View Full Version : A summer project
BryonsBoas 12-20-2008, 08:30 PM This past summer , I found these under a barrel. I had to move the barrel for other uses so I took these in to give them a shot at hatching.
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Found 5 skink eggs , hatched and released 5 baby skinks. I let them sit in a 6" deli cup with Perilite on the back of our toilet. Was something neat to watch.
norsmis 12-20-2008, 08:33 PM Now that is bush league Bro!!! Those things are freakin tiny!!! Awesome find.
BryonsBoas 12-20-2008, 08:36 PM Thanks. Every so often we get eggs laid around the house so if I find them in area that will cause the eggs to die due to something we're doing , I take them in and give them a shot at hatching.
So far I've done ....
3 clutches of those skinks
1 clutch of racers
Farmed about 3 - 5k tree froglets
Just little things to help out where I can. No sense in them not having a shot over us doing something to their habitat.
JOHNS6068 12-20-2008, 08:38 PM That's so cool and awesome. Thanks for sharing :)
wolfyhound 12-20-2008, 08:46 PM That is so neat. I'd been told by people how they would hatch anole eggs, but I never saw any. Just really neat.
norsmis 12-20-2008, 08:51 PM Thanks. Every so often we get eggs laid around the house so if I find them in area that will cause the eggs to die due to something we're doing , I take them in and give them a shot at hatching.
So far I've done ....
3 clutches of those skinks
1 clutch of racers
Farmed about 3 - 5k tree froglets
Just little things to help out where I can. No sense in them not having a shot over us doing something to their habitat.
I hear ya Bro... I did the same in Hawaii because we had house geckos all over our on post housing. I would find their tiny little eggs all over the house and would put them in a bowl outside on the patio to hatch. Every single one I put out there hatched! :rockon:
luciddream 12-20-2008, 09:15 PM Sweet. Those little skinks with the blue tails are awesome. Congrats on saving the little guys.
Mrs. Sputnik 12-20-2008, 11:11 PM They are sooooooooooo tiny but cuties
Naples9 12-21-2008, 08:26 AM Bush League to the core!!! I tried to catch an adult that ran out of my garage a couple months ago...fast little things!!
FloridaHogs 12-21-2008, 10:05 AM I did not realize they hatched out so tiny!
I've got a WC female five-lined skink that I've been tryin' to catch a boyfriend for. She's layed two infertile clutches in the two years I've had her. I need to expand the population :D
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Varanus99 12-21-2008, 10:44 AM Thanks. Every so often we get eggs laid around the house so if I find them in area that will cause the eggs to die due to something we're doing , I take them in and give them a shot at hatching.
So far I've done ....
3 clutches of those skinks
1 clutch of racers
Farmed about 3 - 5k tree froglets
Just little things to help out where I can. No sense in them not having a shot over us doing something to their habitat.
And he calls ME sugar britches. :D
Great pics. Total Bush-League. I didnt know they were that tiny when they hatched. I wonder what they eat? Itty bitty bugs I guess.
BryonsBoas 12-21-2008, 12:49 PM Pin head Crix , baby roaches.
I swear the babies are faster than the adults.
I get a big ol kick out of hatching mystery eggs but only if the clutch is in danger of dying if left in place. If the clutch is safe then I just watch it and see if I can catch the hatching.
The tree frogs are fun too. I set out kitty litter tubs for the adults to breed / drop eggs in and I transfer the tadpoles to a 3'L x 2'W x 2'H aquarium to grow into froglets. A good year will have 500 - 1000 or so tadpoles run thru the tank.
147BOAS 12-21-2008, 02:09 PM thats cool
earthpig23 12-21-2008, 03:40 PM wow nice tiny lil buggers there. pretty sweet
tokaysunlimited 12-21-2008, 04:51 PM Very cool!!!I find alot of those guys when i am in Ohio!
That's very cool. :yourock:
constrictorkeeper 12-22-2008, 05:18 PM awesome bro
the old "hatch the skinks on the toilet" trick.
oldie but goodie.
great work bro, gotta give those little cuties a chance.
awesome work on the tadpoles too, that's big production !
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BryonsBoas 12-22-2008, 05:52 PM I didn't get to do the tadpoles this past year. Only found a few tubs with any in them and it was so dry they didn't last long.
Southern Wolf 12-22-2008, 06:46 PM Thanks. Every so often we get eggs laid around the house so if I find them in area that will cause the eggs to die due to something we're doing , I take them in and give them a shot at hatching.
So far I've done ....
3 clutches of those skinks
1 clutch of racers
Farmed about 3 - 5k tree froglets
Just little things to help out where I can. No sense in them not having a shot over us doing something to their habitat.
I take back every dirty rotten thing I have said about you.
......oh wait... I haven't said any... So I guess.... good job. :yourock:
BryonsBoas 12-22-2008, 10:54 PM :lol: :yessir:
Rapture 12-22-2008, 11:04 PM I don't care what BT says about you, I think you're all right! ;)
xanaxez 12-23-2008, 01:22 AM true bush league right there :yourock:
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