How My New Leos Caught Me Off-Guard...

How My Leos Caught Me Off-Guard...

I was tired last night. I think it was only 8:30 and I was crashed on the couch. When I woke up again it was after 11:00 and Jamie was telling me it was time for bed. I was getting ready to head that way and Jamie asked whether I'd checked on the leos today. crap, no... Lemme go see if they need some new paper towels or what not. I opened up the blizzard's box and saw it right away: EGGIES! In the humid Hide! Oh boy, I was so not prepared for this! And I mean REALLY unprepared. No vermiculite, no incubator setup... Jamie, my hero, set off on a fruitless voyage to find vermiculite or potting soil. How dare CVS not have vermiculite at 11:30 at night! After assessing the situation, we really had no choice but to use some dirt from outside. We microwaved it for a few seconds to kill any nasty germs, and set up the eggs in the reptile room where the ambient air temperature was right to incubate. Whew. Got the leos some new paper towels, opened the sunglows' tub to check on them. Guess what happened? Yep. She laid eggs too. Holy crap! So now I have four eggies and I'm thrilled and excited and nervous. Jamie (so so great!) set them up in a proper incubator while I was at work today. I can't believe how quick this happened! I WILL NEVER let myself be this unprepared again!
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aww congrats on the eggies. Here's to getting baby leo's soon.

Congrats on the surprise. glad to hear you got everything setup for the eggs now.

Gotta love that kinda unexpected suprises! Gold star to Jamie for gettin' it done!

Nothing is like hatching your own leos, it's suprising how small they come out! Good luck with them!:gj:

Incubating for males/females/both?

Thanks guys! I'm a nervous wreck worrying! I'm incubating for females. :)

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Originally Posted by jknudson

Gotta love that kinda unexpected suprises! Gold star to Jamie for gettin' it done!

Nothing is like hatching your own leos, it's suprising how small they come out! Good luck with them!:gj:

Incubating for males/females/both?

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We got snakes, we got lizards! Glass Reptiles is expanding...I might be selling high def TVs by next week!! :rolleye2:

Congrats on the eggs Amy! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Congrats on the eggs Amy! :gj:

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Thank you!!

Didnt you just get these too? Or was that someone else?

damn thats pretty crazy. both unexpectedly preggo? weird!

thats pretty kewl babies leos coming your way soon http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/clap.gif

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Originally Posted by Lewdogg3

Didnt you just get these too? Or was that someone else?

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We got both breeding pairs last weekend at Hamburg!

Congrats on the cute eggs and G8 job setting um up........ :)

Well you said that you thought that they looked gravid. That's pretty good to get eggs so fast. :gj:

Hi,

Congrats on the eggies - can't wait to see the babies as Ive never seen hatchlings of leo morphs so am curious how different they might look.:D

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Originally Posted by jglass38

We got snakes, we got lizards! Glass Reptiles is expanding...I might be selling high def TVs by next week!! :rolleye2:

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Put me down for a piebald one with a pastel remote control. :rolleye2:


dr del

Congratulations and good luck! How long do leo eggs take to hatch?

You're gonna take the leo market by storm while wearing some seafoam green shoes?:rofl:

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Originally Posted by jknudson

You're gonna take the leo market by storm while wearing some seafoam green shoes?:rofl:

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Hit the gas!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Hit the gas!

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You really, really should put out a video...it would be greatness! Hit the gas! LMAO!

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Originally Posted by jknudson

You really, really should put out a video...it would be greatness! Hit the gas! LMAO!

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Let me see if I can find a suitable pair of shoes. Seafoam is so last year...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Let me see if I can find a suitable pair of shoes. Seafoam is so last year...

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Go fuschia or go home? And make em' crocs...haha

To keep semi on track...any signs of snake eyes or eclipse eyes with your blizzards? Depending on lineage it may pop up. Watch for it...nothing beats a blizzard with black eyes...

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Originally Posted by jknudson

Go fuschia or go home? And make em' crocs...haha

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I like it!

congrats on them!!! :gj:

Thanks Mel :) They should hatch in about 60 days. The eggies are sooo tiny it's hard to believe they fit in there. Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by jknudson

Go fuschia or go home? And make em' crocs...haha

To keep semi on track...any signs of snake eyes or eclipse eyes with your blizzards? Depending on lineage it may pop up. Watch for it...nothing beats a blizzard with black eyes...

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Ummm I'm still trying to figure that out. If you look at the other thread you'll see some close ups of the eyes. I think at least one of the Blizzards has some slight eclipsing.

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Originally Posted by darkangel

Ummm I'm still trying to figure that out. If you look at the other thread you'll see some close ups of the eyes. I think at least one of the Blizzards has some slight eclipsing.

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They both have some slight snake eye going on from what I can tell in those pictures, from the breeding I was doing I found that snake eyed parents can throw eclipse eyed offspring. Pretty cool stuff. :gj:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

We got both breeding pairs last weekend at Hamburg!

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Very cool! Cant wait to see baby Leos

Congrats!

I wouldn't beat yourself up too much about not having a laying box. I have one female that refuses to use vermiculite as anything but a bathroom and lays the eggs in the humid hide instead.