Finally!!!!!

[david63]

After 16 odd weeks of waiting our first ever clucth of Diamond eggs have finally hatched & I'm really stoked - almost thought I'd lost them over the last couple of weeks worth of high temps!! Had to put some pictures up - enjoy!

Cheers
David

 

[OuZo]

Wow they look like I sized them! :lol:

Are they the parents? Show us the babies! They're some nice Diamonds David...can't wait til ours hatch! Only about 5 weeks to go lol :lol:

 

[david63]

And the babies - so far

 

[Vat69]

Congrats!! What a little cutie.

Dial-up users are gunna hate you though, you might want to try resizing them a little.

 

[david63]

Try that again

 

[Vat69]

Are you trying to make them smaller? :?

 

[david63]

And number 2

 

[david63]

sorry about the size guys photo shop has mucked up the resizing

 

[playwell]

Gongrats, they look great. You must be very happy

----Please make the pics smaller. gunna use a months internet usage just looking at them.---

 

[Vat69]

Just resize them in paint (assuming you have it). Easy as, only take a few seconds.

 

[danw]

congrats!they loook lovely

 

[david63]

Sorry but I don't know how to resize them once they've been posted - I don't seem to have all the buttons on the 'Attachment Posting Control Panel'

 

[Vat69]

You could try editing your post, and swapping the old pic for the new smaller one?

 

[zulu]

re Finally!!!!

Very nice looking diamonds david well done,yeh their biggys!! :lol:

 

[zen]

Congratulations David.

What temperature did you incubate them at :?:

I'm guessing it was on the cool side with such a long incubation period of 4 months!. :shock:

The parents are very beautiful specimens. :mrgreen:

 

[Possum]

Finally!

They are so cute!
Looks like he is not sure if he wants to come out or not he is too comfy..... :lol:

 

[Rennie]

Congratulations on the hatchys, Bangles looks cool in that light, if only there really were orange diamonds!

 

[david63]

Thanks for the compliments.

Zen - they were incubated at 31 degrees, I was taking into account the gestation period as well.

Waiting for the fun to start in getting them feeding in the next few weeks!!

Cheers
David

 

[zen]

Thanks Dave.
O.K. That explains it!

So you took it from the last mating I assume.

Just curious as to the time from laying to hatching. :?:

Also, are you selling the hatchlings?


Cheers, john

 

[david63]

Hi Zen

There was approximately 3 months between last mating & laying of the eggs - I put the male in with her in early September as soon as I started increasing the temps.

I noticed she ovulated in late September, her pre-lay shed was in mid October, she laid 32 days later in November & the eggs hatched approx 50 days later @ 32 degrees. I really stoked at having got her to breed for me at our first attampt it's very satisfying!

The hatchies will be for sale there's 21 of them & should be available in 3-4 weeks depending on how soons they shed & start feeding for me. Let me know if you're interested & I can send you through some photos once they.ve had they're first shed.

Cheers
Dave