Reptile & Amphibian Forums

A tremendous thank you goes out to Marcia for her efforts and advice. I think incubation was just over 190 days.

And here is more of the gang. In all I currently have 14 hatchlings, 8 more pipping, and still waiting on 6. I have just placed an order to Worm Man for 1000 pinheads and 1000 baby mealies.

Wow!! That is wonderful! I have had requests for groups that exceed my ability to supply recently so its great to know that down the road you may be able to help out!

If everyone that ever emailed wanting MHDs would actually buy them I wouldn't have any left!

So, now on to the the important question, are these from what you got from me? I didn't hatch any out this year and lost my female armata. I just got my first clutch a couple of weeks ago from a 2-yr-old CBB to CBB breeding. I lost 4 of the original 11 from her clutch. There are 2 WC females in with my male so we'll see if they did anything down the road. As of yet no lumps!

The lepidogaster pair were in with a trio of capra babies while waiting to ship out and were really looking crapy. One morning I saw the smallest female capra chasing the male lep around the viv and realized that they just don't mix! I shipped the trio and the leps are both fatter, more relaxed, and parked in a different spot every time I check on them. So, maybe with the removed stress they will mate too.

I hope the babies will eat the tiny stuff. Baby Mealworms are perfect for the first few meals but these guys, just like the parents, eat more and larger prey than you would think. The mealies will grow as the babies do so they should be fine. I doubt that they will eat pinheads. I usually go with 1/8 to 1/4" for little MHDs. You may want to set up a tub for the crix and let them grow just a bit before offering them and then the babies will chase after them like crazy. Great fun to watch! Actually, the tiny ones are about the only MHDs that seem to care much form crix! Take a look at the pic on my caresheet of the hatchling eating a crix and try to envision the size of the cricket compared to the mough/head size of the baby in the pic. That was a baby less than 1-week-old.

And lastly, CONGRATULATIONS DAD! I offered the information but you did the work all by yourself! You have very nice looking hatchlings and from the looks of the eggs, well calcified, you are feeding them right so you deserve the cudos!

WAY TO GO!
-----
Marcia - FroggieB Dragons
www.froggieb.com/MHDHome.html

One clutch is from your group - and the other was from one of my original females. Sadly, I lost both of the juveniles and two females. After this, I moved the remaining dragons into the large enclosure - and they all thrived. The males bob and chase occasionally, but have not damaged one another, and both are eating well.

I don't know if something was missing from the reptarium setups - but each of the 175's now house my two iguana adoptions. I have six eggs from another clutch that hopefully will hatch out around August. Two other clutches molded over - and I discovered yet another dried out in a corner of the enclosure this past winter.

I'm sorry to hear about your losses. That is always a bit discouraging but that's not a bad egg count for a first years efforts and you should be able to pick the cream of the crop of the females from your hatchlings for replacements.

Do keep me posted on your progress and if you have any problems/questions on the babies be sure to post!
-----
Marcia - FroggieB Dragons
www.froggieb.com/MHDHome.html