Ptychozoon kuhli

[rattlesnake082]

Hey everyone,

this time I'd like to introduce my first pair of Flying geckos. Captive bred specimens of Ptychozoon species are very hard to find here in Austria...Nobody works with them because of all the cheap imported animals. Therefore I was lucky to get this pair of captive bred P. kuhli last Sunday at a Reptile Expo. They weren't exactly cheap but they're healthy and I hope to get some nice clutches soon...

The guy I bought them from told me that he has real problems to hatch flying geckos. He said he needs up to 10 cluches to hatch one of these animals...has anybody experienced something similar with breeding flying geckos?

-Martin

 

[Geckos and Goannas]

Neet! my friend just 4.6 and is planing on breeding them so ill let you know how that turns out and what her experiences are. Good luck! keep us updated!

 

[niccoliherp]

Those are nice animals. I am attempting to breed this species as well. I will let you know if I get anything out of them.

 

[CoexistExotics]

Beautiful animals. Always wanted some myself. I love them especially because of that unique tail.

 

[Alekk]

love them. if you'll get offspring i'm first to buy one male or 2 females !

 

[IdaLj]

Iv breed mine once.. out of tree eggs there were 1 who hatchd, he survived for almost 3 mounth then strangly died two hours after feeding..
But I dont think it was very hard do get them to mait anyway..just feed and taking care of them as usual

 

[sarahjane85]

I know this is an old post, but I need to know on the 3rd and 4th picture with the tip of the tail curled, is this normal? My kuhli's tail WAS flat and now after a couple weeks has started to curl just like this.

Thanks,
Sarah.

 

[rattlesnake082]

Hey Sarah,

I wouldn't worry about it. Sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. My animals are healthy and in a really good condition so I think it's normal.

-Martin

 

[qvinta]

My kuhlis tails are curled like that when they sleep. I've read in a book (Lizards -window to the evolution, I think it was named) that the ptychozoons tails curls like that to imitate som "nasty" kind of millipede. It's helps them fool the predators.

I have just moved to a house and when I moved my fliers vivarium I found two healthy eggs :yahoo: They were glued on the back side of the exo-terra background; in the cable canal :shock: The big question is how old the eggs are now and if/when they are gonna hatch. Keeping my fingers crossed

 

[sarahjane85]

Oh, that is soooo good to hear. What a relief. Her tail is flat tonight so I guess she's awake :biggrin: A millipede, that's cool.
What a wonderful surprise!! - keep us updated.
Thanks to you both ~
Sarah.

 

[rattlesnake082]

@ qvinta: This millipede thing is really interesting. I'll try to find out more about it.
But I don't think they only curl their tails when they're asleep...in picture #4 (where the gecko is sitting on the Sansevieria), he definately was awake. As we know, Flying geckos very much rely on their camouflage and maybe they even try fooling predators when they're awake.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for your kuhli eggs. Hope you get some healthy little flying monsters

 

[quent7540]

Nice ;-)

 

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Nice ;-)

 

[Kazska]

Wow, impressive! Thanks for sharing!

xxxXXX

 

[qvinta]

one baby kuhli

Yesterday night my first P. kuhli egg hatched! :yahoo:

 

[Dyesub Dave]

I was reading through this post and was wondering how you got the eggs to hatch so quickly. Then I realized that when you found the eggs you weren't sure how long they'd been there. They were likely laid not long after you got your geckos. If I remember correctly from years ago it takes around 180 days for the eggs to hatch ... of course depending on temp & humidty ... etc.

I can't remeber the temp requirements for these geckos but when I had eggs that hatched I was in a very hot attic apartment which may have helped with the hatching process. I'm sure that there is much more info out there now about these amazing geckos than there was when I had them. And I'm surprised that you haven't found any more pairs of eggs around the enclosure in that time. I beleive that the female I had was laying eggs every 1 - 2 months from stored sperm as I only had the one gecko.

Good luck with the baby and let us know if you find more eggs!!

Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

 

[Gecko Ranch]

I've kept these guys for some time and have hatched a few clutches. I made a mistake and lost the first clutch, have had good success after that. The young are pretty hardy. I feed them and the adults crickets and Repashy MRP.

Tail curling does indicate some level of discomfort, so keep an eye out for that.

Once eggs were laid I put some guaze over them with some medical tape, or small medicine cups if possible. This way when they hatched I knew exactly where they were and protected them from the parents.