[Moosenart]

Originally Posted by MattL

I was able to breed my roborowskii 2 years ago when I had them.

I can agree with the statement they are relatively solitary as I was only ever successful keeping the 2 largest geckos I had in a 1.1 pairing while on the others were housed individually. Robos are quick to fight each other.

As for brumation I dropped temperatures into the low 60's at night and mid 80's during the day. I also used a photoperiod of 8 hour days and 16 hour nights.

Lots of sand that they can tunnel in and lots of hiding places are essential.

What kind of sand and how deep?

[billewicz]

Lot's of great observations here. Nice work guys.

I have four groups consisting of a a male with either 3 or 4 females. The only way I get this to work is not only the large digging area, but the tall layers of slate crevices and small cork bark tubes stacked up against the back of the enclosure all the way to the top. I have found that they will create a pecking order based on how high up in the enclosure and the 'territory' they have staked out within the wall.

I use an auto-misting system which essentially trickles down the slate layers on the wall. I have never seen them drink from a water bowl but they do take one or two licks from the trickle coming down the wall.

I'm convinced that the multi-female groups are not conducive to egg or hatchling survivability. Although I've had eggs hatch out in the enclosure and hatchlings survive. I suspect that most are being eaten long before I find them.

With this in mind, I'm going to split up the groups, break out pairs and pick-up a few males and see how the 1.1 set-up works.

Good luck and enjoy these fun little gecko.

Michael

[Moosenart]

What type of sand and how deep as a substraight?