salebrosus
Very Well-Known Member
Nearly three months ago i pulled an injured Burtons off the road. She had been run over and i thought for certain she would die. As fate would have it, she dropped her tail and where the injuries were located on the dropped tail, another 6mm would have killed her for sure. At the time i was sure she was gravid and after i consulted other reptile carers and people on this site it was decided to hold onto her for a week make sure she was ok and then release her. That week however i was holidaying in Vanuatu and flew back three days earlier. My partner, looked after my animals for me.
I walked into my herp room at 1am the day i got back from my holiday, to find one collapsed egg and one healthy looking egg, the poor Burtons was gravid. I offered the adult an Asian House Gecko which was quickly eaten and she was released 3 days later. The eggs were placed in vermiculite, the healthy egg just resting on top of the vermiculite, the collapsed egg was placed in an imprint of my forefinger in the vermiculite so that the vermiculite went up the sides of the egg.
Yesterday was 65 days since being laid (counted from the day i arrived home as my partner had checked on the animals the morning i flew back and there were no eggs). I woke up at 6am to find what looked like a water bead on the egg. I wasn't sure if the egg was sweating or if their was too much mositure in the tub. Soe i lightly wiped the egg with the corner of a tissue and wiped down the lid. At 8.30 am their were beads all over the egg so i knew for sure it was sweating. At 3.30pm yesterday afternoon i found the most gorgeous baby Burtons sitting there, tongue flicking away sitting next to the other egg.
This little Burtons is about to be released, deep into the bush not far from where its mother was hit. Hopefully the once collapsed but now apparently healthy egg hatches soon.
Enjoy the pics.
I walked into my herp room at 1am the day i got back from my holiday, to find one collapsed egg and one healthy looking egg, the poor Burtons was gravid. I offered the adult an Asian House Gecko which was quickly eaten and she was released 3 days later. The eggs were placed in vermiculite, the healthy egg just resting on top of the vermiculite, the collapsed egg was placed in an imprint of my forefinger in the vermiculite so that the vermiculite went up the sides of the egg.
Yesterday was 65 days since being laid (counted from the day i arrived home as my partner had checked on the animals the morning i flew back and there were no eggs). I woke up at 6am to find what looked like a water bead on the egg. I wasn't sure if the egg was sweating or if their was too much mositure in the tub. Soe i lightly wiped the egg with the corner of a tissue and wiped down the lid. At 8.30 am their were beads all over the egg so i knew for sure it was sweating. At 3.30pm yesterday afternoon i found the most gorgeous baby Burtons sitting there, tongue flicking away sitting next to the other egg.
This little Burtons is about to be released, deep into the bush not far from where its mother was hit. Hopefully the once collapsed but now apparently healthy egg hatches soon.
Enjoy the pics.
