My new cave geckos. (pics)

Lunar Gecko · #1 04-15-2011, 02:20 PM

All Goniurosaurus hainanensis

Male - Sichuan

Female - Wonton

Shes much lighter in person. Almost gray but she was pissed after shipping.

Female 2 - Moo Shu

Please give me your thoughts. Also does anyone have a breeding weight for this sp? I really would like to have a better idea of the weight they should be at. They are all from July 2010 hatch but different breeders.

perenquen · #2 04-16-2011, 05:59 PM

you have very nice animals

how big are they? I think they are very good fed up, and if the females are at least 8 cm SVL, they should be prepared to breed...

I have 1.1, but never measured weight of my female. last year was her first breeding season, she was about 7,5 cm long (SVL) and produced 4 clutches (8 eggs) without problem - all of them hatched and her condition remained good. this year I give her a rest, removed the male in the winter and she lives alone now (no eggs this season)

Hannibal · #3 04-16-2011, 09:34 PM

Very nice! The red around Wonton's eyes is just gorgeous. I love this species, and have been pondering getting some but just haven't found any that really screamed at me....maybe at Tinley this fall.

Lunar Gecko · #4 04-21-2011, 12:15 PM

They are all around 15g. I'm not good with SVL's. I need to bust out the ruler an give it a go.

Thanks guys.

josabby · #5 05-18-2011, 06:50 PM

I've been thinking about getting myself a couple cave geckos, they are awesome.

josabby · #6 10-21-2011, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by perenquen

you have very nice animals

how big are they? I think they are very good fed up, and if the females are at least 8 cm SVL, they should be prepared to breed...

I have 1.1, but never measured weight of my female. last year was her first breeding season, she was about 7,5 cm long (SVL) and produced 4 clutches (8 eggs) without problem - all of them hatched and her condition remained good. this year I give her a rest, removed the male in the winter and she lives alone now (no eggs this season)

Congrats on the success. How would you recommend incubating the eggs. I was going to use hatchrite, but I obiously can put them in the incubator with my Leo and Fat Tail Eggs.

perenquen · #7 10-21-2011, 10:11 AM

I use coconut-fiber substrate for incubating eggs (I know it is not ideal, but for most of my geckos it works quite good so far...). I recommend temperatures not higher than 28-29°C, ideally about 24-27°C (75-80°F). at those temperatures, my babies hatched usually after cca 9 weeks

although I wrote "no eggs this season", my female thought that making some eggs will be good, and she laid several clutches during summer... she must have retained some sperms from previous mating season, because several babies hatched from these eggs