[crestedtimm]

A few pics I snapped last night, didnt want to bother them too much, was trying to capture their posture. Enjoy!

[Chondrodactylus]

Very nice.

Why deep is your substrate?
I see you use hides mostly IMO one should provide burrows for this species as this is how they house themselves naturally.

[crestedtimm]

I only have 2-3 inches of sand in the cages. I will add more and tweak the set-up when the breeding season comes along, in addition to lining the entire bottom and a few inches up the sides with plastic so I dont have to worry about the eggs adhering to the bottom.

The light colored specimen utilizing the ceramic log is a female, and she seems perfectly at ease sitting in this position all day. The other two in the squat 10 gallons are Matjaz-line and they, as well as the third male (an import from Africa) all have hide boxes and paper towel rolls as hides.


One of these days I may use the burrowing clay substrata or some deeper sand.

Timm

[canthoo]

in my opinion the cages are a bit too small and the hides are too big to let them feel safe and maybe you should clean the cages

[Chondrodactylus]

Originally Posted by crestedtimm

I only have 2-3 inches of sand in the cages. I will add more and tweak the set-up when the breeding season comes along, in addition to lining the entire bottom and a few inches up the sides with plastic so I dont have to worry about the eggs adhering to the bottom.

The light colored specimen utilizing the ceramic log is a female, and she seems perfectly at ease sitting in this position all day. The other two in the squat 10 gallons are Matjaz-line and they, as well as the third male (an import from Africa) all have hide boxes and paper towel rolls as hides.


One of these days I may use the burrowing clay substrata or some deeper sand.

Timm

I see but naturally those animals dont occur like that if it works for you great but in reality you should put the needs of the animals first.

have seen these animals in their natural environment and usually are always near to there burrows where they feel most at ease.

Some advise thats all.

[crestedtimm]

I would like some advise from someone who has seen them in situ. Perhaps you could post a picture of your setup, or a chondro burrow in the wild? Of course i would want what is best for my geckos.

Thanks, and yes,I do need to clean my cages....

[Chondrodactylus]

Sure i was by no mean questioning your husbandry or what not.

This is an old picture of my set up.




Note the slate below the light heats up during the day so if needed teh geckos utilize this heat at night.

The tube of the right is one of about 5 PVC tubes which are about 15cm in length and at about 35degrees into the sand which is about 10-15cm deep.

Saying so each to there own.
I dont ahve any pics of them in situ at present ill try dig some up.

[crestedtimm]

Thanks!

I reread my posts and realized I sounded like Eli, so I adjusted my tone.

I am in the process of reducing the collection so I have more room. I will work on getting the chondros setup in something more appropriate.

I am curious as to how I should set-up the cage to facilitate egg deposition. I came up with the idea of using thin plastic sheeting, or saran wrap, to lined the bottom and sides of the terrarium so the eggs wont adhere to the bottom.