Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

Central Scotland Reptiles · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

Congratulations on your rescue mission.

It is a real shame that in this day and age, people are allowed to get away with keeping animals in such poor conditions.

How can a pair of animals that have never produced any young, be classed as a breeding pair!! God, what an idiot!! Rolling Eyes

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Central Scotland Reptiles - "Finding Beauty in the Beasts"

adriankidd · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

thanks, really chuffed with them,, they look like very hardy little things,,considering he had them for a year in that set up, this guy also does part time work in one of northern Ireland's reptile suppliers,, not a bit of wonder the animals in the shops over here are in such poor condition!

adriankidd · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

Central Scotland Reptiles · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject:

I can confirm that they are definitely not Cordylus giganteus. I am not very familiar with any others within this genus.

If i was pushed for an ID, i would go for a Cordylus tropidosternum. but to be honest i would rather take a 50/50, phone a friend or ask the audience!!! Laughing

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darren.j.b · Key Member Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 207 Location: blyth

defo a Cordylus tropidosternum.i keep a breeding group of four. they will almost defiantly be wild caught so i would de-mite them asap. most of the shipments that come in have a few pregnant females so you might be lucky, unless they had them since last year then i doubt they will have young without a cooling period be aware that these are a live bearing species. good call taking them from them a*shole* Very Happy

adriankidd · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:

cheers Darren, any tips on sexing them, one is a little larger and fatter than the other, but they both do a strange dance now and again,,they go nose to nose and move around in circles,, i hope the are a pair and not 2 males

Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject:

darren.j.b · Key Member Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 207 Location: blyth

sexing is quite simple if you have one of each sex the males have distintivly larger heads and the females have thinner tails after the cloaca, i havnt yet witnessed what you describe, the males tend to chase the females for a while then he bites her neck and mating occurs if the female is responsive.
hope this helps

darren.j.b · Key Member Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 207 Location: blyth

if you can get some more pictures from different angles il try and sex them for you