P. schraderi breeding this season

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Thought some people may be interested. I've had a bit of dumb luck breeding this pair of schraderi this season, male is the light coloured animal. The female has just shed last night, ready to lay her 5th clutch since late October. Unfortunately the first clutch was laid while we were overseas, in the hide the pair uses during the day and were destroyed by them moving around. First two pics are of the pair, next is the eggs as she leaves them, and two clutches of eggs in the incubator, one lot ready to hatch in about a week all going to plan (HA!).

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Awesome can't wait 'till my schraderi get as big as that
 
Well done! I've had really mixed results with them. Some years I've multiclutched them, other years I can't get one egg out of any of the females. I've tried all sorts of things and nothing seems to consistently change anything.

Five clutches is awesome, I don't think I've ever topped three in one season. Well done!
 
I've only got the one female at the moment so I'm glad she puts out. I won't take credit for any of it, all I do is feed them - lots. I just hope she doesn't go too hard, only two years old and all. They're both hand fed so I can ensure she gets plenty of food if nothing else. Will be interested to see how the bubs turn out with that male. Any tips for getting young ones to feed Sdaji or are they just more remedial versions of knobtailed geckos in that regard too?
 
They're really good feeders compared to things like Knob-tailed Geckoes. You shouldn't have any trouble.
 
Well done radar. By the looks of your pics they are a good size, very thickset compared to your finger.
Can't wait till my m,f,f trio get that big. They are around a year old, fascinating critters for sure.
Started off just throwing in a heap of crickets, but feed with tweezers now so less fighting over food.
What's is total length on these guys?
 
She was pretty swollen there, only a day or so off laying. That's her beside a 30cm ruler for size reference. First egg of the second clutch laid hatched today. I always prefer to feed them individually if they're housed together.
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Well done mate, yeah mine are all in a large glass aquarium. Now that I tweezer feed there's less carry on, by the time I've fed the third one I'm back to the first.
Ravenous little buggers aren't they, How much are you feeding yours.
 
I feed the male as much as he wants when he wants, but that's only 3 or so crickets every 2-4 nights at the moment (changes a bit through the year) and feeding her a fair bit at the moment as she's laying, but a maintence diet of 3-4 large crickets every second night when she's not is plenty. They have a habit of getting overweight and storing too much fat at the base of the tail if you let them. The females are particularly piggy, so be aware not to get them too fat.
 
No worries thanks , I think ile increase there feeding for awhile as they still have some growing to do
 
Sixth clutch was laid 2 nights ago and second clutch (would have been third if she hasn't destroyed the first lot while we were away) has hatched.

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In the interest of sharing infomation, this girl's shortest time between clutches was 19 days (1 clutch on the 1/1/14 and another on the 20/1/14) and although initially was going 5-6 days between 'prelay' shed and laying, the last two clutches have only had a 2 day gap between shed and lay. These are a bit shorter then the times I came across in literature and may well reflect the climate the animals are kept in. This will hopefully help someone else be prepared if they are breeding for the first time.
 
Sofar two clutches out and feeding and a third due any day now. The fastest of them only took 15 days until it was sitting on my hand eating crickets from the tweezers. They certainly have some personality.

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