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GOT EIGHT NEW BABIES FROM THE OTHER RED FEMALE THIS MORNIN AND I THINK SHE IS STILL GOIN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN TELL MALE FROM FEMALE BY THE LITTLE HORN BUMPS, IS THIS RELIABLE?? happy days are here again blah blah blah blah blah, LOL. Wish I had virtual cigars.

Are all five females gonna have babies at about the same time? I guess my question is for those who have more than one female, do they tend to synchronize their births like they do their sheds?

I can't believe you got more from a different female...so neat!! Did you get all of yours gravid or did they become gravid once you put them in with your male? So, I'm wondering if your's is the dad or another.

So cool! Please post pic's as soon as you can!

Kristen
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0.2 pygmy leaf

They came gravid from Greg Murata about three months ago, so no idea on the dad. OMG they are just the coolest cutest most fascenating little things ever, I just hope they all live. I am trying to post a pic of the mom, wish me luck, lol. And thank you trinacliff.

you better have a could source of food already going and a setup for all the babies already made becuase they are very hard to maintain. mortaly in little ones is very high and some die for no apparent reason. sorry to shoot you down but im just warning you.

Oh I am well aware of the mortality rate in neotates. I have an entire five gallon bucket of fruit fly culture, enough for 1000 tiny babies for five years, and I started the crickets about a weak ago, should have pinheads soon......I also have access to plenty meadow plankton, mostly tiny green grasshoppers and leaf hoppers, also those tiny adult striped crickets that are perfect size, I figure they will be ready for small house flies in a weak or so, and have those started. As far as caging I plan to keep them outside in screen cages until they are a couple months old because it doesnt frost here til late October. By then I will hopefully be able to tell the prettiest colours etc that I want to keep and will sell the rest to good homes ( and put that money back into the chams)(small bird cages for the first week} It appears to me I have 8 males and 4 females, but that is a guess based on the size of the minute occular horns.Maybe there are a few females with horns............Anyway the point is I am a realist and have considered most every possibility or problem, plus there arent many lengths to which I will not go to insure their health and well being. I know it will not be quick and easy, I do have three more gravid's that are way bigger than the two who just delivered, so If I lose a few to birth defects etc. it wont be SO bad. The males are the only ones that cant be kept together so they are the only ones which will have to be kept seperate. Now I will probably have to eat all my words when it all goes wrong, but for now my "bubble" is made of titanium dude. LOL.