royal breeding + hatching care.

hi everyone at the moment i'm in the middle of building a collection of royals as i'm going to be breeding them and i've done my research into breeding and hatching care from books etc but i want to learn about your tips/tricks when it comes to breeding and the rearing of hatchlings from your own experiences over the years so anything scary that can go wrong with hatching of the eggs feel free to tell me as i want to understand what can go wrong if it does sorry if this is abit long it's just that i want to learn everything for you guys/gals with the breeding of these excellent animals that we all love thanks. :)

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Originally Posted by snake_ghost

Animals are getting bigger and smarter. One day they will rule this planet once again.

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Primates, ie Homo sapiens, have ruled the world for quite some time now!

ye but don't forget the animals where here first saltwater crocs and great white sharks rule the waters and eagles and hawks rule the skies and lions and retics rule the land :)

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Originally Posted by snake_ghost

ye but don't forget the animals where here first saltwater crocs and great white sharks rule the waters and eagles and hawks rule the skies and lions and retics rule the land :)

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As long as they don't sprout thumbs I think we're good to go...:D

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Originally Posted by sho220

As long as they don't sprout thumbs I think we're good to go...:D

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:rofl:


on topic, @OP: Basically you are asking "tell me everything you know", you are asking us to basically write a book for you. its like going into a restaurant with a really large and diverse menu and when the waiter asks what you want you just say: "everything."

ask more specific questions and people will help you.

right then i see my mistake what i meant was that stuff like deformities with hatchlings stuff to watch out for like hard bellies and what to do about it and the lethal combos sorry about any confusion :)

NERD has a two part video on YouTube about lethal combos. It's a good watch

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

NERD has a two part video on YouTube about lethal combos. It's a good watch

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I was about to say the same thing!

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStCAKMbnqQ

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhnR5YdGdI

there are not many known genetic issues.

and you can find most of the known issues here:

http://www.owalreptiles.com/issues.php

apart from that, deformities and defects often occur when something goes wrong during incubation, like a temperature spike, when some equipment failure causes the eggs to get too hot or too cold.

like with all living things, sometimes a defect or issue just randomly occurs for no known reason, but thats quite rare.

just avoid the combos that are marked as "lethal" or "severe wobble"; and when you know what you want to pair with what or have a specific question just ask here in the forum, people will point it out if they see a problem. and then try to get the incubation done as perfectly as possible, the right temperature and humidity are really important for the eggs.

thanks for that guys i will be watching the videos after i done this so is there any way to prevent temperature spikes or what and are homemade incubators work 100% something like a big fridge made to the proper ways and if they do could someone post a link up as i can only find info about little fridges or is the info the same but on a bigger scale :)

Even common stuff can have problems and deformities, so it's not prone to certain morphs and what not.

One thing is like adding Sable to anything that has wobble can intensify that, so I'd keep it away from spiders and what not. You just have to look up things about this and watch videos and if you don't understand something then it's best to ask what you don't understand versus saying to tell you everything. We all do it different ways.