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Baby cunningham's

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:55 am
by mark_w
Just seen a baby cunningham's in with one of my groups of SA/VIC animals. This is an older female who often has litters over several days. Can only see one right now, but hopefully she will keep going!!! Female in my other group of this form is also ready to drop at some point soon...

Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's & tree skinks

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:39 am
by mark_w
There are now at least four babies in with this group. I also found a long dead one in with my other group of this form. No sign of any others. Could have been still born I suppose...

Also saw the first baby tree skink this morning. Had 8 last year and so am hoping for 8 or 10 this year.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:06 pm
by Ophidiophile
Congrats Mark - some day I'm going to take the plunge into Cunningham's Skinks!

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:44 pm
by Jeff
Congrats! It has been quite a year in the UK so far. :thumbs:

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:03 pm
by Richard.C
nice one mark

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:57 pm
by mark_w
Thanks guys. We have a second tree skink baby!

Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:04 pm
by RoryBreaker
Four days and no pics!!!!!!! :hehe:

Good stuff mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:18 am
by Richard.C
was just thinking that,pics or it never happened,lol

mark did u end up leaving last seasins tree skinks in with adults

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:08 am
by mark_w
Right I will try to get pics, although they all scatter when I try to approach!

With the striolata I left the babies in the first time they bred in 2011. Started with 4 x 2009 babies. Once they had grown up and bred (at 2 years of age), producing 2 babies, I left these in, so now have a group of 6 adults.

The second year I had 5 babies and sold these to a German breeder. The third year (last year) I sold all 7 babies to different German breeder. This year I have already had an offer from someone else (also German!) to buy all my babies. Basically no one in the UK has even heard of these but they are valued in Germany, as you can tell!

Last year I had only 1 baby cunningham's and I left that in with the parents. So right now this group has 2,1 older adults (12 - 14 years old), 0,0,1 from last year (half grown) and at least 4 2014 babies!

Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:53 am
by Richard.C
nice mark,i wouldnt mind trying colonies of them,egernias,i guess if they are savvy to it,smaller groups are probably easier though.

the germans are big fans of egernia,pity we dont hear much from them

Re: Baby cunningham's (now with pictures!)

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:50 pm
by mark_w
Right, I managed a couple of "through the dirty glass" shots. The cunnis were off as soon as the camera clicked the first time! The trees were a little calmer.

Cunningham's - could this little guy be any cuter?

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Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:54 pm
by mark_w
Richard.C wrote:nice mark,i wouldnt mind trying colonies of them,egernias,i guess if they are savvy to it,smaller groups are probably easier though.

the germans are big fans of egernia,pity we dont hear much from them


Rich I have an old article (like from the 1970's) from the Herptile magazine which is about a colony of cunningham's which the author built up in the UK. Ended up with like 25 in a 10 foot home made viviarium with wheelbarrows full of rocks in it. This was in the old days of hardly any photos which were in black and white anyway, and I don't think there were any at all with this article. Would have loved to have seen that set up!!!!

Rich I know that at least a few of the German enthusiasts come on here but don't post...

Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:14 pm
by Richard.C
nice pics mark,it amazes me how small cunningham skinks are as new borns

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:21 pm
by RoryBreaker
Richard.C wrote:nice pics mark,it amazes me how small cunningham skinks are as new borns


You should see newborn depressa, the southern form. Now they are tiny!

Thanks for the pics Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:41 pm
by Richard.C
i can only imagine dave,even adults are small ,im still gobsmacked how small this seasons hosmers were,they were at least solider than new born cunnies

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:10 pm
by mark_w
Now up to 4 baby trees and 6 baby cunnies and my female pink tongue looks like she is going to burst!

Mark.

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:18 pm
by mark_w
I've made it up to 10 baby tree skinks now so they have done amazingly well for me!!!

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:39 pm
by donkeybuff
Sounds like it has been a very good year for you!

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:51 pm
by mark_w
Yes it has thanks. Without wishing to sound like a broekn record, I had a litter of 20 pink tongues born yesterday morning!

Re: Baby cunningham's

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:50 pm
by Ray Gurgui
Defiantly a good year !! And you have quite an assortment also !
I'm still waiting for my E. Striolata to drop .