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Posted by andy-h on August 27, 2002 at 01:18:28:

In Reply to: Re: Australian Giant Prickly - Extatosoma tiaratum posted by James on August 26, 2002 at 22:40:53:

:Andy, do you have an E. Tiaratum right now, or have kept one before? I have one right now, and it's laying about 4 eggs a day. Is this normal? Also, if reproducing via parthenogenesis, will there be genetic fatigue? If I don't heat the eggs up a bit, will they still hatch?
:Thanks!

hi james,

iīm keeping and breeding E.ts for roughly 10 years know :-)

first, itīs absolutly normal for them to lay this amount. they can even lay more. for incubation get a box with clean humus or vermiculite with just some airholes, keep it moist so it cannot dry out. temp should be about 23-26° celsius. it can take about 5-8 month for them to hatch.

and itīs not a problem if itīs parthogenetic. E.t can do fine without males, but it depends on the stability of your tribe.
many E.t. keeepers experienced problems, that after a while nymphs died for no reason after reaching subadult stage.

if you donīt want the eggs to hatch you can either heat them up in a microwave of lay them in the fridge. but i woud suppose first to see how many nymphs you can get :-)

hope this helps a bit
greetings
andy

Follow Ups:

• ups misread the last sentence :-) andy-h 08/27/02 (1)
  • Re: ups misread the last sentence :-) James 08/27/02 (0)