Ensatina Eggs

[russ]

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?

RUSS

 

[nate]

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.

 

[russ]

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

Thanks
RUSS

 

[Aneides]

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