BackwaterReptiles
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My gravid female C. p. cristifer just laid 39 beautiful eggs this morning. I've been monitoring her remotely in the evenings with a video app on my iPhone, so it was interesting to observe/learn from her behavior, both pre and post laying. She preferred more water in the soil.
I'm not an expert with Parson's, but I'm learning by watching. This species doesn't act the same way other chams do when they're ready to lay, at least, the two I've gotten eggs from haven't.
This female used her front legs to help bury the eggs--far more than any other species I've observed. And she laid the eggs very shallow, just like the big Yellow-lip female did for me. The Yellow-lip laid about three inches deep--this one laid an inch deep or thereabouts. Perhaps this is a reflection of some other factor, such as urgency to lay or lack of energy, and not the norm.
The eggs themselves look great--nice and firm and white. I'm going to incubate them the exact same way I incubated the Yellow-lips I hatched a few months ago.
In the picture I have them on a Repashy superhatch temporarily, I usually only use it for Leopard gecko eggs. I'll move these eggs onto vermiculite after a little time passes--this is what I did with the Yellow-lip eggs.
I'm experimenting with my brevicorne eggs though, using superhatch instead of perlite, which is what I use 95% of the time.
Best regards,
Sam
Backwater Reptiles
Remote monitoring, she's covering them up...
Using her front legs a fair amount...
Digging them up...
Finished product...
I'm not an expert with Parson's, but I'm learning by watching. This species doesn't act the same way other chams do when they're ready to lay, at least, the two I've gotten eggs from haven't.
This female used her front legs to help bury the eggs--far more than any other species I've observed. And she laid the eggs very shallow, just like the big Yellow-lip female did for me. The Yellow-lip laid about three inches deep--this one laid an inch deep or thereabouts. Perhaps this is a reflection of some other factor, such as urgency to lay or lack of energy, and not the norm.
The eggs themselves look great--nice and firm and white. I'm going to incubate them the exact same way I incubated the Yellow-lips I hatched a few months ago.
In the picture I have them on a Repashy superhatch temporarily, I usually only use it for Leopard gecko eggs. I'll move these eggs onto vermiculite after a little time passes--this is what I did with the Yellow-lip eggs.
I'm experimenting with my brevicorne eggs though, using superhatch instead of perlite, which is what I use 95% of the time.
Best regards,
Sam
Backwater Reptiles
Remote monitoring, she's covering them up...
Using her front legs a fair amount...
Digging them up...
Finished product...
