[Sang]

okay soo i had purchased a poor WC girl not to long ago with a mouth abcess unfortunately she didn't make it, ever since then i wanted another pair, did as much research as i could find. not much is available unfortunately what i did find out is they prefer a more rocky/ grass land enviroment as opposed to foresty, dryer climate then what wikipedia mentioned. and to use a sand/peat moss mixed substrate.

anyone else have additional advice for these geckos, as soon as i can i will be importing about another 20 or so of these for a breeding project, i feel bad about loosing that one and i would like to see more CBB available to others... don't let a "cheap" gecko fool you because they are cheap these guys are awesome.

geckos being shipped out as soon as weather permits it.


new enclosure.

[Yoshi'smom]

I don't know anything about these guys but wanted to let you know that they are a stunning pair! How gorgeous can geckos get?!?!! Pretty damn gorgeous!!! Hope everything works out for you this time! Good luck!

[Sang]

ive just switched back to geckos after working with chameleons for the past 10 years so now i would like to do gecko's again its been a while but i love the geckos with cryptic camoflauge
I intend on working with these.
stenodactylus stenodactylus
stenodactylus petrii
Ptychozoon khulii
rhactodactylus leachianus
most of the uroplatus species.
australian species as i can find them *i turned down 3 really good chances in tucson this year was probably a mistake*
gecko smithii

[MariaW]

Hi, Ive kept, and bred, h.fasciata for a few years. They're quite easy to keep, my pair are in a 2ft by 15inch by 18inch viv, I use cocofibre substrate. I have a massive piece of bogwood on the floor which they hide in most of the day. There's also vines and plants and a couple of rocks for climbing. They seem to prefer lower temps - around 25 to 28 during day and 20-22 at night. I spray the viv lightly 3 or 4 times a week.
I read a few articles that said these would only breed after a thunderstorm. Well I didnt get any thunderstorms and mine bred within 3 months of me getting them. The eggs were in a corner of the viv buried in the substrate. I incubated them for about 12 weeks though I cant remember exactly how long it was. Both eggs hatched and both babies survived.
One thing I will say about these geckos is they are quite vicious - trying to catch them for cleaning or moving is a nightmare as theyre also very fast. Even the little babies, which are tiny when hatched, will go for the jugular
Hope this helps
MariaW

[Bolbocerastes]

LOL - yep the male I had was vicious too...not afraid to defend himself...

[Sang]

thanks for the reponse, ive had them for about a month, i just moved them to a 20gallon enclosure with mothers tongue plants, cork backed wall, and large fake rock, i have yet to see any eggs, but i didn't realize they did a substrate burial method....



so now i need to go look but its been 2-3 months since i got em and they are doing well, i still intend on ordering like 15-20 more to play around with breeding..

but i also just got a pair of green tree monitors to breed as well.