Recent content by pete55

This is a very interesting and informative thread, thank you for posting. Enjoyed seeing your setup and nice to see your Sri Lankans outside. I'm sure your climate suits them very well. Lovely looking group and nice pictures of the parents. You should be very proud of your results. I see...

Congratulations on your excellent results, well deserved success after maintaing your breeding group for all those years. Your babies look awesome. Picfures of your adults and setup would be great :):)

Thanks Kingsley. I'm beginning to think its a female too. The carapace is very domed and round to be a male at this stage. It would have been great to have a spare male as looks like its a group of 5 females and 1 male. I'll have to try and source another if possible. Still pleased as I think...

The fact they were unexpected and an 'insitu' incubation must make it a very pleasant surprise. Congratulations on your new babies.

Wow, she's a beautiful Radiated and her large size makes her very impressive.

Here in the UK we keep ours indoors except during the warmer summer weather. Then they have an indoor pen in the greenhouse with basking area and access to an outdoor run. Each night they're brought inside. Overall we have found them easier to manage in vivariums which allow for better control...

Thank you Neal for your kind comment :) Tom - thank you for your comments and observations. At the moment they're in quarantine and have been treated for internal parasites. During treatment I do find beech chips allow for easy observation of stools and urine/urates. I can assess volume...

Yes how true that is as I found out with young Sulcatas! :)

Thank you for the very helpful comparison pictures Gus. Appreciate your valuable comment Neal. I think if our young adults breed I'll have to incubate for mixed sexes and run on some hatchlings as an insurance policy.

Pictures of thr group.

Oh it's still small. Length is 7cm and weight 110gm. I can see what you mean with the tail but it's a hard one to call at present. The known females do have very short stubby tails.

Its now 5 weeks since we got our group of Sri Lankan Stars. A trio of young adults and a ?trio of youngsters. Since arriving they've all been treated for worms and flagelletes following faecal analysis. The combination of Panacur and then Flagyl appears to have been sucessful as demonstrated by...

Thanks for your opinion Tom and highly valued. I also have a hunch its female by its overall domed shape. The new group are doing well and steadily gaining weight though I followed your guidelines for temperature and humidity. They seem to do better when kept warm with an overall minimum of...

I wonder if these most recent pictures help in opinions of this youngster's sex?

I had a pretty good idea when 2 of my hatchlings were just under 4 inches. A year later and they're around 8 to 9 inches and I'm becoming more convinced I'm right. I've found the young females tend to have upside down 'U' shape to the anal opening and that the anal scutes curve inwards. Here's...