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07-18-2011, 01:47 AM
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Feeding Candioa mini-boas
Sorry everyone, I'm a bit snap happy of these, my first Candoia babies. 
They are just so TINY, feeding time is a bit difficult. Here they are on their second ever meal, gecko tail as I can't find geckos small enough.
For scale,I'm holding the gecko tails in chopsticks. And yes, the weight is in GRAMS, but this one is the runt. Most were 11 or 12 gms at birth.
I'm having SUCH a good time! 
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07-18-2011, 10:29 AM
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Holy CRAP those are TINY!!! I can't let my wife see this thread or she's gonna want one. They're adorable!!! I'm sure you are "snap happy" these days!! 
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07-18-2011, 11:20 AM
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Very cool, Helen!
So how many tailless geckos are running around your house? 
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07-18-2011, 05:36 PM
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Thanks guys - I'm infatuated.... but nice to know others think they're special too.
Actually it's funny you should ask about tailless geckos - I did try that once, caught one of the monster geckos that run around my ceiling, held his tail until he dropped it and then let him run off - but somehow I felt more guilty doing that than just snapping a tail off a frozen gecko that will be fed to my larger snakes. I know, no logic, just a feeling....
When I run out of tails they will also take hind legs - it's kind of KFC Gecko Portion time around here!
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07-18-2011, 06:17 PM
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Neat stuff Helen. Glad to see they ain't giving you too many problems getting started off too. Although, being able to offer them exactly what they'd find in nature might help a bit. LOL
Thanks for sharing!
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07-18-2011, 06:20 PM
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Yes, I don't share the feeding problems other Candoia owners have trying to find tiny frogs etc - house geckos I do have!
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07-29-2011, 12:36 PM
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Great job. I have a 3.2 group of Candoia carinata carinata I'd like to breed in the future, but they are tough and the babies might be smaller than even those... how long are they?
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07-29-2011, 04:05 PM
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About 30cm (1 foot) at birth, typical birth weight 10 to 12 grams - so tiny I can't imagine smaller ones.
I didn't feed them for 3 weeks, they were fine. Then started them with gecko tails and they're now feeding weekly. Now at 2 months old they have put on a massive 2 to 3 grams each!
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07-29-2011, 04:08 PM
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Add on to that - the mother was about 1m 60cm when bred and weighed about 1,200 gms. The father (males are smaller) was about 1m 20 cm and maybe 500 gms
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07-29-2011, 06:00 PM
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A foot long baby? THose are huge. My adult male C. c. carinata are only at about 14-17".
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