Holodactylus

[Coleonyx]

Do your holodactylus ever use the hides you provide for them? Mine always seem to be in the dirt during the day. lol !

here is one of their tunnels that they made against the glass

 

[sikorae]

Brilliant pic, looks nice and cosy.

 

[geckomaster]

tunnels

I just got mine Thursday and made this elaborate tunnel system for them. What do they do, burrow next to the tunnels. Luckily they do seem quite active at night and will come out, and even use the tunnels, but during the day they bury themselves and I have to look under the tank to see where they are. It's like they do it out of spite.

 

[Coleonyx]

lol. That is what mine do! They are really fun to watch. I love their tails! :lol:

 

[ptenopus]

They wont use anything other than burrows dug by themselves.

 

[markvij]

They indeed like to dig. My animals are mostly in the moist corner of there enclosure, where they dig around a lot.

Mark

 

[Hazpat]

i dont even bother furnashing their cages I just put plenty of sand/peat for them to burrow in and they are doing pretty good

 

[danscantle]

Yeah, mine only used burrows dug by themselves. I would keep cage furniture to a minimum, maybe just a water dish and a piece of tile (gives things an incentive to dig sometimes).

 

[Coleonyx]

Would having a plant in there risk having them getting tangled in the roots?

 

[ptenopus]

they will probably uproot a plant the first night, i have a piece of drift wood and damp sand/dirt, and thats it

 

[geckomaster]

burrows

Mine use their own burrows during the day, but seem to enjoy the tunnel system (rigged out of hamster habitrail tubes ) during the night. I opted to use a heat lamp in place of the undertank heater to encourage them to come out and it seems to work. They usually are all out chilling at one point or another after midnight 'till about 4 or 5, then it's back to their tunnels. They don't seem to be too overtly shy either...I can walk to the tank and they'll look at me with little or no desire to slink away. They really are becoming my favorite new geckos.

 

[Brian]

Can't wait for mine to come. I wonder if we have enough people here to start a Holo forum for shareing Holo information.

 

[Coleonyx]

haha. I doubt there is enough people OR information!

lol. A really great species though. Definatley one of my favorites!

 

[geckomaster]

You're going to love them Brian. I liked them so much I'm getting another group from Coleonyx this week. I really do recommend the heat lamp and tubing though. Now that they're acclimated they love to bask and run around the tunnels all night. Gives me ample opportunity to observe them and check their status without disturbing them overmuch. Send us some pics when you get em and good luck!

 

[Brian]

I hope so. :wink:

How much do I have to worry about the females health do to egg production?

 

[geckomaster]

I believe that Ptenopus is one of the only ones to successfully breed them, so I would be curious as to the answer to this question as well.

 

[Brian]

How deep will these want to go?

 

[Coleonyx]

mine go all the way to the bottom of the substrate, which is 6 inches in my tanks.

 

[Brian]

Do they share burrows or each have there own?

 

[geckomaster]

Mine usually have their own, but sometimes their burrows are adjacent.