First moth has hatched!
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KatCham
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Takin my eggs out to incubate on Thursday. I'll remember coz it's my birthday LOL!
Then hopefully won't take too long for them to hatch n get big enough to feed off.
When do I put the new eggs in the fridge again (once they're all fertilised and laid etc...)
Is it when they go dark?
Then hopefully won't take too long for them to hatch n get big enough to feed off.
When do I put the new eggs in the fridge again (once they're all fertilised and laid etc...)
Is it when they go dark?
KatCham
Established Member
Silks have the highest calcium content of all feeders so are a FANTASTIC staple!
Yes, you buy the silkworms, feed em up n feed em off, or in this case they cocooned and turned into moths so I'll have my own supply of them for a little while
KatCham
Established Member
Haha!!!
That's weird...you were wondering about them as I posted about them!! LOL
So glad the 2nd one was a male!! She looked so lonely!!
Hopefully will have plenty fertilised eggs to be going on with.
Ur lot coming out for incubation on Thursday
Oh that reminds me! I best order some more chow!! Plenty of it!!
That's weird...you were wondering about them as I posted about them!! LOL
So glad the 2nd one was a male!! She looked so lonely!!
Hopefully will have plenty fertilised eggs to be going on with.
Ur lot coming out for incubation on Thursday
Oh that reminds me! I best order some more chow!! Plenty of it!!
KatCham
Established Member
Another 2 hatched this morning.
2 more males.
Poor female got caught again after the first mating, so she'll be well fertilised I reckon! Bless her!
Should I separate her from the males when they're done mating?? So she's not caught a 3rd time and to give her time n space to lay her eggs??
2 more males.
Poor female got caught again after the first mating, so she'll be well fertilised I reckon! Bless her!
Should I separate her from the males when they're done mating?? So she's not caught a 3rd time and to give her time n space to lay her eggs??
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
Mine just kept pairing up with different ones over and over, lol! They aren't fussy! Since she has laid some eggs already, she may only lay a few more. They emerge with eggs ready to be fertilised and she won't be able to produce more than the first and only clutch, sadly. I tried with all mine but they only appear to lay once.
Since she has laid some eggs already, she may only lay a few more. They emerge with eggs ready to be fertilised and she won't be able to produce more than the first and only clutch, sadly. I tried with all mine but they only appear to lay once.
KatCham
Established Member
I separated her and her mate from the rest then when they separated from each other I put the male back with the other 3!
Think she mated 4 times bless her! She started laying as soon as they separated so she must've been bursting bless her!
I know they only live about a week so I need to give her time to lay before the inevitable happens.
Decided to leave the eggs till we come back from break in thirsk on Sunday so I can get chow sorted n keep an eye on the hatchlings!
That's when the work starts! Lol
Think she mated 4 times bless her! She started laying as soon as they separated so she must've been bursting bless her!
I know they only live about a week so I need to give her time to lay before the inevitable happens.
Decided to leave the eggs till we come back from break in thirsk on Sunday so I can get chow sorted n keep an eye on the hatchlings!
That's when the work starts! Lol
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
Most of my moths lived to at least 2 weeks, a few lived longer. Once you take the eggs out of the fridge, they can take a week to 10 days or more to hatch. I took my first lot out of the fridge on 2nd April, and they haven't hatched yet. Some are loking more transparent though, so I am hoping they will hatch soon!
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Congrats on the moths.
They are a good feeder choice, but they are not the highest calcium option nor should form more than 40% of the chameleons diet - especially if you only gutload them with chow.
They are a good feeder choice, but they are not the highest calcium option nor should form more than 40% of the chameleons diet - especially if you only gutload them with chow.
blackhawk007
New Member
Only a few is preferable to 250 hatching at once! They are such a lot of work! Glad I can hatch some at a time since I bred mine! Now if they would just hatch already that would be even better!
Can I ask why you feel its a lot of work? I am interested in doing this between college semesters (32 year old college student here), but not if its a full time job. Thanks.
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
Mine hatched just before Christmas, and at the peak it was taking me two hours a night just to feed them and clean them! I move them manually to new food though, but I think you could put new food on screen above them so they crawl through, but when they are small they cannot crawl very far. You have to keep everything you use for them so clean as they have no immune systems. One silkworm with 'grasserie' (the disease that turns them all to mush) can wipe out the whole colony!
