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Ike66 Jan 27, 2004 07:40 PM

I Need to know how to make a container for my female to lay her eggs in and also i bought a male mali about a month ago and when i got him he seemed to be eating fine but i lowered the cage temps for burmation and now he dosnt run around much and eats very little my female seems to eat a good bit more than him i think this is normal burmation behavior but i want to be sure

also i was told by a pet store that the new softgel reptomin land turtle formula is good for uros is this true Thanks
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1.1 Mali Uro
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor
1.0 Ball Python
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
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mike3 Jan 28, 2004 10:51 PM

Unless your female is gravid, you shouldn't be worrying about getting that stuff for her. Breeding uros isn't like BD's where you put a male and female together, lower temps and then they start breeding. It is a lot harder than that. Did you look at any brumation schedules that breeders use, because if you want a chance of having them breed you should look at that information. Also, you should do research before plaining on breeding them. Go to deer fern farms for all the info. Also, after you do all that research are you still willing to breed them, because you need an incubator, separate cages for each hatchling, and most importantly time. Before you try to breed them, do the research and see if you are willing to get all of the suplise and if you have the time for it. I bred my malis last year and my female is going to hopefully lay in a few weeks. Breeding is very hard, but if you know what your doing "research a lot", have all the sulpise/ "incubator, nesting boxes/material, cages for hatchlings", and have the time it is posible. Most importantly, are your animals 100% healthy. If they are WC and you just recently got them you should hold off on breeding them. If you wait till next year, they will be more acclimated, healthier, and if you have healthy adults then you will have healthy hatchlings. I would hold off on breeding them, and do a heck of a lot of research to make sure you know what your getting into. I am not trying to make you not breed them, but informing you on what your getting yourself into. Most importantly, will you be able to sell the hatchlings. I still have my hatchlings, not because i can't sell them, but because i dont want to. I think they are here to stay.
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Mike
1.1.2 maliensis (Spike, Marshmellow, Stuby, Hummer)
1.1 acanthinurus-werneri (Mongas,LS)
0.1 ornata (Chubs)
0.1 Pit Bull/German Shephard/Lab/ect. mix (Kodak) - looks like an over grown toco bell dog.

Ike66 Jan 29, 2004 02:50 PM

Thanks I think i will hold off until next year so i can do some more research. I know i can sell the babies becaus i know someone with a vendors liscence for a reptile show and ive read that uros arent like veiled chams which lay up to 100 eggs (ive bread them)butthey only have a few and as for the cages i have alot of extra ten gallon aquraiums from housing the chameleons thanks again
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1.1 Mali Uro
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor
1.0 Ball Python
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
1.0 Snapping Turtle

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