Thank you, all. I'm glad you enjoyed watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. A bit a background on this particular clutch:
The female arrived to the facility of a local importer in a shipment of more than a dozen animals-- she was in very bad shape and was found dead the next morning. Knowing they had just received a few
merumontanus, I arrived there that morning, and found myself extracting 38 eggs, and taking home an additional gravid female who refused to lay despite her obvious readiness. After providing her with every substrate, lighting condition and modifiable factor possible to induce oviposition, all to no avail, Eric Adrignola suggested digging a deep hole in the same trashcan previously provided, and placing her inside it. Within minutes, the female began laying.
Unfortunately, the eggs from female #2 did not make it, and each slowly molded away, with the exception of two, which do not look all that promising but remain in the incubator. As to the other group of eggs from the deceased female, 24 made it out strong, and are the ones featured in the video.
Incubation was similar to that of
melleri eggs, in that it took a much shorter time than I expected, although probably in part to the difficulty in trying to keep temperatures low enough in this almost inhospitable climate (Texas).
We will see what happens with these little ones. I will try to post updates here, as well as document their progress on Vimeo when I get the chance.
Cheers,
Fabián
