Our first cat geckos!

Geckoz · #1 04-01-2008, 06:56 AM

Yesterday we picked up 2.1 Aeluroscalabotes Felinus. They are all F1 and unrelated. The female ran off the minute we put her in her viv so we didn't have a chance to get a picture of her yet, but I will definetely post one later on

Here is the first male which is a vivid green/yellow with an orange/red back pattern and sides. The pic doesn't really do him justice but it shows his colors pretty good

(sorry for the kitchen towels I made this picture while he was in his transportation box)

And male #2 which is a bit smaller and slept the whole drive home, so cute.
Here he is

Like I said female pics will follow..
I hope you all like them, I'm already totally in love with all of them.

just one questions I've read that the female breeding weight is around 15 grams but what is a normal adult weight for males?? Thanks!

Geckos and Goannas · #2 04-01-2008, 12:06 PM

cute pics! i really need to get some of these soon. i have at least one sp. of every other eublepharine genus except aeluroscalabotes. oh im not sure but i think its about 12-14 grams.

rodekuhr · #3 04-01-2008, 11:35 PM

In my Reptiles magazine it says that males should be at least 9g and females at least 15g. I just also got a pair last week best of luck with this species.

-Nick

Geckoz · #4 04-02-2008, 06:54 AM

Thank you both

and good luck with your little ones as well nick

**Riverside Reptiles** · #5 04-02-2008, 09:22 AM

Nice colors on that first male. Love that yellow/green. Good luck with your breeding.

Geckoz · #6 04-02-2008, 11:01 AM

Thanks

We won't start breeding them until at least several months but out of curiosity: is there a special breeding season? And if so when is it?

They all come from Marcus and I believe the male even was one of his holdbacks as first. So Marcus already knew he would be stunning when the male was a lot younger

btw do any of the breeders here attend the Hamm shows personally?
I would love to get another CB CH female for my male and since there aren't too many of these around over here, one of the few ways to get one is to get one shipped from the usa to a hamm show (next shows wont be until september and december of course but I like to be prepared

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**Riverside Reptiles** · #7 04-02-2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Geckoz

Thanks

We won't start breeding them until at least several months but out of curiosity: is there a special breeding season? And if so when is it?

They all come from Marcus and I believe the male even was one of his holdbacks as first. So Marcus already knew he would be stunning when the male was a lot younger

btw do any of the breeders here attend the Hamm shows personally?
I would love to get another CB CH female for my male and since there aren't too many of these around over here, one of the few ways to get one is to get one shipped from the usa to a hamm show (next shows wont be until september and december of course but I like to be prepared

)

They tend to stop producing once temps rise in the summer. But if you can keep them cool enough, I think they'll pretty much produce year round (mine do).

I know that Matjaz works with Felinus and he attends hamm. And I know that we have some other people on the forum from Europe working with them as well. But I don't know any specifics as to who is producing what and if they're going to be at hamm or not. Best thing to do is post a "wanted" ad in the classifieds.

Geckoz · #8 04-02-2008, 04:32 PM

Thank you Ethan

I'll send Matjaz a pm and / or put an ad in the classifieds area.

btw we just got a chance to weigh our female after the defecated last night, she is now 21,5 grams. Is this really heavy or not?
She is kinda bloated so we thought she was carrying eggs first but these aren't really visible so now we're not really sure.
I don't know how easy the eggs are seen?? Im used to leos which eggs are really easy to see :P

**Riverside Reptiles** · #9 04-02-2008, 04:51 PM

21.5 g's is pretty big if she's not gravid but not unheard of. That would be great for you if she's gravid though. Always nice to get a female and have eggs right away! Keep weighing her and see what happens.

Geckoz · #10 04-03-2008, 03:30 AM

Sorry for all the questions but I've lots of experience with breeding leos (also keep rhacos and U. Milii but never bred those yet) and female leos can lay (infertile) eggs without them ever been with a male.
Do you know if cat geckos can do the same?
I believe the female has been in the netherlands for about 6 months, the two males for 18 months.
The female hasn't been bred by the previous owner so if they can't produce eggs without having been mated onl explanation is that she has been with a male while she was still at Marcus'
This means the eggs could still be fertile right? I read they can retain sperm for almost a year.
And if there are eggs on the way, what incubation method has everyone been most succesful with?
incubator or in situ? fluctuating temps or constant temps? etc.
Would love to hear experiences, thanks