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I just found my uro's first clutch since I've owned them for the last 7 months!

http://homepage.mac.com/howheels/uroeggs/

-Matt
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Grats man!! Keep us posted..

congradulations. did you even think she was pregnant?see any breeding behavior or notice any wierd sounds? good luck and keep us posted.

The funny thing is I took her out of the cage to examine her specifically to see if I could tell that she was gravid the night before I found the eggs. I noticed that she was looking a little fatter than usual, but I couldn't tell that there were eggs in her!

And no, I have not witnessed any mating calls, or mating activity of any sort. It is possible that this has been going on, since I usually only get to observe about 3-4 hours of their awake behavior before I go to sleep myself.

This is the first time I have dealt with eggs, so I'm taking it as a bit of a learning experience (even if the eggs are not fertile).

As I mentioned on my page, one of the eggs could not be extracted since it was wedged in the railing.

I found both of the eggs to be moist, and EXTREMELY soft, which leads me to believe they are not fertile. I would have been tempted to leave the eggs in the enclosure, except I noticed that tiny insects were starting to crawl on them ... they looked like tiny flies?

I removed the one egg I could, and placed it in my "incubator" as you can see in the pics, except since then I have constructed a more high-tech incubator using a foam pad, just like the one in this picture:

Since removing the 1 egg I could and placing it on the pad, I noticed the egg has gotten hard. It is possible that the high humidity of the enclosure was causing the egg to soak up moisture and become too soft?

Perhaps it is a cue to turn down humidity a bit.

Not a whole lot of info out there about caring for Uroplatus eggs / hatchlings!

-Matt
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try fluctuating humidity but you are proberly right they are not fertile. keep them for the full time until you know though you never know about surprises. i think incubation is 2-3 months and at room temperature.keep babys really cool and humid. good luck.

beatiful animals...did you treat them for parasites when you got them? I've heard conflicting arguements about doing so.
congrats on the eggs...if you get any hatchlings, you gonna name one after FutureMan?

Hahah, I was thinking Victor (I'm a bass player myself), but yeah, Futureman would be great too!

No, I did not have them treated for parasites.
I had my appointment set up to get it done the day after I got them, and I was advised by a good friend of mine (and hardcore herp enthusiest), to save my $50.

He explained to me that Uroplatus are a species that are, first of all, not even very well known to professionals, let alone reptile enthusiests. There is no way that a vet is going to know what is best for such an animal. He mentioned to me that the treatment in most cases, is even worse than the problem. While a gecko may live a year or two with parasites, they might not even live the rest of the week after treatment.

Putting a Uroplatus through parasite treatment is both physically damaging and extremely stressful.

His advice was enough to sway me, and I haven't regretted it one bit.

-Matt
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