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    The Official Nutrition Thread

    With the discussions being focused on calcium and vitamin requirements I felt it pertinent to start a thread to consolidate these ideas for future reference. I'm starting to see a difference in how different each species respond to a similar regiment. For instance, we dust with MinerAll with...
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    Hatching and Raising Uroplatus article on the U.I.C.!

    Since many folks have been blessed with babies this year, I figured it was time to publish a Hatching and Raising article on the U.I.C.. Hatching and Raising Uroplatus Enjoy! Luis
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    Vivarium size

    I've successfully bred them in cages that are 36x18x18 (LxWxH). 18x18x36 will work but you can house fewer animals than if it were a bit wider. :) Cheers! Luis
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    A few hatchlings...

    Hey Everyone, Well our hatching season is just about done and we've come out with a few spectacular animals. First is a male U.sameiti, born and raised here. :) Next are a few of our recent U.sikorae hatchlings... Cheers! Luis
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    A few pictures from last week...

    Hey Everyone, We've had a busy season so far and it doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. We've had quite a few aff.henkeli hatchlings along with a couple of sikorae, sameiti, lineatus and guentheri. Fun stuff! :) Anyway, on with the pictures! U.sikorae female U.sameiti female...
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    U.aff.henkeli/U.henkeli hybrids...

    Hey Everyone, Last year, before we knew any better, we housed a male U.aff.henkeli with a female Nosy Be U.henkeli. Here are a couple of photos of two males that hatched from this "accidental" pairing. You can really see the yellow and purple starting to come out and when they're really angry...
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    Uroplatus finiavana information sheet

    Hey Everyone, While time is my biggest road block from getting the Uroplatus Information Center populated, I couldn't help but to wrap up the information sheet on the newest of the described Uroplatus species, Uroplatus finiavana. Thanks to Graham_s for providing much of the info. We commend...
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    A few updates...

    Hey Everyone, As promised, I have a few more photos to share this evening. First up is one of our U.lineatus hatchlings. Well, not really a htachling anymore... This is one of our U.sp.nov.aff.ebenaui. These differ by collection location a few morphological features that we are confirming...
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    U.sameiti

    Hey Everyone, It's been a little while since I've posted any updates, but things are going rather well. It's been busy but I did get a chance to take some photos this evening/morning. I'll try to post more tomorrow, but here's one for now... One of our U.sameiti babies starting to show some...
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    U. sameiti hatching

    Well, what can I say. It's the week to be born I guess! I just checked the incubator and found two U. sameiti... :D Cheers! Luis
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    It's a race...

    Hey Everyone, If the pietschmanni hatching wasn't enough, I was greeted last night with a couple of phantasticus babies... :biggrin: Cheers! Luis
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    U. pietschmani hatching...

    Well, after 6 months, it looks like our pietschmanni eggs are finally starting to hatch. We have couple of clutches incubating so I'm very excited for the next few months... :) Cheers and happy holidays! Luis
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    Happy Holidays!

    We just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season! :biggrin: Cheers! Luis
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    A few recent pictures...

    Hello all, I had a free few minutes to snap a few shots this past week... First up is our Black and White U. fimbriatus. I'm very excited to see this little one grow up, but it seems s/he's stopped growing much. She is roughly half the size of the others that arrived in the same shipment...
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    U. sikorae pair...

    Here everyone! I was cleaning a few cages and one of our pairs of U. sikorae were posing for the camera so I just had to share... Male U. sikorae Female U. sikorae Enjoy! Luis
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