jewett
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- Heather Jewett
I am currently raising juvenile pairs of 3 different species, one pair being a species new to me (Lissotriton sp) that I got as eggs from a friend this past spring. Of course I was hoping for more than just 2 of the larva to make it this far, but I think I fed too many cyclops The other 2 pairs are juvenile offspring from my own animals.
Anyway, because I have these pairs I am hoping to beat the odds and actually end up with "true" a pair of the Lissotriton, male and female, that can perpetuate my little colony, and am mostly curious what I will end up with with the other 2 species that are from current colonies. I've never really been in this situation before because I have always had at least 8 larvae make it to adulthood in past experience receiving new to me species as eggs. I did get my 4 N. kaiseri as unsexed metamorphs and feel I "won" that gamble, as I ended up with 2 males and 2 females.
So, with the odds outlined in this article (Caudata Culture Articles - Pair Odds) I was curious what experiences you all have had with the either ending up with just a pair but getting a breeding couple, or on the other end of the spectrum, raising 3 dozen larvae successfully only to end up with a lone single female So share your stories! What gamble did you make big on and what left you busted?
HJ
Anyway, because I have these pairs I am hoping to beat the odds and actually end up with "true" a pair of the Lissotriton, male and female, that can perpetuate my little colony, and am mostly curious what I will end up with with the other 2 species that are from current colonies. I've never really been in this situation before because I have always had at least 8 larvae make it to adulthood in past experience receiving new to me species as eggs. I did get my 4 N. kaiseri as unsexed metamorphs and feel I "won" that gamble, as I ended up with 2 males and 2 females.
So, with the odds outlined in this article (Caudata Culture Articles - Pair Odds) I was curious what experiences you all have had with the either ending up with just a pair but getting a breeding couple, or on the other end of the spectrum, raising 3 dozen larvae successfully only to end up with a lone single female So share your stories! What gamble did you make big on and what left you busted?
HJ