Saldarya
Established Member
I am very excited to share with all that the Johnstonii locked up today.
I will start by sharing that it has been a tough road. The female came in gravid and struggled to lay. She dropped eggs throughout the cage and none of them were viable. I imagine that the timing on the import along with how gravid many of the females were contributed to a number of issues.
As you can imagine, I was concerned with her health.
Through the help of a good vet and some tremendous focus on her husbandry and feeding, she has really come along.
The male has always been solid.
Today I figured I would allow her to see him through the screen as she was showing what I felt were very receptive colors. She not only did not show any hostility, she started head bobbing!
I placed him into her cage, he started bobbing, and within minutes they were locked up.
Here are some pics below of the 3 minute process. I knew I should have grabbed the video camera, but honestly I didnt except her to accept.
At this point they have been locked in the same position for at least 15 minutes and as much as I want to go look closely to make sure he has penetrated, I am trying to leave them alone.
I will keep all posted.
I will start by sharing that it has been a tough road. The female came in gravid and struggled to lay. She dropped eggs throughout the cage and none of them were viable. I imagine that the timing on the import along with how gravid many of the females were contributed to a number of issues.
As you can imagine, I was concerned with her health.
Through the help of a good vet and some tremendous focus on her husbandry and feeding, she has really come along.
The male has always been solid.
Today I figured I would allow her to see him through the screen as she was showing what I felt were very receptive colors. She not only did not show any hostility, she started head bobbing!
I placed him into her cage, he started bobbing, and within minutes they were locked up.
Here are some pics below of the 3 minute process. I knew I should have grabbed the video camera, but honestly I didnt except her to accept.
At this point they have been locked in the same position for at least 15 minutes and as much as I want to go look closely to make sure he has penetrated, I am trying to leave them alone.
I will keep all posted.
