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Kat · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: steni's

Anybody else got any Stenodactylus sthenodactylus?

My friend has three of these brilliant little geckos. They have started laying eggs, does anyone know how long it takes for them to hatch?

plus does anyone have any tips for trying to maintain the temperature in a hovabator without a thermostat? or know where i could get a thermostat that would work with one?

I'll put some pictures up of them when i get them transferred to this computer...

thanks
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Scott W · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:06 am Post subject:

hi Kat,

great geckos, a touch on the small side but look great in a natural setup. Not sure how long the incubation is,I'm sure DanLay on here will know.

As for you hovabator, would a habistat dimming stat?
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DanLay · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:33 am Post subject:

Hi Kat.
I've not kept Stenodactylus myself but a friend said that they hatch after just a few months ( Embarassed

) at 80-86f .
Be sure to get some photos up Smile

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Matt Lusty · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject:

I keep and breed these. Very cool little geckos. Love the way they squeak and whistle at each other Cool

They will take around 55 days to hatch at 82ºF. Shorter for higher temps, but be careful if going upto 86ºF as they will die in the egg. Any other questions, please let me know and I'll see if I can help Wink

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Scott W · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:

Hi Matt,
Can they be kept in small colonies or will the males fight?
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Kat · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:01 am Post subject:

thanks matt,

they already laid some eggs a couple of months back, and they were fertile and started to develop but failed to hatch, put them in the hovabator on a lid of sand set on top of vermiculite. Any idea why they would fail? temp was kept between 28-30 degrees...

I've heard that there will be a dominant male and they will live in a colony? obviously there will be fighting initially.

Also the male used to be kept on his own and was quite outgoing, but the ladies were introduced and now he hides all the time Sad

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Matt Lusty · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

Kat · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:21 pm Post subject:

thanks for the incubation advice. the girls have been in there a good while now, but i think he is getting a wee bit bullied. We did notice the ladies were much bigger. He stil seems to be able to muster up the courage to do the business though!

How do you heat yyour set-ups? these are being kept just with a heat mat, which did cook one of the eggs because they weren't removed immediately, so how do you get around that?

Thanks again!
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Matt Lusty · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

I heat mine with heatmats.
Usually when the first signs of the females being gravid, you will have 4 weeks before they lay. After that it's 2 weeks more or less to the day for the next lot and 2 weeks continuous after that Wink

If you miss the first clutch, give it 2 weeks then the next clutch will be there Wink

This will give you time to 'catch' the eggs in time Wink

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Kat · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:

hello
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