11-17-2012, 12:24 AM
I recently got my first clutch of viable eggs from my variabilis imitator. From the first clutch one of the eggs slid down the vivarium glass and onto a piece of orchid bark. I removed the egg and am currently rearing it outside of the tank (its progressing very nicely!!). A few days later my girl set another clutch of three eggs on the other side of the vivarium on the glass. After I was certain they had been fertilized I removed them from the tank to rear them myself. Not even five minutes after I removed the eggs my girl was in the spot where the eggs had been searching for her now lost eggs. I have to be honest, it made me feel really bad. I was wondering what your thoughts were on taking eggs from the parents? Should we feel bad about removing eggs from a vivarium to rear them ourselves?