Gravid Westerns (I think)

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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby mark_w » Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:22 am

Good luck Rich :D

Rory, out of interest what is the species in your avatar? Is it Egernia kintorei? Do you keep these?

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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Jeff » Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:28 am

Those are amazing Rory! Congratulations!
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Hammock » Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:31 pm

Congratulations !!
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby RoryBreaker » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:07 pm

mark_w wrote:Good luck Rich :D

Rory, out of interest what is the species in your avatar? Is it Egernia kintorei? Do you keep these?

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Liopholis striata(formerly Egernia)
Most people call them Night Skinks but I really like their other common name, Eliptical eyed skinks.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Teacup » Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:25 pm

Wow, those babies are gorgeous! Congrats. :) Interesting to see how many more she might have in there.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Scotts1au » Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:54 pm

Wow, thanks for posting that.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Seadation » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:11 pm

Wow! Congrats they are beautiful.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby RoryBreaker » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:50 am

Richard.C wrote:
mark_w wrote:Oh man look at those babies. They are gorgeous. Well done Rory. Really nice skinks.

Over to you now Rich...

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Fingers crossed,this is my 2nd proper attempt,shes bulked up but hasnt been an overly huge eater this season,time will tell i guess

Rory,do u have a rough gestation period


Sorry Richard, I don't have any data on gestation period. I never observed the mating and I didn't keep a date on when I noticed the shoulder marks.

This girl only ended up having four over a two day period. That is presuming that she has finished popping them out, its been +24hours since number 4 came out.

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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Richard.C » Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:16 am

They look great rory,female still looks to have decent weight so you never know,they look like solid babies
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Ophidiophile » Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:52 am

Beautiful! Congrats!
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Toria Dawn » Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:41 pm

Those look great, mail em to Canada!
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Lauriek » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:54 pm

Great photos!
It amazes me how they manage to have so many babies 'in there'. When you gather new born skinks in your hand and then look at mum, you wonder how she fitted them all in.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby RoryBreaker » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:26 am

Some update pictures. One has really powered along compared to the other three.

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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby mark_w » Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:47 am

Real crackers. Looks like you need to separate the big one - its getting all the food!

Maybe one day I will have a nice little group of westerns....

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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby RoryBreaker » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:55 am

mark_w wrote:Real crackers. Looks like you need to separate the big one - its getting all the food!

Maybe one day I will have a nice little group of westerns....

Mark.


The big one has been on its own for awhile now. The other three still live together.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Richard.C » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:11 pm

Looking good
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Jeff » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:52 pm

Looking great RoryB. I will be interested to see if the big one ends up being a different gender than the other 3. Probably too much to hope for, but it would be great if the genders grew so differently.
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby MELUCHJA » Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:32 pm

Wow how exciting :)
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby Richard.C » Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:23 pm

Jeff i raised 4 sa westerns of both sexes and growth was similar over 5 years,rorys big one just loves it tucker more
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Re: Gravid Westerns (I think)

Postby RoryBreaker » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:28 pm

Richard.C wrote:Jeff i raised 4 sa westerns of both sexes and growth was similar over 5 years,rorys big one just loves it tucker more


The larger one eats like a northern, I would be much happier if the other three did the same.
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