[…]pink mice can be offered 1-2 times weekly. Canned snails and grasshoppers, and hard-boiled eggs, can be used to provide variety. Nile Monitors and similar species fare well on mice and rats alone; whole freshwater fishes are an excellent rodent-alternative for Water and Merten’s Monitors. Food (other than vertebrates) should […]
[…]by consuming tiny flies, ants and other insects that might parasitize the tarantula or consume its eggs. The toad, in return, receives a safe, moist home and the protection of an aggressive predator. Scores of other tarantulas and spiders, as well as scorpions, millipedes, pill bugs, centipedes, mantids, roaches […]
[…](egg peritonitis); oxytocin injections usually resolve the problem quickly. The 6 -18 eggs may be incubated in moist vermiculite at 82-85 F for 55-80 days. Further Reading Turtle Water Quality Prepared Diets for […]
[…]call from concealed positions by day. Unlike most frogs, amplexus is dispensed with. The eggs, which may number over 100, are deposited on land, with the tadpoles being washed into nearby waterways by rains. Captive breeding needs more attention from private keepers and zoos – please write in for further […]
[…]over plants is a useful option. Breeding Well-nourished females may produce 2-3 clutches of 10-50 eggs yearly. Incubation periods of 6-8 months have been recorded, and the young reach sexual maturity 6-8 month of age. Captive reproduction can be tricky; please post below for further information. Handling Chameleons are best […]
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