[grius]

Hi there!

Well Teratoscincus has been on my favourite list for many years now and i belive i can get my hands on some T.roborowskii allready this month. So maybe some quick advice would be a good idea, temperature and humidity?( google can not allways be trusted with all different facts, so it is better to ask more experienced people)..Im also curious if this is a "active" gecko? compare to helmets (own 2.0) and similar more boring species hehe.

I have tried to find answers before posting this thread, though perhaps not so exactly
Best Regards.

[mdmlss23]

give a suface temp of about 100 there humidity should be about 50 but make sure you keep the bottum layer of sand damp they are very curious about whats going on around them mine spend about 80% of the time outside their hides seeing whats going on

[grius]

Originally Posted by mdmlss23

give a suface temp of about 100 there humidity should be about 50 but make sure you keep the bottum layer of sand damp they are very curious about whats going on around them mine spend about 80% of the time outside their hides seeing whats going on

Thanks for the answer, that is all i need to know.

Regards.

[grius]

Well i think i should be lucky! on saturday i get home 1.1 T.roborwski..breeding pair.

So i have started to bild a cage for them, no photos on the terrarium but i also worked on a stone part today with some caves in and so,,i am not finished yet. Terrarium dimension:80x50x40cm lxwxh.


The stone structure and some colour.


I post the finished result in some days.
Regards

[mdmlss23]

what did you make it out of it looks good im always looking for new ways to make stuff

[grius]

Originally Posted by mdmlss23

what did you make it out of it looks good im always looking for new ways to make stuff

Thanks. I use foam/plates, cement, pigment powder, thats it..But this was another way to create.

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[mdmlss23]

so you make a form out of foam plates and pour it full of cement adding in the color?

[grius]

"so you make a form out of foam plates and pour it full of cement adding in the color? "

Both, this time i did a blend with colour powder, but i also painted the hole stone part after whit darker colours because the cement had turn more purple after drying. I should have a more strong yellow/brown colour in the blend,,but well well.

Here they are my pair, they dont move or behave like other geckos i have seen before ..just love them! pretty fearless to and not agressiv.

YouTube - SDC10641

Regards.

[grius]

Hello again.

First off all i must ask if T.roborowski like it really hot? I have a heatmatt underneath my terrarium and gets a sand surface temperature around 35-37degrees. But my roborowski dont seems to satesfied with that, so they dig closer to the terrarium bottom and to more heat. So for the moment they lay in about 42degrees wich they seem to like, wy should the otherwise digg deeper?

I have tried to put more sand on there favorite place under the cork bark and just after some our the geckos are back 2-3cm closer the bottom( i have tried this 2times). I have no problemes with them in some way, they just like heat what i can see, there choice right. I have also 3 more hides from a gradient 25 to 42degree(there own work) and they use them all time to time.

Regards.

[grius]

I just check and the temp is now around 36 degrees in the hide so that seems more understanding, my first look was some ours ago,,..They have dig down but not that much, still it may be some varmer spots under the cork bark..Earlier today the temp was 41-42 and the same yesterday as mentioned.

I shall have my eyes open.