EGG!!! @_@

Jul. 31st, 2010 08:11 am
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I came home from work this morning and discovered an anole egg in the terrarium! Manimekalai must have lain it sometime while I was asleep yesterday evening, and I didn't see it until now. Thankfully the American green tree frogs I got yesterday (they were FINALLY in stock at the pet store, and I snagged the only two they had) for the anole (and now frog) terrarium didn't mess with it.

The egg has been safely and carefully marked, transferred to a separate plastic container with moist substrate in it, and placed back in the terrarium for incubation. I'm honestly not sure if it's fertile or not - it was on the surface of the substrate, which can be an indication of an infertile egg. But the Vermiculite I ordered for incubation purposes hasn't arrived yet, so it's possible that's why she didn't bury it very well (substrate in the terrarium isn't quite deep enough for that - the Vermiculite container would be deeper).

Date: 2010-07-31 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyakotari.livejournal.com
^___________^

Date: 2010-07-31 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greenjudy.livejournal.com
Jeepers, anoles move fast XD

If it's fertile, what happens next? Are these guys ready to be parents?

Date: 2010-07-31 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calalillith.livejournal.com
Is anyone, ever..? ;P

..were you hoping for eggs, or just sort of expecting them after you caught the two going at it..?

Date: 2010-07-31 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyakotari.livejournal.com
Was just sort of expecting them after I caught them mating every day for a week. ^_^;;

No, they're not ready to be parents, but no anoles ever are - they eat their young if given the opportunity, and will eat the eggs as well if they're in the mood. Hence needing to put the egg in a separate container. But I'M certainly excited (and hopefully ready), even if this wasn't in the plans.

Date: 2010-08-01 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acidquill.livejournal.com
Congrats - to you and Manimekali, of course ;) It must be so exciting having the possibility of a little one to look forward to.

Date: 2010-08-01 04:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyakotari.livejournal.com
Well, she'll continue doing this every two-to-three weeks for the next...oh...six months or so. They lay one or two eggs at a time, but have a total of ten or twelve eggs.

Date: 2010-08-01 07:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nagasvoice.livejournal.com
That's impressive. Good luck with the care and hatching!

Date: 2010-08-04 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acidquill.livejournal.com
Okay, I seriously did not know that's how they did it! Huh. Well, guess there will be at least a few wee lizards to look forward to ^^

Are you going to keep the young that do hatch? I know you said anoles have been known to eat their young, so I assume you'd have to have some sort of 'nursery' for the little guys...

Date: 2010-08-05 02:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyakotari.livejournal.com
I do have a couple of extra terrarium spaces set up, yes. ^__^

I'll decide what I'm going to do with them once I actually have some.

Date: 2010-08-03 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kiyakotari.livejournal.com
Yep. Only initially smaller, like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gato-ranch/3741691906/

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