[conus]

Dear Uroplatus,while extensively observing G. deccanensis for 5 days on a stretch,we never once observed even a single specimen to partake snails in its diet,even though there were plenty of snails around,they did however consume very large crickets and other such organisms.The main source of calcium,we believe,would be a diet of myraid insects,as insects have a chitinous exoskeleton.Keep your terrarium temperatures up !Warm regards,Javed Ahmed.

[Uroplatus]

There is the first success! After well one month, when I colored the side panels black and the temperature plus humidity increased, i discovered the female tonight well exposed on a branch! She is pregnant! She is absolutely thickly, unfortunately it is in the photo hardly to be recognized. But you can see one egg already good. The snail need is enormous!

I intend to incubate the eggs as with the Uroplatus/P.masobe method at higher temperatures. Are any characteristics to be considered?


Thank you all for your hints and advices! Special thanks go to Jon & Conus, geckosunlimited.com (Marty).

[conus]

Dear Uroplatus,I am extremely happy for your geckos(and you) and pleased that my advice regarding increased humidity and temperature proved useful.I am also happy to see Jons technique of dark side panels work and also appreciate his wisdom.Best of luck for your future breeding endeavours.Warm regards,Javed Ahmed. P.S :- Zeeshan Mirza,s Geckoella collegalensis is egg bound too!

[Uroplatus]

Tonight I was able to shoot a better photo. Within the pregnancy time the tail is still stout filled with fat reserves! I wish you all properties with your projects conus and Zeeshan Mirza. Hold us up to date!

Any pieces of advice for the incubation of the eggs? Thanks!

[Geitje]

Hi Oliver,

Congratulations on your success thus far. I'm glad to read that making your terrarium darker helped promote a breeding response with your animals. Your experience and sharing it here is important to help better understand their needs in captivity and what works.

Incubation takes from 5-8 months. Temps are about 80-85F., and I allow the eggs to cool a little at night. The incubation medium is a sand/soil mixture that is kept very slightly moist. Place the eggs half-buried in the substrate. You can probably use other incubation mediums, but this one works well for me.

I also wanted to clarify with Javed that his female deccanensis is egg-bound. I am assuming that he means his female is gravid (carrying eggs with no problems thus far) and not egg bound. Egg bound is a term most of us understand to describe a condition in which a female has oviductal eggs that are lodged (stuck) and is complicating the egg deposition process.

Congratulations to you both,

Jon

[Geitje]

Oliver,


I found this photo that shows a juvenile with eggs and the incubation medium that I used for the 7.5 month incubation of that particular clutch.

Certainly, other similar mediums will work fine too.

Keep us posted with your progress.

Jon
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[conus]

Dear Jon,I thank you for your well wishes and appreciate the effort you took to explain the term "egg-bound",in its true sense.In India,"expert" herpetologists use this very term to describe gravid herps.Finally,najas' Geckoella collegalensis is egg bound,not my G. deccanensis.Warm regards,Javed Ahmed.

[Uroplatus]

Yesterday the female layed 2 eggs. She buried the eggs in the light humid ground (flowersoil sand mix, like yours Jon) and formed a small heap of earth over it. The oviposition place is the same as their daily hiding place. A turned plastic plantingpot! The oviposition took place during the day, in the afternoon. I was able to recognize, because the plantingpot moved again and again.

The eggs are relatively large and were simple to find. To the eggshell are numerous particles of the ground substrate, large earth particles and wood particle. Not removably!

I incubate them now at 28 Grad Celsius (82.4 °F) daytime, night a little bit cooler by the Uroplatus/Masobe method. Hopefully next clutch im able to incubate them as your way Jon! But, I would like gladly know how you adjust the air exchange in your eggboxes. Do you moisten the substrate after? How are constituted your eggboxes? I have no experiences with bury the eggs.


Greetings!

[marx]

Hi friends

I see, it seems one good year to become for this Geckos.
My female one put their first eggs also today. Now, it becomes a long wait!





Everything good also for you!

Markus

[Uroplatus]

Congratulations Markus!

Your animals looking great, healthy and fat!
As previously mentioned became, the females need now more attention. The supply of sufficiently minerals and D3 is to be considered now meticulously.
All best, keep us updated!