drewtt
New Member
Admittedly, I have never bred or raised any viviparious species. I have read and heard many first-hand accounts of birthing and raising of babies, but I have never come across any first-hand accounts of the mother turning around and eating her young, despite reading many warnings on this forum. And yes, to the usual forum police, I did use the search engine on here a couple of times, looking for threads on this topic.
I re-thought this idea after reading this thread (by the way, congrats on the babies, Gizmo), where a couple of comments were made:
These comments are not uncommon in threads dealing with a similar context.
Please note that I am not saying that you should let your female give birth and leave the babies in for extended periods of time. I also agree that setting babies up in a separate enclosure sooner rather than later is a good thing. I am just wondering if there is any first-hand evidence out there where keepers have witnessed the mother turn around and snap up her young.
Has anyone actually experienced this?
Drew
I re-thought this idea after reading this thread (by the way, congrats on the babies, Gizmo), where a couple of comments were made:
Separate from mother immediately! Before you know it you'll have less babies! What are you feeding them?
seperate them as fast as you can, the female will only tolerate looking at them for so long ( they look like crickets that walk like chameleons to her) and im sure she will be wanting to eat in a day or two ( she will eat ALOT)...
These comments are not uncommon in threads dealing with a similar context.
Please note that I am not saying that you should let your female give birth and leave the babies in for extended periods of time. I also agree that setting babies up in a separate enclosure sooner rather than later is a good thing. I am just wondering if there is any first-hand evidence out there where keepers have witnessed the mother turn around and snap up her young.
Has anyone actually experienced this?
Drew