Fiona pics!

She was just hanging out!

Oh she's gorgeous Jeanne! What a pretty color and that enclosure looks like crestie heaven. No wonder you've become fascinated by cresties LOL.



~~Jo~~

Thats actually her "colored down" state, usually she is a very pretty dark red.

:love: reds are my favorite! she'e beautiful!

Oh if you can Jeanne can you post a pic of her like that too please. I'm fascinated by their color changes. Is it always related to their mood or do other things cause them to do that?



~~Jo~~

Thanks Emily!

Yeah the reds are most definately my favorite too! Eventually, I think I may look for a really nice red male for her instead of Spidey, Spidey is very nice, but I would rather have her with a really nice red male.

Side note...the last week or so, both Spidey and Fiona have been doing the deed an aweful lot, so maybe I will get eggs soon. SO I will most likely have to wait till next "season" I guess to put her with a red male... but it would be interesting to see what babies Spidey and Fiona produce.

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Oh if you can Jeanne can you post a pic of her like that too please. I'm fascinated by their color changes. Is it always related to their mood or do other things cause them to do that?



~~Jo~~

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Sure, let me look through a disk I keep pics on.... I have some great pics of her!

She is much better colored in this pic...I have more, got to find them! She looks pretty orangey-redish in this one, but she is really not. I just got to find the other pics with her being really red... LOL

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Side note...the last week or so, both Spidey and Fiona have been doing the deed an aweful lot, so maybe I will get eggs soon. SO I will most likely have to wait till next "season" I guess to put her with a red male... but it would be interesting to see what babies Spidey and Fiona produce.

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oh yeah, better put in a lay box soon! you can switch males during the season, just be aware that next few clutches after you put in a new male will most likely still be fathered by the first male because the females retain sperm. i switched males with one of my females and it did take a few months but the last several clutches from here were definitely fathered by the second male (as is evident in their colors/pattern as compared to the first).

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oh yeah, better put in a lay box soon! you can switch males during the season, just be aware that next few clutches after you put in a new male will most likely still be fathered by the first male because the females retain sperm. i switched males with one of my females and it did take a few months but the last several clutches from here were definitely fathered by the second male (as is evident in their colors/pattern as compared to the first).

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There is a lay box in there now, has been for a few months.


How much bigger realistically would she have to be for me to even think about putting her with Casanova rather than Spidey? Did not realise I could switch males like that.... hmmm. and the brain is contemplating the possibilities...

she should be pretty close in size to him before you put them together. most of my males are actually just a slight bit smaller than my females since females tend to be larger. he must be a chunker. :) do you have a gram scale?

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she should be pretty close in size to him before you put them together. most of my males are actually just a slight bit smaller than my females since females tend to be larger. he must be a chunker. :) do you have a gram scale?

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Grrr, I dont have a scale, unfortunately, it is still a NEED I must get....

is it safe to get a pic of them close to eachother for size reference?

yeah it should be ok to photograph them side by side. they should be too interested in/nervous about their surroundings and being out to do anything. most of the time the male doesn't jump the female right away, but it might be a good idea to have someone else their to supervise while you snap a few pics. :)

Cool! Soon as Bri gets home from running to the pet shop for me, I will get him to help me, and post them for your opinion... in all honesty, I would much rather put her and Casanova together the more I think about it.


OMG.. I am so hooked on these little buggers.... they are so awesome.... my little "royal cresties" .. as Bri calls them!