Keeping in groups

[Bowfinger]

I am keeping my A. felinus singly. Does anyone keep in groups or have any ideas on how long to keep males with female? I have older article in Reptilia Vol 4 #3, and it has some information...just looking for any new information based on recent experiences. thanx

 

[kenya_1977]

I know that Marcus recommends them to be kept singly when not breeding.

 

[koon xin]

You could keep them in groups but you will have a bigger space with enough hiding place or else they will stress. but the problem is that you will have monitoring problems such as feeding and breeding.

 

[Afelinus]

Koon,welcome to the Felinus forum.From all the information I have heard about actual life in the wild,they are considered asocial,coming together only for breeding purposes.I think if you had a very large display terrarium,it would be fine.Most of us do not have that luxury.Individually is best,as Koon stated,easy to monitor the husbandry and especially when acclimating.

 

[koon xin]

well I prefer to house them alone as well as this save you alot of problems on the long run. I have pictures of these geckos in the wild and will share them soon.nice pictures of the johore types. they are usually prettier than then the perak ones some with nice tiger stripes and are more orange/ pink in ccolour. and the main differiance is they have silver eyes.

 

[kenya_1977]

I reread this post, Shane, and I realized that no one really answered your question. Marcus has introduced males for as long as a month, as sort as a few days (copulation observed).