Just wanted to share this awesome picture. This was taken a minute or 2 after I introduced a new individual to the Elgaria enclosure. As you can probably tell the plumper of the 2 was the previously established individual and the skinny one is the new one. I have since introduced yet another to this same enclosure and so far so good. I have not observed one once of aggression from the 3 as of yet. In this picture you see Alli has walked up to her new cage mate and given her a nice little smell. I am fairly confident all the individuals currently in the enclosure are females but hopefully at least one of the three will produce a litter for me as they were all collected in prime breeding season.
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Introduction of a newly collected Egaria Multicarinata
jasonw
May 17, 2005 02:52 PM
Replies (5)
herpsaremylife
May 25, 2005 06:09 PM
so how long have u had this colony going?
another question, how big is your cage and how many crickets do they eat in a week, for my own personal information, thanks, nick.
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1.1 Western redback chuckwallas(philbert & unnamed)
5 green sunfish
Striped raphale catfish
Common Plecaustomouse
3 coyfish
0.1.1-sandiego gopher snakes
1.3-coturnix quail
0.1-cockatiel( R.I.P)ironic she was named casper...
1.1(fixed) cats-eddie/buzz
Where the heck would a cali. kingsnake run off to?!?!?!
jasonw
May 29, 2005 12:32 PM
I recently released the colony on an associates property. The enclosure was much to small for the number of individuals I maintained witch was 5 in a 10G tank. My next colony will be in a much larger “55G” enclosure. They are little pigs. I purchased 200 crickets a week and out of the 5 individuals they would eat them all.
Lightning_Hunter
Jun 03, 2005 02:59 AM
I see you are using the Lizard Carpet there. I found that stuff to be great for Alligator Lizards too. 
jasonw
Jun 04, 2005 10:30 AM
Yes I use the carpet for all my reptiles. I find that my Leopard Gecko gets his nails stuck on it from time to time but gets unstuck. It seems to be just about perfect for the E. Multicarinata
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lightning_hunter
Jun 05, 2005 03:05 AM
I like carpet for lizards that like to hide more in decorations, but for lizards that like to dig, I use sand or dirt. I had three Western Skinks a while back that loved to dig. It was really fun watching them dig tunnels. Occasionally, I would see one of their blue tails sticking out of the ground. I have a picture of it actually:
It used to make me laugh when I saw their tails "growing" out of the ground like that. If I were a bird flying around looking for worms, that blue tail would be the first thing I'd see. 
