Who else is doing the "Hurry up and lay eggs" dance?

Are you doing the "Hurry up and lay eggs" dance?

  • Yes, I am rearing to rear some larvae!

    Votes: 23 33.3%

  • Sure! Why not. I can hack it.

    Votes: 5 7.2%

  • Not really. I'm happy with what I have.

    Votes: 6 8.7%

  • No. I do not want, nor have the time to deal with little critters right now.

    Votes: 9 13.0%

  • Are you crazy dude? Why the heck would I want my critters to breed!?!?

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • My significant other says if I breed any more critters he/she will leave me. Darn, I'll miss him/her

    Votes: 6 8.7%

  • If they don't lay some eggs soon, I'll do the job myself...

    Votes: 11 15.9%

  • Johnny, get out of the basement and go outside or something.

    Votes: 8 11.6%
  • Total voters
    69
  • Poll closed .
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So who else is sitting around watching amplexus and hoping for spermatophores?
 
Me. I've got 2 female axxies <wild and gold> and 1 male axxie <wild> and I just want them to get on with it. I've tried putting on some Barry White, offered them some good wine, mood lighting, etc...but all to no avail. :D
 
LOL! My axxies seem to like the 1940's jazz soundtrack from Fallout 3. Then again, they are in the same room with my computer so they get to hear it a lot...

SludgeMunkey said:
Don't laugh too hard, but the kaiseri seem to like Skrillex. :eek:
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It´s too late for me, my orientalis have been laying for months already....they never stop....*sob*.
I´m always looking forward to my animals breeding but to be honest, this year i´m kind of hoping they´ll eat most of their eggs...I´ll only raise any offspring that manages to reach metamorphosis on their own, which means that i´m only likely to get some orientalis and perhaps some pyrrhogaster (no dobrogicus as no larvae survive in that tank after they achieve a certain size). The one exception will probably be the apuanus of which i want to raise a small number of larvae. The males are ready and the females look like they´ll be popping out eggs as soon as i get back to Salamanca.

Curiously enough i´m doing a slight variation of the "hurry up and lay eggs" dance which i call "just bloody breed already you *%&=$%" for some of a friend´s animals :D
 
I'm definitely doing the dance for my ADF, Floating frogs, Andersoni, and most of my tropical fish. My boy axolotl, while quite well endowed, doesn't seem to be quite ready for it. I just want something, anything to raise! I've been keeping track of amplexus in my frogs, but absolutely nothing has come of it yet. :(
 
I want my ADFs to lay eggs i want my fish to lay eggs and as soon as my newer axies are big enough if ones a girl its going to have babies. I've been staring at my ADFs for hours hoping they will lay eggs.
 
I'm almost scared. I know when the time comes I'll be flooded with eggs/larvae. But I am ready. I have racks and tables recently set up for tupperware.
 
SludgeMunkey said:
So who else is sitting around watching amplexus and hoping for spermatophores?
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Me....though not fully watching as I'm at my parents.
I'm waiting on my Alpine newts to start,when I checked on them the other day I saw a spermatophore and the female looks plump....maybe when i go check again I'll have eggs-fingers crossed-as it'll be my first ever batch of any eggs....I think my friend is more excited than I am!!


Sent,using the power of my mind.....
 
Hoping on waltl, hopeless hope on C. e. popei all boys club, and possible eggs from some Science learning center Southern Crested newts I keep half an eye on.(some mortality during the summer, but the remaining 5 or so are quite large and look to me like they could breed).
 
I was tempted to select "Johnny, get out of the basement and go outside or something." just for the heck of it, lol.

I am hoping my Pseudotriton ruber ruber will get busy. Nothing yet, dang it!
 
My orientalis, pyrrhogaster, and apuanus have all been laying for some weeks now. I am not planning to take any out to raise specifically, though - I've decided to let nature take its course and the little scamps can fend for themselves.

Heather
 
The Holy Grail

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well, there's non-stop speed dating in the alpine tank. The Fat Lady looks ready to have a buffalo calf and the boys are dropping spermatophores like spare change. Eggs will appear any day now. The chengg girls are squeezing out the last few eggs here and there, and several fat larvae are living a hidden life of danger in their parents' tank. The pyrrhogaster ladies look a bit more preggers every day, but it could be the blood worms.

Meanwhile, the only amplexing has been sighted in the neighbor's sled dog yard. Maybe they were just trying to keep each other warm.
 
I'm conflicted. I'm looking forward to breeding, but at the same time enjoying the "low maintenance" time of year. The empty tanks waiting for larvae are sooooooo easy to take care of:rolleyes:
 
I'm doing a dance and hoping they'll stop laying soon. I've got more orientalis larvae than I know what to do with and have twice that many in eggs. My dobrogicus don't seem to know when to stop either.
 
My ladies are on a break after a month in the basement with the boys. Their poor little noses are rubbed raw. So far, they have no interest in laying, just eating. That's fine with me, though: larvae will be a lot easier to raise in the spring when I can get some pond water.
 
Got marms and apaunus laying eggs as I type :wacko:
 
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