more common 5-15 range. However the size of the young surprised me!!! They are indeed very large and about 50 cm or 1.5 feet long.
It is very important to keep the young at 100% humidity until they have had the first shed. If the first shed sticks they will most certainly die. So at the moment I am waiting for them to shed and then I will start feeding.
About the hydration of the adults. They do exactly as you discribed. They have no probs drinking from a water dish. They do have have shedding probs if you do not bump up the humidity during shedding cicle. Shedding them manually is no fun and stressfull. So I do spray more during shedding.
Do you have any experience with the feeding of juvies? I have seen pics of them eating guppies, others force feed mice. Ive got little gekko's ready and will try those shortly. Any info on the raising of the offspring is welcome.
thanx in advance,
PJ
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RE: Congratulations and questions - corallus1, Fri Jul 11 14:48:44 2003