[SynnAndVenice]

They arrived bright and early from LLL. Snapped a couple pics before placing them in their viv, they were exploring and tasting their surroundings and seemed perfectly fine besides a couple small rubs here and there. They drank the water I misted them with immediately. Hoping these guys will breed for me eventually! The male is the darker one, the female is lighter.

[tanala]

I am sorry. That is exactly the reason why exportation should be banned. Or, at least, they should be much more expensive to buy. Their cage is ridiculous small. Im pretty sure they won't breed for you.

[sune jensen]

I agree with tanala. I dont know if they will breed or not (imports can be gravid), but there is no way around it: This cage is way to small !

[Robin Skrumsager]

I agree with Sune and Sebastian, the cage is way to small and also does not meet the animals demands regarding the setup, they need big vetical placed brancehs, also live plants would help alot with keeping the right humidity.

The viv needs atleast to be 1 meter tall the bigger the better!

[sune jensen]

Yep, live plants, and vertical branches around the diameter of an adult persons arm. The branches should have a smooth surface for this type of Uroplatus (unlike for instance peitschmanin who likes rough bark). And a much bigger and taller cage. Taking these factors into account would be a good start and improve the chance of succes.

Sune

[Graham_s]

Everyone has already said it, but I guess there is no harm in stressing a very important point...

That vivarium is FAR too small for even 1 Subadult Uroplatus fimbriatus.

If you are keeping TWO in that vivarium then it won't be long before they are dead.

They should also have some live plants in their vivarium.

Please take everyone's advice and correct these issues ASAP. Time is an important factor with these geckos.

Once you have either provided them with a MUCH larger vivarium... or taken them back to where you bought them from... PLEASE read through as much of this forum as you can and try to learn as much as you can find on these geckos.

[SynnAndVenice]

This is just the holding tank, They are going to be going into a 55 gallon hex when it arrives in a few days

[NigelMoses]

Originally Posted by SynnAndVenice

This is just the holding tank, They are going to be going into a 55 gallon hex when it arrives in a few days

Even this size tank won't suffice. You really shouldn't have any thing smaller than 3 feet of height preferably taller. A 55 gallon hex will not meet the requirements. What are you keeping that has tissue boxes as hides?

[Phantasy]

Agreed. Add another 100 gallons to that setup and you'll be good for an adult pair of fimbriatus. They really do require (and deserve) more space than 55 gallons. A 3' x 2' x 2' enclosure is 90 gallons or so, and would be considered a good size for a single adult. With a pair, you'll want to up the gallons.

This is a good place to gain knowledge, but I think you should have gained that knowledge prior to your purchase. That being said, the geckos are in your hands now, so at this point you should simply try everything possible to make those hands capable with the species. Read as much as you can on this site, and try to get an appropriate enclosure together as soon as possible. It would really be a shame to lose those gorgeous geckos, so I'm sure you'll do everything you can. Good luck and keep us updated if at all possible, I'm sure everyone would love to see those guys in a nice 100+ gallon enclosure!

Cheers,
-Matt

[luevelvet]

We have a care sheet on the U.I.C. for U.fimbriatus. Please take some time and read through it.

Luis