Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

[Ace]

was just taking a break from revising for my second year uni exams an went into my animal room to be confronted by two fertile perfectly formed eggs in my web footed gecko tank . she could only have laid them in the last hour or so since i was last in there so i took them out and incubated them immediately before any crickets found them and decided to chew on them. unbelievably happy

that brings my current egg incubating total to the following;

30+ leo eggs
12 crestie eggs
8 G.lichtenfelderi/hiaensis eggs
4 G.luii eggs
11 A.persica eggs
8 L.lugubris eggs
2 gargoyle eggs
2 barking gecko eggs
2 P.bastardii eggs
2 P.pictus eggs
3 giant day gecko eggs
1 mossy gecko egg
and of course 2 p.rangeii eggs

having a good year so far i just hope i get good results with the hatching and rearing phases as it one thing to get them to breed but a different kettle of fish altogether to raise offspring.

cheers, will
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[Ace]

here's a quick photo to show you how small they are, i was unbelievably lucky that she laid them on the surface rather than burying them as if they had been buried i seriously doubt if i would have found them.



cheers, will
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61 and counting

[PaulG]

Nice, how long is incubation?
im hoping to get a few of these. could you please PM me with the price and when they will be ready (if you are selling them.) lol
thanks Paul
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Regards, Paul.

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[christophermchale]

congrats!

thats a lot of eggs and will make a very small omlette.
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[ukgeckos]

well done mate! mine are gravid ad the substrate is so depp im not looking forward to finding the eggs!
whats the incubation temps/humidity and substrate as i havent found much on it!

[Ace]

the amount of information i have on them is pretty much nothing so in a sense i am making it up as i go along. i have them in one of the small exo terra glass terrariums with a mix of 4parts sand to 1 part forest bed as a substrate to a depth of about 3.5-4 inches with a few bits of cork bark on top. there is a heat mat under one half of the tank and a 5.0 UV tube over it, the air temp in my animal room ranges from about 26C to 28C and they appear fine at this temperature. i feed them 3 times a week on dusted small hoppers and they have gone from strength to strength. i keep the lower half of the substrate a little damp to help with their burrowing but as i said earlier i was lucky as she laid the eggs on the surface. as for the eggs i have them just on some dry sand in a cricket tub with a bottle cap of water in there too, the relative humidity is about 40-50% and I'm hoping that this will be more than adequate, I'm incubating them at 26.5C and as for how long they take to hatch i have no idea ill just wait and see if they do or not.

cheers, will
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[ukgeckos]

sorry ment temp humidity and substrate for incubation!
my ser up is similar but im using a over head spot bulb instead of a heat mat as they burrow down to cool in the moistened sand but with a heat mat it does the opposite! since i changed it they seem to have burrowed more perminant burrows as the sand seems to stay moist longer!
for what is often decribed as a delicate species in so many books seems fairly hardy!

[Palex134]

congrats, I have 2 gravid rangei females currently, Its cool seeing the eggs in them as they are like transparent!
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Peter Alexander

Phelsuma klemmri
Phelsuma laticauda
Geckolepis anomala
Pachydactylus rangei
Rhacodactylus ciliatus
Rhacodactylus auriculatus
Lepidodactylus lugubris


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[Beardie Baby]

That's great news. Those eggs are soooo tiny!

Kel