i have a pair of long tailed grass lizards. the female dug a hole in the dirt of a potted plant and layed 3 tic tac mint sized, and shaped, eggs in it yesterday. she only kicked a little dirt on them and they were mostly uncovered. i havnt moved or touched them yet, only covered them over with peat moss and misted, as they were denting in.
i have been reading the forums for info on lizard egg care, but havnt found anything specific really to long tails. unless someone has better info, i will go with some general care info gathered from the forums.
1 - move them to a dish of vermiculite, covered 3/4 of the way
2 - keep at regular tank temps (80s)
3 - keep damp but not wet
Q - should i move them at all???
Q - if so, should i cover the dish?
Q - should i cover the eggs compleatly? (the 3/4 info was on aligator lizards)
Q - i read you should not turn the eggs... mine are laying flat and upright both... should they all be laying flat when i move them?
Q - how long before they hatch, if they do?
Q - as the eggs are tic tac size, the babys are going to be tiny!!! what on earth to feed them??? as we live in the boonies, our pet store only has 1 size of crickets... and that varys from medium to large. what else can these lizards eat?
Q - are the eggs safe in the tank with the male and female long tails, and 1 house gecko? (30 gal tank) and will the babys be safe in there?
these are my first lizards, (several months and no problems yet, other than an attacking anole that i got rid of) but iv no clue on raising babys yet. any help at all would be greatly appreciated! thanks
you can see (bad) pics of my lizards and the tank here. a close up of the eggs is at the bottom.
