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After two years of trying I'm now officially a grand-dad. I had a random inclination to check the incubator tonight between puttign down my physics book and picking up calculus and spied something a little abnormal- my last surviving egg of the season had magically transformed into a perfectly sweet little spotted monster.

The clutch was laid on July 2 and "he" hatched sometime this week, so just about a 75 day incubation period. Total weight, about 5g. The lineage is Brittany X EvilBastard, so this one is looking like an EvilBastard Jr. to me. This is a Sudanese Uromastyx, uromastyx ocellata ocellata.

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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

Wow! Congratulations! I'm glad you got the urge to check on him. He's adorable!
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.1 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, Tank, and Lilly)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.1 Green Anoles (Bowser, Sprocket, Leeloo)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

On the arrival of such a tiny BEAUTY

Wishing you "great health and life" for this lil guy!

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PHEve / Eve

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Congratulations Scott!

Haven't seen you on the forum for a long time, it's nice to see your post with such great news. Best of luck with your new little one.

Pam
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1.1 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado & Dora)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
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0.1 pogona vitticeps (Sunni)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
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>>Haven't seen you on the forum for a long time, it's nice to
>>see your post with such great news. Best of luck with your
>>new little one.

Thanks. Been busy with school, work, bikes, lizards, etc. Very busy and now I need to get some hardware together for this (unexpected) one

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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

Way to go, Esoteric! Even one is a win. Our Sudan kept her eggs so long tis year that we finally decided she was just overweight & pulled the nesting box. The rest is history...

>>Way to go, Esoteric! Even one is a win. Our Sudan kept her
>>eggs so long tis year that we finally decided she was just
>>overweight & pulled the nesting box. The rest is history...

Yeah, none of my females have been using nest boxes when provided (probably the majority of my problem incubating) so they're going to be isolated in next season once they start "rounding out". Dealing with these small species they don't necessarily get real big when gravid if they otherwise eat well. Of course the mother, Brittany, got her name due to that whole "just fat?" or "pregnant?" controversy in the media last year with her namesake.
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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

For what it's worth, IMHP, if the female looks pregnant & continually checks out the nesting box, she IS pregnant. We won't make the same mistake next year. Palpation, grrrr...
Keep us posted on your kid's progress!

i have already told you congrats but i will say it again. i think he resembles you a little

i wish i had little ones around but with the way things have been this summer, i am lucky to have anything around!
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vonnie

***Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Oscar Wilde ***

Doesn't look altogther evil at all..
Congrats.
Ed

>>After two years of trying I'm now officially a grand-dad. I had a random inclination to check the incubator tonight between puttign down my physics book and picking up calculus and spied something a little abnormal- my last surviving egg of the season had magically transformed into a perfectly sweet little spotted monster.
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>>The clutch was laid on July 2 and "he" hatched sometime this week, so just about a 75 day incubation period. Total weight, about 5g. The lineage is Brittany X EvilBastard, so this one is looking like an EvilBastard Jr. to me. This is a Sudanese Uromastyx, uromastyx ocellata ocellata.
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>>uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
>>macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

>>Doesn't look altogther evil at all..
You can't judge evil by appearances alone. Have you ever met jeune/Vonnie?
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uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian), hardwickii (Indian),
macfadyeni (Somalian), ocellata (Sudanese), ornata (Ornate), benti pseudophilbyi

hey now, i don't claim to be an angel ever, people just see that i look normal so they just assume i am
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vonnie

***Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Oscar Wilde ***