Egg found, Embryo inside. Please Advise!!

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I found just 1 egg in my C.O. tank today. Mabye there were more and I didnt realize in time. Do C.O.'s eat there own eggs? I have taken the plant that the egg is on and placed it in a tank of its own. How long do I have before it hatches? Will it eat blackworms chopped up? Do I need to aquire a micro-culture of worms quickley? Is it strange to only find 1 egg? Any help is much appreciated.
 
Congratulations, John. Yes, they may eat their own eggs. If you see them "sniffing" through the plants, they may be looking for a snack. It's a little unusual to find only one, but not impossible. If you went through the leaves of every plant there, you might find more.

If you have a reliable source of blackworms, that will be the easiest food. Pick out the smallest blackworms and chop them. You could also check your pet shops for brine shrimp eggs.
 
Cool thx. Ya I checked every plant in the tank yesterday and didnt find another one. Its cool to see the little dude in the egg. It is to the point that it has visible a head, eyes and tail. I think it will hatch soon. How long after hatching do they morph?
 
this morning i found a small eft what i can only think of to be a C.O. also there were eggs too. but the thing is i was wondering how long the eggs take to hatch as i have only had the newts in this tank for about 2 maybe 3 weeks? any advice. oh and what do i feed the eft?

thanks
mark jacobs
 
The eggs take 2-3 weeks to hatch (I'm not sure exactly for C.o.). And then it takes about 3 months, more or less, for the larvae to reach metamorphosis.

Mark, do you mean you found a larva (not an eft)? I don't think it's possible for a juvenile to appear after only 3 weeks.
 
efts are the terrestrial larva stage of newts like eastern (species name?) newts.
 
If egg retention happens, what can be done to help the eggs come out? I have a feeling the newt I quarantined is the female and looks to be gravid, Mabye she layed one or two eggs and retained the rest.
 
Unless she really needs the quarantine, it would help to put her back with a male. Lack of a male doesn't necessarily lead to retention, but the presence of a male makes egg laying a lot more likely.
 
She is back in with the males and has been for a couple of days now. The day I put her back in was the very second that I found the egg. I just saw her tryin to lay more eggs today. She would grab a plant with her back legs and then kinda use her back legs to try to push the egg out or somethin. I checked a couple of spots I saw her do this, but no eggs yet. Could it take a couple of tries? Or is this a sign of retention since she can't seem to lay the eggs, but wants to.
 
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