Hello everyone, I've been keeping and breeding Rhacodactylus for some time now, and i've been interested in the Uroplatus genus for quite some time. I'm at a stage in my life where although the next year or so will be quite uncertain, after that my lifestyle should mellow out alot (i move alot at the moment, making keeping delicate species impossible!) and I intend to get into keeping, and hopefully breeding some Uroplatus.
I had kind of decided on U.henkeli, as my reading has told me that it was a good starter species, i love how they look (esp the pied ones!) and they are pretty readily available CB (compared to some others). However there seems to be alot of conflicting information as to the size requirements of these geckos.
I love the Exoterra vivs, and aim to replace all of my current 18X18X24 talls with the new larger size 24X18X24. I was hoping to use one of these 24X18X24 to house my Uroplatus too, but the more i read the more it seems that it wouldnt be suitable for henkeli.
Could you please advise me on what size enclosure would be best to house, say 1.2 or 1.3 U.henkeli and where i might be able to get such an enclosure from (I really want all glass with front opening doors like the exoterras)
Also, which Uroplatus species would do well in a 24X18X24 viv that are suitable for a uroplatus novice, and relatively easy to breed.
Everyone seems to have such different ideas on this, like i see one viv which is enormous, like 1.2m tall and 60cm wide, and another person being advised he can keep a pair in a 17.5gallon viv!!!
I had kind of decided on U.henkeli, as my reading has told me that it was a good starter species, i love how they look (esp the pied ones!) and they are pretty readily available CB (compared to some others). However there seems to be alot of conflicting information as to the size requirements of these geckos.
I love the Exoterra vivs, and aim to replace all of my current 18X18X24 talls with the new larger size 24X18X24. I was hoping to use one of these 24X18X24 to house my Uroplatus too, but the more i read the more it seems that it wouldnt be suitable for henkeli.
Could you please advise me on what size enclosure would be best to house, say 1.2 or 1.3 U.henkeli and where i might be able to get such an enclosure from (I really want all glass with front opening doors like the exoterras)
Also, which Uroplatus species would do well in a 24X18X24 viv that are suitable for a uroplatus novice, and relatively easy to breed.
Everyone seems to have such different ideas on this, like i see one viv which is enormous, like 1.2m tall and 60cm wide, and another person being advised he can keep a pair in a 17.5gallon viv!!!
good to see you on here too! 8)