the way i do it is when i get a shippment of crickets.. say 1000 i put dirt in there.. then once im done feeding the crickets off they have laid thousands of eggs.. incubate the dirt or keep in high 80s and bingo!
use the rat sticky paper.. set it up around the bin.. done deal. use it all the time.. most the time the cricket is killed trying to remove him but better than loose crickets..
it is possible for her to be gravid.. but it could take months to know for sure.. if she has been around a male in the last 3 years or so she could be gravid.. we have a female who has given birth to 3 clutches without even seeing a male.. we dont even have a male and she keeps pumping them out!
I was just wondering about techniques.. my motives were not money or patience.. i want to know how similar our hatching techniques are to the way its done in the wild.
Looks good.. im just weird about wood in my cham cages.. it rots, reatains disease waste and mold. just make sure to try and keep it dry if possible.. maybe stain it or somthing to prevernt water saturation!
I was wondering if anybody has been experimenting with ways to speed up the egg process... some people raise the degrees slowy ect.. what have you tried that has worked?
You are due for some luck my friend! Rest easy knowing you did all you can. I remember when you lost your first one, the diligence you had in finding him shows how good of a cham keeper your going to be! Everyone on here has lost one. They are not easy to keep. Hang in there my friend!
he is in california. If you send him there he will do the surgery for you.. on video if you would like and then send him back a few days after when he has regained strenght.. he has done it multiple times on WC will success on all! Pm me for more details! He will be exponentially cheaper than...
Is his saliva thick or have you seen him blow bubbles? It sound respiratory to me.. especially the mouth being open. I would take him back to the vet and tell him to consider respiratory..