[rhacoboy]

Hi All,
My trio of LTC proven Cameron Highlands Cat geckos come tomorrow, I'm VERY excited as you all may be able to imagine! I am just finishing up their set ups and I was wondering how thick the substrate should be?

As of right now heres what the set ups for the females look like:

66qt steralite containers. Proper ventilation has been added to the cages.

A large bendi-vine

A couple other random branches

A cork tube

Spaghnum moss in one corner, hoping to get them to lay their eggs there

Eco Earth

A pothos.

Does that sound like it'll work to you?

Thanks,
-Armen

[mat.si]

Hi!
I use common sphagnum peat as a substrate, about 4 cm deep (around 1.5 inches). My Johor silver eye females never bury their eggs very deep.
I give them two plastic shelters and they will always bury the eggs in the substrate under the shelter.

They like to climb on thin branches and sleep among plant leaves, so small Ficus sp. trees and Dracaena compacta work great for felinus.
I guess pothos should work fine as well.

[MXWreptile]

Hi Matjaz,

do you keep your animals alone or as a pair?



Max

[rhacoboy]

Originally Posted by mat.si

Hi!
I use common sphagnum peat as a substrate, about 4 cm deep (around 1.5 inches). My Johor silver eye females never bury their eggs very deep.
I give them two plastic shelters and they will always bury the eggs in the substrate under the shelter.

They like to climb on thin branches and sleep among plant leaves, so small Ficus sp. trees and Dracaena compacta work great for felinus.
I guess pothos should work fine as well.

Thank you for the help. Your first cage puts my set ups to shame!
I'll look into getting a couple of ficus for them. Oh and what kind of branch is that, the thick one?

Thanks,
-Armen

[Riverside Reptiles]

Originally Posted by MXWreptile

Hi Matjaz,

do you keep your animals alone or as a pair?



Max

Max, I keep mine individually as do most other experienced breeders. They are solitary animals in the wild and IMO do much better when housed by themselves. The females can store sperm for over a year. So there's really no reason to keep them with a male for more than a brief time. Once they're gravid, I separate them.

[MXWreptile]

Thanks,

what size do you use for one gecko?



Max

[MXWreptile]

With what do you heat the terrarium?


Max

[Riverside Reptiles]

Max, I'll be happy to answer your questions, but in the future, please start your own threads instead of high jacking someone elses.
To answer your questions briefly, I use various sizes for my felinus. Anything from 10 gallon tanks placed vertical to 12x12x18 zoomed/exoterra's. I don't use any heat source.
These are very basic questions. I think you will learn a lot if you read through the old posts here on the forum as well as reading the care sheet in the care sheet forum.

[mat.si]

Oh and what kind of branch is that, the thick one?

That's a cork oak branch. Not cheap, but lasts forever.
I buy them at shows from people that also sell cork bark.