Male U fimbriatus

[AngiN]

My male woke briefly during the day to take a drink whilst being sprayed.

 

[Robert_ramo]

Beautiful fimbriatus, can't believe noone has responded to this post!

 

[edge_of_sarcasm]

I have to say the same thing as Robert_ramo.

He is a real beauty :yikes:

/Daniel

 

[Gecko_Danny]

wow :shock: he's awsome ;-)

 

[colorcham427]

That is one stunning animal!! wowww!!

 

[rhacoboy]

Beautiful Fimb!

 

[Zsoulless]

Thats some threadomancy..

 

[horo]

Hello
This male is amazing!
I look at his mouth. On the upper lip is visible bruise, you do not know what caused it? I also appeared on my animals, U.lineatus, U.henkeli.
Foto my female U.henkeli

Thanks for any advice
Simon

 

[Mickej]

If you fed your uros in a dish its probably from them hitting their nose on the plastic/glass dish when they throw themselves after prey.
They really do hit their prey hard so thats my guess.

 

[Graham_s]

I think those wounds on the snout are generally caused by rubbing their face on the glass/mesh/sides of transport container as a result of stress.

 

[jadrig]

Yeah, these geckos, especially the larger Uros, dont really bruise from a lunge or fall. It is usually a result of constant rubbing. Usually all large WC Uroplatus arrive with these rub marks from the little containers they are shipped in. Also, the size of the cage does not really matter as far as rubbing...What I mean is that if the cage is really large, their is still a chance that the conditions are not right and the animal will 'rub' its nose at nightime when it is active...

 

[horo]

Thank you for answers. Do you have any effective solution / treatment of these wounds?
Simon

 

[jadrig]

dont do anything for the wound. it doesnt look that bad. as long as it isnt getting worse/infected/swollen, it should heal on its own. just keep an eye on it and make sure that it isnt continuously getting worse...if it is, dont worry about the wound as much as what would be causing the rubbing.

 

[luevelvet]

This is also very common (and usually much worse than what you see with your fimbriatus) when larger Uroplatus are housed in screen enclosures. Screen is great for fresh air and keeping humidity down in regions such as ours (Florida), however, many hurt their rostral scales by lunging very aggressively towards food climbing up the screen. The best materials I've found, are glass and nylon mesh, but in smaller enclosures, the mesh could still cause an issue.

Cheers!

Luis