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Bahaman anole eggs -- incubation temp and time?

mwood322 Aug 25, 2003 09:55 PM

Hi,

I've had two bahaman anole eggs for quite a while now. I work in a pet store, and when the lizards lay eggs most are just brought home by employees, I took the anole eggs, it's that or watch them get eaten by crickets. I've had one for 22 days, and another for 12 days I know they were laid the day I got each. There was something like 5 females in the tank at the time. I'm actually considering buying the pair that is still there because I like the lizards so much.

When I first brought them home I did some research trying to find out hatching times. The only page I found listed 21 days at 83 degrees F. I've been incubating them above one of my leopard gecko tanks, and the temp varies a bit between 82-84 F. The eggs still look viable and everything, nice shape, no mushing and no fungusing. I've been keeping the humidity up in there as well. Recently I looked anole breeding up again and found one site listing 6 weeks until hatching, and another 30 days. Anyone have some experience? I'm perfectly willing to wait it out, but I would really like an idea of when, so i can have food ready.

Going on the first site I got large crickets, and raised the eggs for 2 weeks, so they would hatch around the same time as the anoles. So I have lots of pinhead baby crickets, but no anoles right now, kind of funny really.

To sum up my insane rambling... Anyone have a good idea of hatch time of Bahaman Anole eggs at about 83 degrees F???

--Mia

Replies (2)

hhawk20005 Aug 26, 2003 02:42 AM

It should take no longer than 45 days... so you are half way there... also, for any other questions you have about anoles, go to www.kingsnake.com/anolecare ... they have EVERYTHING to know about anoles... hope that helps...
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Matt
Owner of:
1.0.0 Brown (Bahaman) Anole
0.1.0 Green Anole
0.2.0 leopard geckos (tempature sexed)

mwood322 Sep 04, 2003 08:57 PM

Well, the first one hatched, took about 30 days. I expect the second on the 12th or so.

She is so cute. I've been trying to feed her the baby crickets, and fruitflies, I haven't seen her eat, but she doesn't look like she's having any problems.

--Mia

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