female trapped!

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:21 pm

by the way in the first pic jou can see the sand all over the other pipe thats becuase the male has been kind of shoving all of the sand out of his cave maybe cleaning the cave for spawning orsomething he has been to it since i think last week orso but i dont understand there are 2 males of which i thought were far more teritorial and dominant then this male(i can recognize this male easy by his very differrent tale drawings)the biggest male chased my other alfamale away out of his cave the first day i got the big male here is a pic of the cave of the big male.you can see a piece of his tale.

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:23 pm

dont you guys see anything at all damn.can i send them to someone who can post them for me??

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:24 pm

I'll host them for you. send to catfish at qtopia no and I'll send you the adress, or post the mdirectly for you if you prefer

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:25 pm

can i post them to your email?

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:35 pm

you can post them directly i am very bad with computers.
thanks

Des · Post by **Des** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:37 pm

Tariq,

In answer to some of your questions:
Time female trapped.
This can vary from one day upwards. I had one female trapped for longer than a week.
Sometimes this first trapping can be a trial run. She may be able to leave and go to another male.
If the female leaves, and the male does not leave the cave even to eat, there is a big chance that you have eggs.
Leave eggs ?
It is best for the Male zebra to look after the eggs. He is much better at looking after them than we humans are.
Try not to disturb them too much with photography etc as this sometimes leads the male to eat the eggs.
I would advise taking the hatchlings away from the dad , one to two days before they have used up their egg sack.
Good luck.
Des.

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:46 pm

thanks des,
ill try to leave them alone as much as possible maybe take a few pics tomorrow with flash of if i see anything.
des do you see any photos i posted???
thanks for your help des
cheers

Des · Post by **Des** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:59 pm

Hi Tariq,

Sorry cannot see any photos.

Try using www. Photobucket.com. Its free and easy to use after you have registered with them.

Regards,
Des.

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:03 pm

i hope this works,
thank you very much for your help mceve

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:05 pm

do you guys see them???
there not the best quality but ill try some more tomorow,
thanks

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:09 pm

they're showing

something went wrong with the tags in the post for the first image, but all the others are showing. probably a line feed that needs to be removed?

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:25 pm

thanks for your help.

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:48 pm

No problem at all

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Sat May 21, 2005 11:40 am

well the female has left this morning,should i have a look and should the male be deep in his cave or is it normal that he sometimes sits in the entrance of the cave with sometimes the tip of his tail sticking out?
how can i have a look?with a torch the cave is kinda a long about 15 cm.
thanks

Des · Post by **Des** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:05 pm

Hi Tariq,

Is the female ,a lot slimmer?. Then she must have laid.
Try leaving the male to get on with things.There is no need to keep on looking in the cave/tube with a torch etc.. You will know if he has eggs to look after ,if he DOES NOT leave the cave. If he leaves the cave, most certainly ,there are no eggs.
It is normal for the male to have his tail sticking out sometimes. He will go backwards and forwards when he feels like it.

Regards,
Des.