Teratoscincus Breeding
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The most i've found out about them so far is that they require a cooling period in the low 70's for about 3 months to induce breeding. Their eggs are super fragile and are usually incubated in the 80's at extremely low humidity and sometimes incubate fine if left alone in the tank ( humidity around probably around 30%). I've also read that some females are super aggressive around when they breed and lay and should be separated from any other animals if possible to avoid stress. It seems like there are few people who have successfully bred them.
This is a quote from Jay Sommers on another forum about keeping them
"I would not keep them on anything but sand.Their eggs are easy just incubate them dry and around 80-86 degrees.Do not provide humidity to the eggs or they will die.This goes for all Teratoscincus.I would suggest staying away from wildcaught T.scincus and przwalski as they can be difficult to acclimate even for experienced keepers.I would say roborowski and keyserlingi are the easiest of the genus to keep and breed.I have been keeping the genus for many years and would recomend these to any fan of geckos."
I hope someone with actual breeding experience has some suggestions! I'm very interested in breeding my trio in the spring (starting cooling this weekend!).
This is a quote from Jay Sommers on another forum about keeping them
"I would not keep them on anything but sand.Their eggs are easy just incubate them dry and around 80-86 degrees.Do not provide humidity to the eggs or they will die.This goes for all Teratoscincus.I would suggest staying away from wildcaught T.scincus and przwalski as they can be difficult to acclimate even for experienced keepers.I would say roborowski and keyserlingi are the easiest of the genus to keep and breed.I have been keeping the genus for many years and would recomend these to any fan of geckos."
I hope someone with actual breeding experience has some suggestions! I'm very interested in breeding my trio in the spring (starting cooling this weekend!).