Sikorae and Pietschmanni Enclosure Pics?
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klondike4001
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pietschmanni enclosure
sikorae enclosure
sikorae enclosure
Mickej
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Sikorae enclosure
My sikorae cage
http://www.zoonen.com/res/user/128565/galleri/473249/dsc00132_orig_SE.jpg
My sikorae cage
http://www.zoonen.com/res/user/128565/galleri/473249/dsc00132_orig_SE.jpg
i managed to find one, and have just today recieved an email about some at the next show for the price of 250 euros each, i think im gonna have a little look around but considering how scarce they are i think this may be my best bet in getting a second to make up a full pair.
i was sold mine as a female but just want to be 100% sure as to the sex, can anyone tell from this pic?
sorry for stealing the thread
i was sold mine as a female but just want to be 100% sure as to the sex, can anyone tell from this pic?
sorry for stealing the thread
miguel camacho!
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you've got a definite male.
klondike4001
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Male
Justin
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U. pietschmanni is a gecko I feel real sorry for. There is only a handful of people who have succesfuly bred them and most of the ones people are getting in Europe and especially in the US are WC.
U. pietschmanni have a very limited range in the wild and are becoming rarer. With all of the exporting that Madagascar is doing (even though the export quotas are more limited now - though not nearly as limited as they should be) it wont be long before the species takes a large hit and will take a large time to recover their numbers in the wild.
Do to their unique physiology, it's one of those species that like U. phantasticus, people go "Oooh, gotta get one of those!" and so will go out of their way to find them and so the demand goes up and the cycle goes on.
The people that do get them are rarely able to breed them and so the CB numbers don't go up so there is no other real way of getting them other than WC.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not slating people who keep or want to keep this species (I keep some CB's myself) I'm just saying that this gecko is going to have a hard time both in the wild and in captivity in the upcoming years.
U. pietschmanni have a very limited range in the wild and are becoming rarer. With all of the exporting that Madagascar is doing (even though the export quotas are more limited now - though not nearly as limited as they should be) it wont be long before the species takes a large hit and will take a large time to recover their numbers in the wild.
Do to their unique physiology, it's one of those species that like U. phantasticus, people go "Oooh, gotta get one of those!" and so will go out of their way to find them and so the demand goes up and the cycle goes on.
The people that do get them are rarely able to breed them and so the CB numbers don't go up so there is no other real way of getting them other than WC.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not slating people who keep or want to keep this species (I keep some CB's myself) I'm just saying that this gecko is going to have a hard time both in the wild and in captivity in the upcoming years.
miguel camacho!
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yea, joel...just an FYI. whenever you look for geckos, especially any uroplatus, in the future, the first thing you should look for in most cases as an indicator of sex is the hemipenal bulge. sure, it might be difficult if you dont have two oppositely sexed animals side by side to compare, but if you see an enlarged area at the base of the tail, you can put your money on male. but of course, this doesnt go for all gecko species out there.
