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Tr33fr0g · I'm new here... Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

Just had a wonderful 40th Birthday present. My first Quadricornis egg hatched. Had to share picture with you guys. Other eggs look like they may be starting to hatch as well.

lol93 · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

Great news! What a sweet baby!
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Jase · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:

Congrats on the baby, and many happy returns Very Happy

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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Quads are a stunning species, congrats, and happy birthday! Wink

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PaulG · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

Happy birthday! Very Happy

And very very well done mate! Smile

Stunner. . . more pics as they come out please Smile

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kroakykaren · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject:

well done

and happy birthday, thats the best kind of pressie Very Happy

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mcfluffin · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 943

Well done mate...what a great Birthday prezzie...congratulations! Very Happy

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Rickeezee · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:43 am Post subject:

Superb! How did you incubate the eggs?
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Ally · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:56 am Post subject:

Wow!!
Well done and happy birthday - you must be buzzing!
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Tr33fr0g · I'm new here... Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

Second baby hatched this morning if anything even bigger than the first. The remaining five eggs are starting to sweat so hopefully they should hatch over the next 36 hours.

Okay here's how I incubated them. I placed the eggs on a bed soaked and drained perlite inside a small plant propagator. The kind with adjustable ventilation holes. This was placed inside a polystyrene box incubator with two round ventilation holes. This was kept in a cool room and incubated at between 19 to 20C. They started to hatch almost to second after 4.5 months.
it remained humid inside the propagator with moisture always present inside the clear lid.

I initially had 11 eggs. I lost three very early on and the fourth three weeks ago. I am absolutely certain that these eggs were conceived in the UK as I made a note of when they were mating, I'd already had them for some months before the mating.

I am incubating a second batch of fifteen eggs in exactly the same manner. If these go to term they should hatch mid January.

I have to admit I am absolutely gob smacked by the experience. I obviously hoped they hatched but after other peoples experiences I didn't really expect them to.

There is a story attached to the first egg hatching that I will post at some point.