She has laid eggs - Mudpuppy breeding

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One of my female Mudpuppies has laid around 20 eggs thismorning, I will post some pictures tomorrow I am so chuffed.
:D

Kind Regards
Jay
 
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That´s fantastic! Best of lucks, and please, do share the progress with us!
 
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Hello All,

Still can’t quite believe it even though I sort of new, as seen in my previous post that she was possibly about to lay.

Does anyone know if they have been bred more than once in captivity before? I know that Jean bred them but has it been done again.

Also is it a first for the UK? The Marketing team want to know at my work.

Fingers crossed now the eggs are good.

Kind Regards
Jay
 
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Congratulations ! Really interested in seeing how these eggs progress, hope you have a good camera.
 
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Good luck Jay, i have not heard of anybody breeding them. :happy:
 
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you lucky lucky person
hope the eggs go well, I have never heard of anybody in the UK breeding them, although I may be wrong.

I will definately be keeping an eye on this thread
 
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Likewise the only breeding i know of is in anold book i read ,looking forward to some pictures
 
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Fantastic, Jay! I've never heard of any other UK breedings. Hopefully they will develop ok. Keep us informed...

C
 
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I seem to recall a couple of breedings in europe at most, none of which were in the UK so it seems you are indeed the first!
 
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I'm glad to hear they're hanging around upside down for a reason, congrats!
 
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Hello All,

She laid about 20 more eggs over night, here are some photos. I will try and get some Video and better photos but dont want to disturb her too much.

Enjoy:D

Kind Regards
Jay
 

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More pictures.:happy:
 

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Congrats!
What a great success!

Did she leave the eggs alone?
Might you show the whole tank?
What are your current temperatures and during winter?

Thank!

Regards,
Mario
 
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MarioR said:
Congrats!
What a great success!

Did she leave the eggs alone?
Might you show the whole tank?
What are your current temperatures and during winter?

Thank!

Regards,
Mario
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Hi Mario,

I will write up Husbandry Guidelines on this at some point this year maybe.

At the moment she is still with the eggs and the behaviour is extraordinary she uses her snout right to left moving individual eggs from side to side aswell as tail movements fanning the eggs to oxygenate them I presume. So it would seem that she cares for the eggs, I will try and video it at some point.

There are pictures and videos of the tank on other Threads I have done.

Temperature in winter was between 10-13˚C, the temperature now is between 13-15˚C.

Kind Regards

Jay
 
Hello All,

Eggs and mother still doing well.

Does anyone have Jean Raffaelli's paper on Necturus he told me to have a read of it but its not translated. Does anyone have the translated version?

Kind regards
Jay
 
Congratulations Jay, have these gone offshow for the breeding season, or are they still viewable by visitors?
 
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