My ali laid 12 eggs July 8th, 7 of them are still viable and seem to be doing well. When do you suppose they will hatch? Main reason is because school starts the end of August so I wont be here during the day and am worried that they will hatch while I am gone. I have them in a small tupperware container, maybe 3x4, should I carefully move them to a larger container soon? Just in case they hatch and need to move around. Also, after they hatch can I put them back in the cage with the mama or do I need to get another aquarium? I have most of them given away at this point, but do I need to wait til they are a certain age? Like puppies? lol. I am nervous and a little more than excited, never had baby lizards before. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Hatching due date?
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My experience (from a long time ago, over 10 years) is 8 to 9 weeks.
Here are my eggs (laid July 11th) at 5 weeks -
It looks like all 10 of mine are still good - the brown on two of them is staining from the coconut fiber.
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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata
> I have them in a small tupperware container, maybe 3x4, should I
> carefully move them to a larger container soon? Just in case they
> hatch and need to move around. Also, after they hatch can I put
> them back in the cage with the mama or do I need to get another
> aquarium? I have most of them given away at this point, but do I
> need to wait til they are a certain age? Like puppies? lol.
I would not attempt to move the eggs themselves, but put the container you are hatching them into a larger container.
Do not put them back in with the mother, she might eat or injur them.
As far as when to give them away - I would wait until they have shed at least once and eaten at last twice.
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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata
The eggs usually hatch in about 60 days. I'd recommend trying not to change the set up. Moving the eggs could harm the embryos and opening the container and putting it in a larger one would change the humidity levels. The babies are usually fine in the hatching container for a day or two. If this is still a problem, maybe you could get someone else to check them. I kind of forgot about my first clutch and left them inside when we were getting the house fumigated. When I remembered them, I was horrified. I had ten eggs incubating in one of those little butter containers. When I openned it, there were 10 little faces staring up at me so they had probably started hatching a couple of days before I checked them. Baby als take quite a while to go through their first shed. You should try to make sure that everyone is eating by the end of the first week. Once you feel confident that they are feeding, you can start looking for new homes.
-Alice
Uh, did you say shed? These babies shed?? How long does that usually take? I should feed them the pinheads right? From what I am reading in the earlier posts, they live off the yolk sac stuff for a while, when should I try to feed them?
Most of my babies started eating within 2-4 days after hatching. The babies are prone to dehydrating, daily misting is a good idea. 1 week old crickets are a good starter food. Make sure to dust and gutload the prey.
-Alice
