what species to start with?
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Gecko_Danny
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I started with henkeli and it's pretty easy.
camo
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These are not my geckos for sale, but these are cb and they are $200, which is a pretty good price.
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Calfirecap
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You are going to have to examine where you will be keeping your geckos before deciding on which variety of Uroplatus to start with. Most of us don't have completely climate controlled rooms to keep our amimals so where you live will have an impact. I see that you are from San Diego and if you are from the Coastal side you will have more options than if you live out on the East side. Corkbarks tollerate heat better than Satanics or mossies for example. You will also need to look closely at how much space you are willing to provide. A 10 gallon cage that could accomadate 3 phantasticus would kill a fimbriatus in no time at all. So there is no straight answer to your question as to which is the least difficult or best Uroplatus to start with. You can also expect to pay double for a C.B. vs a wild caught Uroplatus, and some are just not available.
Lawrence
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You are living in a in great place for working with Uroplatus. Those are also the same cages that I have been using since they first came out and I have been quite satisfied with them. The 12 x 12 x 18 are what I keep my groups of 1.2 U. phantasticus in and the 18 x18 x 24 is what I use for 2 sikorae. They are all heavily planted and all are provided with artificial UVB lighting. The giant Uros, like U. fimbriatus are too big for even the largest of these cages. As for other species, I'd have to look them up and I don't have access to any of my books right now. I'm sure if you did an internet search you could come up with a list of the small and medium sizes Uros.
My personal preference is U. phantasticus, but they are all insane, in a good way.
Lawrence
You are living in a in great place for working with Uroplatus. Those are also the same cages that I have been using since they first came out and I have been quite satisfied with them. The 12 x 12 x 18 are what I keep my groups of 1.2 U. phantasticus in and the 18 x18 x 24 is what I use for 2 sikorae. They are all heavily planted and all are provided with artificial UVB lighting. The giant Uros, like U. fimbriatus are too big for even the largest of these cages. As for other species, I'd have to look them up and I don't have access to any of my books right now. I'm sure if you did an internet search you could come up with a list of the small and medium sizes Uros.
My personal preference is U. phantasticus, but they are all insane, in a good way.
Lawrence
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You're only looking at 11+ gallons for that size tank (not counting any space lost to substrate). You may be able to get away with that size for spears or satanics, but I would have some serious doubts about having a pair of 6" geckos survive, much less breed in that small a space. I would strongly suggest looking at larger enclosures. If you're going to spend the money for captive bred animals, the least you can do is pony up some money for a decent enclosure to make them happy.
PassPort
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I'm currently keeping a breeding a trios of O. castelnaui and R. ciliatus in the 12x12x18 size and and keeping juvie P. standingi (6") in that size enclosure as well. My buddy has successfully bred both R. chahoua and R. auriculatus in the 18x18x18 enclosure. He also kept an adult pair of WC U. fimbriatus in an exoterra 18x18x24 for over a year before he sold them.
I've talked to someone who used to breed guentheri and he said a 10gal for a pair of adults was no problem.
I've talked to someone who used to breed guentheri and he said a 10gal for a pair of adults was no problem.
I would rather stick away from the throwing keep this in this size tank because of this or that. What it boils down to is yes you can keep a pair of fimbriatus in an 18 x 18 x 24 cage and have them do well, but they would prefer something larger. I keep satanics in 11.25 w x 17 d x 18 t enclosures for pairs, ebanaui get the same. Guentheri are kept in 15 w x17 d x 18 tall. I would honestly recommend guentheri and ebanaui for first uroplatus. I personally don't use gallonage for a measure of space. you can have a 30 gallon tank that measures 6 inches tall but still hold 30 gallons of water but is not suitable for a semi arboreal gecko.
-jason
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On average do Uroplatus like larger cage sizes than most other geckos? Are they pretty active? I've only seen pictures or sleeping ones at a pet shop. I'm leaning towards guentheri b/c of size and the fact that they are less humidity demanding than other species (so I've heard).