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Jackie Site Moderator

Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 1382 Location: North East England
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: |
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I forgot to say (how rude of me..) congratulations on the hatchling.  _________________ Best wishes, Jackie
3:4 Eublepharis macularius
1:0 Gekko gecko
3:4:1 R. auriculatus
1:3 R. ciliatus
1:1 R. chahoua
1:1 R. leachianus henkeli |
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Gongylus74 Contributing Member

Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 74 Location: Swindon, England
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:37 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all your kind comments everybody, very much appreciated. Whilst I have always known that the eggs can be incubated successfully at room temperature I have personally never not used an incubator for any reptile eggs and I guess I just felt nervous at the thought of not doing so and preferred the idea of keeping with what I know!
That, and the fact that the complete Rhacodactylus guide book by de Vosjoli, Fast and Repashy refers to incubation temps up to 82F being ok, made me confident that keeping the incubator at around 79-80F would be fine, as like Jackie I have had to 'share' the incubator I am using with eggs of other species which needed slightly higher temps than the crested gecko eggs may have preferred or benefitted from.
The babies (plural as the clutch mate has now hatched, more of that in a minute ) seem to be exceptionally strong and healthy and very very active, so I am not at all concerned about the short incubation period in that regard. I guess the only downside is that there may be an increased chance that I am going to produce more males at this temp, which is something I would definitely not choose to do!
Anyway, as I said both of the first pair of eggs from the adults in the picture have hatched and the second baby is even more gorgeous than the first! First of all here's baby no. 1 after its post-hatch shed...
Pretty sexy I hope you'll agree?? But here is baby no. 2.....
I am SO chuffed with the both of them, but baby no. 2 is one of the best I've ever seen, and even though I've never had any of my own before these I have seen my fair share of friends' babies! They are both showing lots of dalmatian spots too which I am well pleased about.
Here they are together, with baby 2 on the right:
This is the second of my two females whose first egg (laid early Aug) is still incubating at present, she only laid a single unfortunately but is certainly carrying a pair this time :
Also, I have now switched the male that was mated with the two females with a new one, and if the previous pairing was able to produce such gorgeous babies as these I am really looking forward to seeing the offspring that this male puts his sperm to.
Stumpy may be tailless but he is one sexy gecko and kicks the arse of the other male appearance-wise (but I like them both equally other than this!) These shots are taken in non-fired up colours and when fully fired up he is dark chocolate brown and gold, the contrast really is absolutely stunning...
Sorry for the length of this post, I just couldn't stop myself once I'd got going... I am collecting another new crestie tomorrow, this one is easily the spottiest dalmatian I have ever seen and once he's home you can be sure I'll be proudly displaying some pics of him/her right here.
Jonathan |
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Dan.W Key Member

Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 240 Location: North West
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Great pic's, took me a while to wade through em all and good luck too! _________________ 0.0.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus (Crested Gecko) |
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Gongylus74 Contributing Member

Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 74 Location: Swindon, England
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Dan.W wrote: | Great pic's, took me a while to wade through em all and good luck too! |
Sorry about that, like I said I couldn't stop myself...  |
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Dan.W Key Member

Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 240 Location: North West
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Lol no problem i can look at cresite photos all night long especially great examples like yours I think i may even be a little jealous  _________________ 0.0.1 Rhacodactylus ciliatus (Crested Gecko) |
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aidan Captivebred Communist

Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 1882 Location: ESSEX
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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nice baby and lovely geckos cant wait till i get mine _________________
2.4. beardies
1.1 fire n uce beardies
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
0.0.1 corns
0.0.2 crested geckos |
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Young_Gun Captivebred Communist

Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1420 Location: Liverpool
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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You gonna be sellin em Jonathan?
Tempted by a sticky foot especially number 2  _________________ MORE THAN 2! |
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Gongylus74 Contributing Member

Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 74 Location: Swindon, England
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Young_Gun wrote: | You gonna be sellin em Jonathan?
Tempted by a sticky foot especially number 2  |
Not a chance Roy! Maybe later babies than these but not my first couple, I guess that's kind of a tradition I've always had with all the species I've bred in the past! Nice ones though eh?  |
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Young_Gun Captivebred Communist

Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1420 Location: Liverpool
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Gongylus74 wrote: | Young_Gun wrote: | You gonna be sellin em Jonathan?
Tempted by a sticky foot especially number 2  |
Not a chance Roy! Maybe later babies than these but not my first couple, I guess that's kind of a tradition I've always had with all the species I've bred in the past! Nice ones though eh?  |
Yeah they are, need to get the doctors though, thats three of them I have liked so far, those two and Phils male, need my head checkin
Love the pattern on the second on especially though  _________________ MORE THAN 2! |
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PaulG Captivebred Colonel

Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 3996 Location: North West
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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They are real nice but lets hope they stay that colour, there is no garentee.
And they are all red to a degree when hatchling. _________________ Regards, Paul.
:.Rhacodactylus.:.Eublepharis.:.Stenodactylus.:.Nephrurus.: |
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