[Sarah]

Well, I saw these guys mating Feb 16th, and although definitely fatter than at the time, there aren't any obvious egg shapes in the female, so I guess no eggs after all :0( Oh well, there's always next year.

How long do swaini usually take between mating and laying?

Took some pics of them. The humidity must have been a little low for them lately as they have some orange scales which I believe to be unshed skin?

Female




Male

[Justin]

Wow, what a species!

[saltuarius]

Thank you for your pictures Sarah.It´s impresionant.

Regards,
saltuarius.

[the moof]

*oogles*. wow. that is almost as amazing as Uroplatus species. I have never seen pictures of them in captivity.

wow.
*the moof*

[geckodan]

Where are the orange scales???

[Sarah]

They seems to have a fair few around their eyes, the male has some on his neck and a few on his body. They come off, but I'm not game for putting my finger nail anywhere near their eyes.

:0)

[geckodan]

You'll find that they are actually probably a commensal mite. They are almost fluorescent orange in colour and live in the eye sockets , groin, armpits. They do no harm whatsoever and can be wiped off with a wet cotton bud. Its the one problem associated with housing these guys in naturalised outside enclosure at one time. You will have them pop up for a while as you can't see the eggs and these hatch well after the parent mites are removed. They feed only on skin debris, not blood.

[Sarah]

Ew...gross. Where do they lay their eggs? I haven't ever kept these guys outside, and everything in the enclosure is fake (vines and leaves).

If I have a good go at cleaning up the geckos and then completely change their environment, will it put a stop to them?

[Magpie]

Good to know Dan, I've seen those red / orange mites on the wild geckos heaps and was a bit worried about them.

[geckodan]

Ew...gross. Where do they lay their eggs? I haven't ever kept these guys outside

Eggs are laid amongst the scales which is why they return. They lived outside prior to your purchase.

If I have a good go at cleaning up the geckos and then completely change their environment, will it put a stop to them?

Don't bother. They don't live off the animal and when on the animal do no harm. You can pick them off when you see them and they will disspear over a 6-9 month period.