Hemidactylus triedrus

CarpetShark · #1 07-19-2008, 05:57 AM

I am in the process of acquiring a collection that mostly consists of R. ciliatus, but there are two Hemidactylus triedrus included in the collection. I know nothing about them except that they are juveniles.

Can someone tell me a little more about them or point me in the direction of a good care sheet? What do they eat? Can they live entirely off crickets, or do they require something more? What temps do they like? How big do they get? How large an inclosure (in gallons, please, as I'm really bad with spacial measurements) do they need? Running water? Basking light? How humid/dry? Are these nocturnal or diurnal? Do they need any sort of supplementation? Regularly, or just for breeding? At what age/weight can you breed/sex them? How do you sex them?

If you can think of something that might be useful information but I haven't directly ask about it, please go ahead and post it. As I said, I know NOTHING about these guys.

Thanks.

Sarra · #2 07-20-2008, 11:57 PM

Am I going to be taking these guys on as well, or are you going to keep them? I have a 10 gallon tank already setup...

PassPort · #3 07-21-2008, 12:36 AM

H.triedrus care?

CarpetShark · #4 07-21-2008, 12:40 AM

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by chevyrumble55

H.triedrus care?

CarpetShark · #5 07-21-2008, 12:49 AM

I'm planning on selling them, but they need a place until then.

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Originally Posted by Sarra

Am I going to be taking these guys on as well, or are you going to keep them? I have a 10 gallon tank already setup...

PassPort · #6 07-21-2008, 01:31 AM

male/female? how old?

Sarra · #7 07-21-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CarpetShark

I'm planning on selling them, but they need a place until then.

Ah kay. I was just curious what you were going to do with them.

I may buy them off of you if I can figure out tank setups.

RFB2 · #8 07-21-2008, 04:26 PM

The link Chevy gave you is all you need to know. This species is super prolific and very easy to care for. I have several hatchlings and about 10 more eggs in the incubator. I suspect sperm retention. I separated the female from the male about 2 months ago and she is still spitting out eggs at about 2 week intervals. She just laid clutch # 9 last night. " I can't get her to stop". The eggs are about the size of a small gumball and they are laid 2 at a time. I incubate them in the rack so temps do fluctuate quite a bit. The temperature in the incubation chamber is kept between 78-88* F. I keep the humidity at 90%. The eggs are placed on Gatorade caps containing dry sand.
I find these guys very interesting. I currently have 2.2.5 and every one of them has a different personality. The males can get pretty big. My Big male is about 4-5 inches snout to vent in length. I currently have them in a rack system. I may change this. I noticed that they are out and about during the day. I am working on a better rack system so that I can provide basking and uvb lights. I don't believe that the lights are necessary as they are nocturnal in nature, but I would like to see if there is any change in there behavior.

Good Luck
Rob

CarpetShark · #9 07-21-2008, 06:31 PM

Unsexed, not quite sure how old. Interested?

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Originally Posted by chevyrumble55

male/female? how old?

PassPort · #10 07-21-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CarpetShark

Unsexed, not quite sure how old. Interested?

They can be sexed at as early as 2 months, reliably at 4 months.
These are some of my favorite geckos, very personable and curious. Mine aren't flighty at all, that is until you try to grab one. I'll post pics of my set up
-Kevin