New U. henkeli cage pictures

[L.A.C. Herps]

just thought i'd share a few pictures of my new cage that i set-up for my Uroplatus Henkeli. these photos are posted at various places, i just thought i would share them here for those who haven't seen them ( sorry to the ones who have) the final product is about 52 inches total height
thanks for looking.
here's the cage addition right after i finished it

here you can see it opened up, and the planters i made for pothos lined with a plastic liner

here's a side shot to show how the side panels slide out

the whole thing finished and set up on the aquarium

just the top half finished and set-up

and one of each of the henkeli,
here's the female the other night ( 15 second shutter speed shot)

finally, a 15 second shutter speed shot of the male the other morning when i woke up

 

[sikorae]

Amazing viv, I'm sure they will love it.

 

[Captive_Creations]

GORGEOUS viv Jealous!

 

[Dragonflames81]

that is an awesome set up andrew!! You should send pics of that into reptile magazine, ya never know you might win something off that for your creativity!!

 

[L.A.C. Herps]

thanks guys, the geckos sure seem to like it ( and i like to look at it )

 

[Bowfinger]

You will get a lot of eggs in that cage...I am sure you might even hach some out in this cage finding a baby now and then. Great set up for this species! This set-up would even get the more dificult fimbriatus to breed. By the way nice craftmanship as well!

 

[L.A.C. Herps]

thanks shane. the pair is from luke stevens, he said they laid 7 clutches for him last year so i'm looking forward to it. i may add another 1.1 pair later on this year, we'll see how it goes.
i tried to keep the least amount of objects on the bottom of the cage with just 2 piles of moss in the corners to hopefully entice the female to lay in those areas so it won't be too hard to find them.
also, i'm hoping to get some fimbriatus to set up in a cage just like this one, i ended up with 2 free 40 gallon tall oceanic aquariums within the past year so i might as well put them to use ya know?

 

[Bowfinger]

I would try to get one good male with 2-3 females in that size cage. This reduces stress on the females who are gravid. It at least has worked best in my experience. If you get fimbriatus I have had luck feeding Anoles for good breeding production. They would actually live with them for some time before turning into food. In the non-productive season they hardly ate the Anoles so I take it this was part of instinct for production? The only thing is Anoles can harbor new parasites. I at least panacur'ed the Anoles once and did the fimbriatus if any problems, but did not use flagyl or any other harsher treatments Anyways good luck on the new setup.

 

[L.A.C. Herps]

thanks for the input shane.
i'm raising the temps. from like 65-68 up to about 75 and increasing the misting this week in hopes that they will start breeding soon.
thanks for the ideas, and i'm definitely interested in adding the group. i've just got to wait awhile.