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Reptilezoo · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: Baby ocellatus hatched

A couple of weeks ago, my ocellatus eggs hatched. 5 babies from the two nests each hatched. Only one baby died in the egg and the other egg never developed. I heard that it is really hard to successfully hatch oscellatus eggs, but i got an 83% success rate.... Here are the female parents of the babies, couldn't find the dad, but will take pics of him when he finally submerges from his hide:

And here are more pics of the babies:

I haven't taken any pics of the dad seeing as he is hiding. They sooo lively and eat too much! They're really cool

Luke

Ailurus · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject:

wow they are adorable.

what size viv are the adults in?

congrats with tyhe breeding success
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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject:

Omg! They are sooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!! Very Happy

I love the babies and their unproportional heads Cool

Welldone!

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shelby · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject:

what cuties well done are you giong to keep them all as their so hard to breed.

Pyrockat · Contributing Member Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 72

Aww lovely! I'm actually after one of these at the moment...what sort of diet do you feed them on (everyone I ask seems to have a different opinion on how to feed them!)
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Reptilezoo · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies. The adults are in a 6ft x 2ft viv with shelves. As for keeping the babies, I can't Sad

seeing as I have absolutely no room left. Anyway, it shouldn't be too hard to sell them as I have two unrelated batches.
I feed the babies greens everyday, mainly dandelion, and small crickets 4-5 times a day. I feed the adults a wide variety of greens which I grow over the spring and summer in my garden, otherwise its down Morrison's and buying a heck of a lot of Mediterranean salad. I hardly ever feed them locusts, although I feel that I should, so I feed them locusts 2-3 times a month. Also, I keep a small water bowl in there for them to drink, I know that there is a lot of discussion about this, but I feel that it is necessary. Bird seeds are always available in the adults viv, I think its the cockatiel mix. Hope this helps

Thanks
Luke

RonW · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

Congratulations! I bred these a couple of times years ago, until the WC females died. Provided the eggs were good I didn't have too many problems hatching them. Nice species. I hope to have some ornatus eggs next year, love those cute little Uro hatchlings.

DeanThorpe · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject:

Awesome stuff, cute babies.

so all ababies have same dad but diff mums yeh? [2 mums]
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Reptilezoo · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I have 2 men (dads) and two females (mums). Except one of the males lost most of its tail due to some sort of fungus infection....so I called him stumpy. Laughing

But he is fine now. Hopefully I can breed the third female, with one of the two different males I still have, next year.

Thanks
Luke