Breeding Project :
Fire Skinks 2013
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Vitals
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Total Eggs:
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19
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Fertile Eggs:
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11
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Infertile Eggs:
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0
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Questionable:
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0
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Slugs:
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8
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Hatched:
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11
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Incubation:
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Maternal
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Date Laid:
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Date Hatched:
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Date Closed:
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Overview
Found this proven pair through dumb luck alone! Apparently they and their eggs like the planted viv I set up for them, because here we are with hatchlings.
The eggs are incubated directly in the substrate of the adults' planted enclosure. Female seems to aim for an incubation temp in the low 80s when she lays, but clutch B successfully hatched even with a season change resulting in an incubation temp in the mid 70s for the last half of the incubation period.
Clutch B hatched with what appears to be my first instance of twinning: 6 hatchlings to 5 found eggs (one having been observed as particularly large when checked on later in incubation). 2 of the hatchlings are noticeably smaller than the others, with one being significantly so.
To date, there have been 3 clutches laid, 2 of which hatched successfully. Now waiting to see if they have stopped for winter.
Events & Tracking
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Animal
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Type
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Date
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Discovered 8 fertile eggs
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Laid Eggs
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6/14/2013
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Discovered 5 fertile eggs
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Laid Eggs
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9/16/2013
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Discovered 6 hatchlings (Clutch a)
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Eggs Hatched
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9/16/2013
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Discovered 6 hatchlings (Clutch b)
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Eggs Hatched
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10/31/2013
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Breeding Photo Gallery
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