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#2272183 RedGator View Profile	Finally! Eggs! Finally found eggs. What worked was placing the containers of vermiculite down into leaf-litter and putting a terra cotta clay dish over the top with just enough room for mom to crawl under it. Got the idea from Bert Langerwerf who wrote that they like to lay their eggs in depressions beneath flat rocks. I noticed that she got very aggressive recently - probably a sign that she has already laid her eggs and is now protecting them.
07/04/12  07:21pm
#2272201 Acre View Profile	Message To: RedGator   In reference to Message Id: 2272183  Finally! Eggs! Fantastic! Good luck with them. About 60 days at 80F plus or minus a few. Check the media frequently - if it dries out those things are so small you only have one or two days to catch it before THEY dry out.
07/04/12  11:55pm
#2272203 Hunter Breed View Profile	Message To: RedGator   In reference to Message Id: 2272183  Finally! Eggs! Congrat’s Red Gator! long time no see! well on my part aleast, ive kinda stopped going on here for a while, i just got 10 eggs from one of my females a couple weeks ago, thinking early august they should hatch! ohh and its weird, ive showed u pics of my red allie before (i think) but for a while i was dead sure it was a female, but now i think its a male!!!? the head is not as triangle or huge like my other males, but the body is very big and long, and it will protrude the two reproductive organs, which i guess kinda seals the deal that i have a male red allie i guess. wierd. i have been having troulble with pics on here lately but ill try to post new ones. good luck with the eggs!!
07/05/12  12:26am
#2272228 Acre View Profile	Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 2272203  Finally! Eggs! FYI - females evert two stick-like things that most people mistake for hemipenes. The hemipenes of a male are more textured. And Red Gator - I’m sure you know but be aware that gator lizards can double clutch or even triple clutch off one mating so keep an eye out for more through Fall. The tendency to multi-clutch appears more related to the geographic location from where they came and less to feeding and conditioning but I don’t know which locations tend to produce multi-clutchers; just a reference I saw somewhere.
07/05/12  11:27am
#2272389 Iama View Profile	Message To: Acre   In reference to Message Id: 2272228  Finally! Eggs! OH CONGRATS! I’ve been waiting for an update for awhile now ^__^ could u give me any egg laying chamber tips?
07/06/12  04:17pm
#2272398 Acre View Profile	Message To: Iama   In reference to Message Id: 2272389  Finally! Eggs! Like Red Gator shows and explains. Partially buried in substrate, moist but not soggy. Moss, vermiculite, paper towels - doesn’t much matter. They’ll lay if they’ve got eggs in them, with or without a chamber. The only difference is whether you come home to beautiful round little gifts or flattened dried up disappointments that have you muttering "shoulda coulda woulda."
07/06/12  05:27pm
#2272447 Archie View Profile	Message To: RedGator   In reference to Message Id: 2272183  Finally! Eggs! Hi Just read about your babies. Congtratulations! Our lizard just laid some eggs last night, so Ill take your advice about the container. Quick question, do you also have a heat lamp going too?
07/07/12  12:42pm
#2272448 Iama View Profile	Message To: Archie   In reference to Message Id: 2272447  Finally! Eggs! Thank u Acre. its a big releif that i can use papertowels in stead of moss or somthing else.
07/07/12  12:47pm
#2272814 RedGator View Profile	Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 2272203  Finally! Eggs! Hey, Hunter, Thought I had a red male for you but I’m not sure now, may be female. Since your female might be a male, do you want it? It’s quite docile too.
07/10/12  04:46pm
#2272966 RedGator View Profile	Message To: Acre   In reference to Message Id: 2272228  Finally! Eggs! Didn’t know they’d double clutch so late. Thanks for the tip. I just set some more lay boxes out there.
07/11/12  09:22pm
#2275832 Ctrhunter View Profile	Message To: RedGator   In reference to Message Id: 2272183  Finally! Eggs! how did you keep your eggs incubated? i just put my 3 eggs into a tupperware container and i spray it a couple times an hour... im not sure if thats good enought??
08/06/12  06:32pm
#2275946 Acre View Profile	Message To: Ctrhunter   In reference to Message Id: 2275832  Finally! Eggs! A couple times an hour? For 8 weeks? When do you sleep? Seriously, they need a moist substrate (but not soggy) in a mostly sealed container with just a few holes so things don’t dry out and they need a temperature of 80 F plus or minus 5 degrees; the closer to 80 the better. Check the substrate every 2nd of 3rd day to make sure it’s moist. use towels, vermiculite, or moss. Google reptile egg incubator for ideas on how to construct one. With no heat temperatures of say 70F will still result in some hatching; it will just take longer.
08/07/12  06:20pm
#2276000 Iama View Profile	Message To: Acre   In reference to Message Id: 2275946  Finally! Eggs! Just wanted to ask how they are doing Redgator ^_^ have they been coming along good or...not so good? I’m curious and i cant wait till they hatch...if they hatch that is. lol. Ive heard raising lizard eggs is hard
08/08/12  01:19am
#2276304 RedGator View Profile	Message To: Iama   In reference to Message Id: 2276000  Finally! Eggs! I can see them moving inside the egg shells, so I’m guessing any day now.
08/09/12  09:04pm
#2276305 RedGator View Profile	Message To: Ctrhunter   In reference to Message Id: 2275832  Finally! Eggs! @ Ctrhunter: That sounds like way too much water. You want it humid, not wet. If the eggs are round and don’t have wrinkles or depressions in them, they are fine and don’t need water. If droplets are forming in the container, or (even worse) on the eggs, it’s too much and you should open the container and air it out a little.
08/09/12  09:08pm
#2276373 Iama View Profile	Message To: RedGator   In reference to Message Id: 2276304  Finally! Eggs! I cannot wait! You must post pics of the little guys when they hatch! ^_^
08/10/12  01:18pm
#2276432 RedGator View Profile	Message To: Iama   In reference to Message Id: 2276373  Finally! Eggs! I can see veins beneath the shell, which I was told is the yolk sac. So, I’m thinking it’ll be a little longer than I thought. A couple more weeks, maybe. Don’t know if I can wait that long, but I was told that they will absorb most of that yolk sac before they emerge.
08/11/12  12:09am

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