Brookesia eggs

[JJuchems]

Ok. I cam home to find my female Brookesia dead. She was very fat, I assumed gravid so I pulled out my scalpel. She had four eggs in her. I am going to go ahead and try and incubate the eggs, just in case. Does any one have a good temp suggestions? I was going to go with 80 F.

 

[Fool2Think]

im pretty certain that 80 is to high. I believe you want room temps, like 70-73 maybe as high as 75. I kept my brev eggs at room temp 68-72 and they hatched out in 90 days. I'm sure someone else will chime in with more experience on your species. I also kept humidity around 75-85%

Thom O

 

[adamkwas]

Sorry to hear about the female Brookesia.

Yes, 80F is far to high. Keep them between 69/70 and 74/75 ideally.

I hope the eggs do well for you.


Adam

 

[casperpetersen]

what species was she

 

[Fidel]

The hatchlings are almost always very weak and do not make it when the eggs have to be cut out of the female. Do you have any idea how far along she was?

 

[adamkwas]

what species was she

Brookesia superciliaris.



Adam

 

[eisentrauti]

Forget it. Brookesia are not so easy to breed when everything went normal but with eggs from a dead female - I can't believe you will have success with them

 

[OntarioLizardman]

I would give it a shot, if she died theres a good chance she died because she was close to delivering and had complications. I would give it a try. Brookesia have always been easy to breed for me.

 

[JJuchems]

I believe she was ready to lay. She spent most of her time digging or rear down to the dirt. Outside of being yellow the eggs look good. I will give them a shot. I did this with pigmy chams in 06 and had one survive. Brookesia are my favorite cham so it is pretty disappointing to loose one. The male is doing great.

 

[adamkwas]

Any luck with the Brookesia eggs?




Adam

 

[Zach Valois]

Wow, this is interesting.
I first thought of the birth related complications too and see at least some possibility to this.

Keep us posted.

I can't wait to get my Dwarfs and Pygmies going, once my cham shed is done!

 

[adamkwas]

I can't wait to get my Dwarfs and Pygmies going, once my cham shed is done!

By 'Dwarfs' do you mean Bradypodion sp., or small montanes (eg. T. sternfeldi)?

It would be awesome if you could import some Bradypodion's from Europe!






Adam

 

[Zach Valois]

By 'Dwarfs' do you mean Bradypodion sp., or small montanes (eg. T. sternfeldi)?

It would be awesome if you could import some Bradypodion's from Europe!

That is just what I mean. Not sure what is all on the market now, recently got into montane taxa as a side pet project. I am making my cham shed larger and plan to have three adult levels, and a hatchling rack. I am also propagating a couple different species of plants. At any rate, I need to finish the building process, and get the climatal conditions dialed in with all the additional lights going. Once I have the abiotic factors tuned, I will stock the heck out of the shed.

Oops, not an intentional hijack.. : )

Yes, that is what I mean. Have not decided on the species I want to work with though. I love to see people taking the time to breed these smaller species.