[syfx]

Hello, ive got (believed, Shop sexing and myself) 2.1 Gekko Grossmanni in a 24x30x18 cabinet.
Orchid bark substrate mixed with sphagnum moss, few pieces of corkbark and a few plastic grasses/ferns. Im misting several times a day to keep their humidity up and daytime temp is around 80F dropping to low 70F at night, does this sound ok?

Both males are of good weight, not too thin looking and active at night, the female seems to hide away most of the night, caught her out this morning. Is she hiding cause of the 2 males? She is skinnier, i havent seen her eat yet but the other two have, i think her wight is due to her life in the shop, she was in 12x12x12 desert setup with no humidty or hides with both of the males so obviously not a nice existence.


Ive only had them a few days so they are still settling in, im feeding a few crickets, wax worms and ive tried leaving a dish of kiwi/melon/banana in the viv but ive not seen them at any fruit yet.

photo order

Male 1
Viv
Male 1
Male 2
Female

any advice taken

[syfx]

A better vivarium shot, there were originally in a 36 x 15 x 15, but i butchered a 48 x 18 x 18 into 24 x 18 x 30

[Ingo]

First animal looks very good. On the pics you show, however, I only see males. But these shots are not very indicative. Can you post close ups of the preanal area?
You will have to seperate the individual males, since males will fight sooner or later and the inferior ones will die.
Some words on cage structure: G. grossmanni are rockdwellers. For egg laying, they need vines with leaves covering the rockwall. Underneath such leaves they will deposit their eggs. If they do not find such places, most eggs will be eaten again just after laying.


Ingo

[syfx]

Originally Posted by Ingo

First animal looks very good. On the pics you show, however, I only see males. But these shots are not very indicative. Can you post close ups of the preanal area?
You will have to seperate the individual males, since males will fight sooner or later and the inferior ones will die.
Some words on cage structure: G. grossmanni are rockdwellers. For egg laying, they need vines with leaves covering the rockwall. Underneath such leaves they will deposit their eggs. If they do not find such places, most eggs will be eaten again just after laying.


Ingo

Thanks for the reply, i'll struggle with the close ups, they dont get on the glass front often and i dont want to disturb them too muchwhile they are still settling in. Im almost 100% on sexing, the female doesnt have any bulges under her tail same as the others. Ive been doing as much reading as i can find on these, im gonna try a DIY rockwall for them, better recreate their enviroment and hopefully they will breed later on..

I have noticed that one male and female tend to stay together, and the other tends to choose the otherside of the tank. I will try and seperate them asap, dont have any accomodation for the other atm.. maybe return him to the shop.

[syfx]

Hello again, i returned one of the males today, store credit of £14 lol. ive added a few sizeable rocks against the walls to create some crevices, got a hygrometer on order, im guessing humidity atm, but ive got a butter tub full of water on the heatmatt to create some more.