Some more pics of my Asper

[DrNick]

I have been quite lucky and managed to source some Nephrurus Asper, there don't appear to be many in captivity in Australia and most breeders either have long waiting lists or are keeping their juvies for breeding stock.
I have aquired three, unfortunately 2 males and 1 female, however I hope to get another female soon. They are around 12 months old and feeding well, and of course they are fantastic to watch.

 

[MiCh@3L]

These guys are awesome, thanks for your new additions and good luck for the next breeding season.

merry x-mas,
Michael

 

[Little_m]

Like the first pic. It looks like an angry dog

 

[kozmo]

very cool, congratulations.

 

[oli]

are the asper similar in behavior to the amyae?? I noticed that my amyae are very shy, and don't like to venture out of their hides for any reasons, except to deficate and to eat(rarely). They usually wait for the feeders to come into their cave to eat it.

 

[DrNick]

are the asper similar in behavior to the amyae?? I noticed that my amyae are very shy, and don't like to venture out of their hides for any reasons, except to deficate and to eat(rarely). They usually wait for the feeders to come into their cave to eat it.

I don't own Amyae, though I hope to one day. They are quite shy however I manage to watch them each night around dusk- I have an IR globe at the hot end of the tank and this does not seem to disturb them too much. I have found the female to be very shy however as it is normally the boys 'out and about' when I look in on them.

 

[AM Gecko]

are the asper similar in behavior to the amyae?? I noticed that my amyae are very shy, and don't like to venture out of their hides for any reasons, except to deficate and to eat(rarely). They usually wait for the feeders to come into their cave to eat it.

I find asper to be much more shy then amyaes, at night with a very dark black light I see them all over the tank looking for food. My amyaes come out of the hides to eat even during the day, most of them, my asper will not come out during the day for nothing.

A question to all the people that breed asper in Australia, what weight and age you guys breed your females?

 

[oli]

My amyae won't come out of their hides for anything. For some reason they are very shy. Maybe they just need a good amount of time to get used to their enclosures. I have them on paper right now, but I think I'm gonna replace this paper with jurassic sand to make their setup more natural, and hopefully this will encourage them to explore the scene out a little more in their tanks.

 

[Reptiluvr]

Congratulations. This is a very hard to find species anywhere and sometimes tricky I hear. Good luck.

 

[AM Gecko]

My amyae won't come out of their hides for anything. For some reason they are very shy. Maybe they just need a good amount of time to get used to their enclosures. I have them on paper right now, but I think I'm gonna replace this paper with jurassic sand to make their setup more natural, and hopefully this will encourage them to explore the scene out a little more in their tanks.

I think if you keep them on paper the animals do not feel secure, I think they camouflage on sand and I am sure they will come out a lot more on it, I have seen both, aspers and amyaes throwing send on themselves and I think is to mimic the color in the surrounding areas, aspers do it a lot more, just like wheeleri.
Alberto

 

[markvij]

Fantastic to watch they are indeed. Enjoy those!

Mark

 

[DrNick]

I have seen both, aspers and amyaes throwing send on themselves and I think is to mimic the color in the surrounding areas, aspers do it a lot more, just like wheeleri.
Alberto

Yeah, my asper cover their heads with sand. They are quite bold at the moment- all three have been out just before sun-down, hunting and climbing over the cage furniture. One even climbed the foam Exo-Terra background the other night!

 

[oli]

Thanks for the advice Alberto, hopefully they'll become more social now that they are on jurassic sand.

 

[AM Gecko]

Yeah, my asper cover their heads with sand. They are quite bold at the moment- all three have been out just before sun-down, hunting and climbing over the cage furniture. One even climbed the foam Exo-Terra background the other night!

I tried to ask this question before but I got no answer, at what age and weight do you breed your asper females?

 

[DrNick]

Yeah, my asper cover their heads with sand. They are quite bold at the moment- all three have been out just before sun-down, hunting and climbing over the cage furniture. One even climbed the foam Exo-Terra background the other night!

I tried to ask this question before but I got no answer, at what age and weight do you breed your asper females?

Sorry, I can't answer your question as I have only had these for a few weeks. Mine are 12 months+ so hopefully they will breed next season- I have just sourced some digital scales and I plan to have regular 'weigh-ins' of all my animals.

 

[AM Gecko]

Sorry, I can't answer your question as I have only had these for a few weeks. Mine are 12 months+ so hopefully they will breed next season- I have just sourced some digital scales and I plan to have regular 'weigh-ins' of all my animals.

Well, anyone you know that is breeding them that could help?
When you get the scale let me know at what weight yours are at 1 year old, that would be already helpful.
Thanks.

 

[DrNick]

Sorry, I can't answer your question as I have only had these for a few weeks. Mine are 12 months+ so hopefully they will breed next season- I have just sourced some digital scales and I plan to have regular 'weigh-ins' of all my animals.

Well, anyone you know that is breeding them that could help?
When you get the scale let me know at what weight yours are at 1 year old, that would be already helpful.
Thanks.

No worries

 

[Paul de Boer Jr.]

I have been quite lucky and managed to source some Nephrurus Asper, there don't appear to be many in captivity in Australia and most breeders either have long waiting lists or are keeping their juvies for breeding stock.
I have aquired three, unfortunately 2 males and 1 female, however I hope to get another female soon. They are around 12 months old and feeding well, and of course they are fantastic to watch.

those are hard animals to get, i'm already on a couple of waiting lists for them! They are so awesome though, they are well worth the wait. I havent seen any as orange/red as your pictures, but I havent seen many period. Absolutely beautiful animals, congratulations on your aquisition!