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Um yeah this is a breeding pair I'm working with. I saw them sleeping like this and had to take a pic.
-Eli@BadAssHerps

Is that the female from me?

Why yes it is. I plan on pairing her up with a few differnt males to see what shakes out. She was a little fiesty with my male, but I think there doing fine now. Although I havn't caught them in the act yet.
-Eli

I was just wondering since she is only 10 months old and can't be anymore than 35 grams.

I just thought that you would wait until she was old enough and weighed enough to breed her.

Well, If I had known she was only ten months I probablly wouldn't have paired her up, but seeing in how she now weighs 34 grams I think shell do just fine for one clutch and then I'll give her a mini-vacation after she's laid. Hmmm Chris I do have to say she looked a little underweight when I recieved her but she is pleasentlly plump now and fully capable of producing healthy eggs. 30-35 grams is the average weight to breed a crested if I am not mistaken. I hope you wern't implying that I'm an idiot, it's just so hard to sense tone of voice in these forums.

It is recommended that a female crested be at least one year of age and weigh between 35-40 grams on an empty stomach.

Eli,

First of all, I don't think Chris sold you an underweight gecko. She weighed 29 grams when you got her about a month ago. If she's ten months old now, that would put her at about 9 months of age and 29 grams. That's not underweight for a subadult crested...in fact, that's pretty good.

As for her age, that should have been fairly evident considering the fact that she's put on five grams in about a month or so.

-Anthony

>>Well, If I had known she was only ten months I probablly wouldn't have paired her up, but seeing in how she now weighs 34 grams I think shell do just fine for one clutch and then I'll give her a mini-vacation after she's laid. Hmmm Chris I do have to say she looked a little underweight when I recieved her but she is pleasentlly plump now and fully capable of producing healthy eggs. 30-35 grams is the average weight to breed a crested if I am not mistaken. I hope you wern't implying that I'm an idiot, it's just so hard to sense tone of voice in these forums.
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

>>I think shell do just fine for one clutch and then I'll give her a mini-vacation after she's laid.

Eli,

Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. I intended to mention sperm retention, but completely forgot. I've had females lay four clutches after removing the male. If she starts laying, you'll likely end up getting multiple clutches from her, even if only a few eggs are viable...and even if her calcium stores are depleted. In some cases, you actually have to cool them down and quit feeding them to get them to stop. In that situation, you would likely not be able to get her back to breeding shape for several months.

Just my .02

-Anthony
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

Yeah thats the way it happens. If the female is not in prime condition before going on her egg laying spree she will crash during her second or third clutch. Remember the liquid calcium thing?

"you actually have to cool them down and quit feeding them to get them to stop"

No kidding!!! I let the Rhac. room cool down to 62 degrees F for six weeks, and my girls finally stopped laying. My R. auriculatus continued to lay throughout the cooling period.

Ok first of all I would like to say that I am sorry if I came off as if I were trying to say Chris sent me a malnutritioned crested, he did not. She arrived healthy and active. I did however think she was a little thin looking. I don't know if I feed my cresteds more than most or if I just have fat cresteds or what but to my standards she seemed a little thin. I attested the rapid weight gain to her being probablly hungry and having plenty of room to stuff it away. Chris was a nice enough guy and so are you Anthony, I was just a little upset because I felt like there were some undertones in the post. But anyway I have seperated them and after she lays I will be cooling her down. As for sperm retention I have a question all wise all knowing all seeing crested demi-god of the northern hemisphere. If I breed a pair and then seperate them say a week before the female lays and then pair her up with a differnt male say a week after she lays can I be fairly certain that the new male with be the father of the new clutch?
-BadAssHerps-Eli

you'll have to show us what comes out. interesting pair.