Its pretty normal for them to lay all summer. These two nest make my total so far 102 for this season from three females. They will lay once every 3-4 weeks into November. I'll probably have around 200 eggs by the end of the season.Somethings in the air ??
These girls are 10 years old now. They hatched in 2010. I haven't weighed or measured lately, but they are around 35-40 pounds and about 22 inches.@Tom mind sharing the leopard females sizes? 200 eggs from 3 females sounds incredible. Does larger females mean larger clutch sizes or larger hatchlings?
Is it too hot for a star in Phoenix? It was 118 yesterday. I had to flood some areas for the deserts to have some mud wallows in the shade in addition to having their burrows. Interestingly they went for the muzzle wallows and stayed in them and didn’t go back to the burrows until night. Would I cook a star? They are so beautifulIts pretty normal for them to lay all summer. These two nest make my total so far 102 for this season from three females. They will lay once every 3-4 weeks into November. I'll probably have around 200 eggs by the end of the season.
But there is something in the air for sure because my stars, which are normally winter layers, also keep laying eggs. These guys have never laid in summer.
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I have a friend in Phoenix that raised four Burmese stars there, mostly outside, and last I heard he was breeding them and getting babies.Is it too hot for a star in Phoenix? It was 118 yesterday. I had to flood some areas for the deserts to have some mud wallows in the shade in addition to having their burrows. Interestingly they went for the muzzle wallows and stayed in them and didn’t go back to the burrows until night. Would I cook a star? They are so beautiful