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russ

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Last year I had an E.e.croceater eat her own eggs. My croceater, klauberi and oregonensis are developing ova now, so things are looking good. Any ideas on how to prevent this again?

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nate

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She'll eat them if stressed by you or tankmates. It's a difficult thing to avoid. I'd guess as soon as you see eggs, remove all other salamanders from the enclosure and disturb her as little as possible.

BTW, you often see a lot of info out there about how difficult it is to raise Plethodontid eggs without the mother, but in my single attempt at it I successfully hatched P. albagula eggs without the mother. I just kept them moist on soil. I certainly didn't do anything special for them. You might consider trying to raise them alone.
 
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russ

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I think this year I'm going to go with separating them when I think they're getting close to depositing.

Thanks
RUSS
 
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Russ, my xanthoptica ate her eggs last year. I have hope for her this year.
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