Gilas Breeding!

[StrangeCargo]

Always cool to walk into your herp building and see some gilas locked up. These guys are young...around two years. The youngest I've heard of them successfully breeding was 2.5 years. I'd been keeping them together because of limited cage space- I doubt I'll get anything from this BUT at least it looks like I have a pair.

Enjoy!

 

[El Jefe]

Awesome...just finding out you have a pair is great! Congrats!

 

[Irish Eyes (Mrs.Z)]

Great! Now we have lizard porn! *grins*

Congrats on finding out that they're a pair. Maybe they'll surprise you this year and you'll get some babies, after all.

 

[Nanci]

Congratulations!!! I love these guys so much! I will DIE if you actually hatch some!!!

 

[Tom Tuttle]

Congrats Graham! You never know you may just be pleasantly surprised one day!

 

[Susan]

I WANNA SEE BABY GILAS!! And if I DON"T get to see baby gilas this year, I will be a very unhappy moderator. And you don't want to see me unhappy...trust me...

 

[ShenziSixaxis]

Ooh, that's actually pretty cool. Would you be releasing any youngsters you might hatch and releasing them (since I think gilas are threatened or something of the like) or finding them "pet" homes?



Susan...

 

[RobbiesCornField]

That's AWESOME, Graham! Congrats!

 

[Blue Apple Herps]

Awesome! I didn't know they could be so peachy in color, only ones I've seen at the zoos were yellow.

 

[UniqueSnakes]

Wow! That's one of my most wanted! I will own one some day...lucky you!

 

[StrangeCargo]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Gilas and beaded lizards hold a special place in my heart. Really cool animals. They each have their own personality!

Blue Apple Herps- Sometimes they are alittle more orange but these are kinda peachy colored. My Beaded Lizards (their mexican cousins) are black & yellow.

Susan- I know I know...I wanna see baby gilas too!! I really think these guys are TOO YOUNG. BUT at least it looks like they are a pair and somewhat like eachother-lol. Getting eggs in gilas is the easy part- incubating them is the tricky part... the eggs need to stay dry BUT still have 100% humidity. Alot of people "float" them in a smaller tupperware on dry pillow filling/batting INSIDE a larger container of soupy/wet vermiculite... at least thats what I've heard!

Pics of some beadeds and gilas....