**HOMOPHOLIS FASCIATA** Calling all keepers!

[syfx]

I need some definate advice on how to house these properly, im currently keeping them on a scrubby desert type substrate of sand and bark mixed with a handful of stones, ground temp is around 90F (although they dont seem to seek the cooler areas) and im also heating the rear wall to around 84F

For decoration i am using hanging plants from the rockwall (2) a short spindly branch and a resin mini treestump as a hide on the warm side of the floor ( i use a small heatmatt (5'' x 10'' approx) to heat the floor closest to rock wall and the front of the tank is cooler..
i have also layed pieces of slate to create another two hides on the floor. (2 warm, one cooler in total)

I give the whole enclosure a few mists in the day. i try not to have running drips on the glass when i do this.

The rockwall is only heated for the bottom two thirds, the top third doesnt have any matt behind it.

How do other keepers house their Homopholis Fasiata. Im confused on their exact requirements.? Any photos would be greatly appreciated. :?

Forgot to add, they are in a 30 x 30 x 45 exoterra

 

[crestedtimm]

I would include hollow logs, pieces of pvc, Fake rosin branches, something they can crawl inside. I remember reading somewhere that this was a feature in their natural habitat.

The one male I have had over a year, maybe two, has lived in a small sterilite container, either mulch or paper towel substrate, with only a paper towel roll. Subjected to temps from 40-90 f., based on seasonal variation here in Florida.

Timm

 

[spykerherps]

I posted this a wile back. Hope it helps.
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/naturalistic-vivarium/40329-h-fasciata-setups.html

 

[spykerherps]

you might also enjoy these.

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/other-geckos/40331-h-fasciata-eating.html

 

[syfx]

Thanks for the replies, Sypker, i have seen your habitat photo's already, this is what confuses me most, some people tend to be keeping them desert style, like yourself, and on other photo's they are on a rainforest substrate etc.. so which is it?

 

[spykerherps]

Well I would say seance they are not from the rainforest and they come from more arid regions. the more dessert like substrate would be better. I use coco fiber mix w/ sand and keep it relatively dry. I give females access to a nest box w/ moistened substrate.
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/images/africavegetation.jpg

 

[cliff_f]

They do like it dryer. I used a bunch of flat rocks I found from my local lakes and put them in the cages with a few big leafed fake plants laid on the rocks(they really liked to hide in the leaves). I used a sand coco fiber mixed substrate. There is really no need for a moist hide box since the eggs are a hard shelled egg and they need to be incubated with very low humidity. They normally lay their eggs on top of the substrate and I just used a spoon to lift out the eggs with some substrate and put the eggs in a deli cup full of sand in the incubator at about 82-84F and never added any moisture.

 

[spykerherps]

Thanks for the tips Cliff. I didn't even know they were hard sheld good to know.

 

[Eddie18]

Sexing Homopholis Fasciata

Does anyone have pictures of their male / females showing the differences in the sexes. I have recently obtained a pair, I was sold them as a pair, but I am not sure that they are.

They are both the same age, over a year old, but one is half as big again as the other. The larger one also has a much thicker tail. There is no obvious sign of a typical male bulge on either animal.

Any info or pictures would be great.

Eddie

 

[crestedtimm]

I have no pics, but there is a bulge difference between males and females. I believe the females may have a smal bulge and the males is more exaggerated, so it a matter of comparison.