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shelby · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: steno (jewel geckos)

i'm picking up a pair of these next week how can i make sure they are a pair are they easy to sex not sure on their age.

Scott W · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:20 am Post subject:

Can't say I've really looked too closely, either way you need good eyes is my guess Laughing

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serpent · Key Member Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Kent

The male steno has a pair of gonads that anyone would be proud of !!!!
Not easy to miss unless you are almost blind Shocked

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christophermchale · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject:

the females are also noticeably larger and have big bulges on the side of the neck.

you should have no problem sexing them.

they are a great species.

particularly nice to watch hunt little tiny crickets.
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serpent · Key Member Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Kent

shelby · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject:

thanks guys can't wait to get my little ones.
i am getting them from a shop is their any worry about wc ones other than parasites and do i need to what out for anything.

serpent · Key Member Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Kent

Keep them hot dry and feed them lots, I think that they eat more than a average gecko of their size.
I have 2.7 and feed them approx 1/2 a box of no 2 brown every other day ... and they eat the lot Shocked

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christophermchale · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

weird that youd say that they are mostly wild caught. its hard to get them to NOT lay eggs ive found.

i know my source of them are all cb.

i guess everywhere is different.
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serpent · Key Member Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Kent

Stenodactylus sthenodactylus breed as easy as cockroaches BUT it is very very rare that you will find them in shops for sale.
These little geckos wholesale out at around £2 each for adults, it is just not worth shops buying in juv's. I generally leave the eggs in the viv, if they hatch ..great .... if not I throw them away when I do tank maintenance. I am now on 3rd or 4th generation in my steno viv.
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