Goniurosaurus orientalis - two holdback females

mat.si

mat.si

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Hi all!
My two young adult orientalis females. Future breeders for next season.

I snapped a couple of quick photos of these two beauties when I caught them posing for me last night.:shock:

IMHO the most beautiful Goniurosaurus species. I'm really impressed by their amazingly vibrant colors every single time I see them.

Matjaz

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rhachic

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Beautiful! Nice big girls you got there :) Do you know the weights on them? I have a pair I have been hoping to breed next year but can't find much on good average adult weights for them.
 
mat.si

mat.si

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Hi!
Sorry, I don't have any orientalis weights on hand. I'll try to take some after the Hamm show is over.

They are already more or less adult in size at one year of age and some yearling females already start laying infertile eggs. But I never pair them up, before they go through their second winter, which means they are at least one and a half to almost two years of age when they start breeding.
Breeding year old animals can result in egg binding.

These two are from the middle of 2010 and they had already laid a few infertile eggs towards the end of this season, when they were just over a year old.
I plan on putting them with males next spring, so they can start laying fertile eggs in May/June.
My Japanese Goniurosaurus never start laying before the end of May, beginning of June and are usually one of the last species to start a new breeding season.

Regards, Matjaz
 
Hannibal

Hannibal

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Beautiful girls! and that's for the info about waiting to breed, nobody has previous mentioned egg binding in young females so this is really good to know.
 
Lizardman

Lizardman

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Very nice looking girls you got there, Matjaz. These animals are just on fire, so you can't stop lovin' this species.
Do you keep your adult breeding groups of G.orientalis together all year or do you separate them when the breeding season is over? (I haven't found any information about that on this species and would love to know).
Your set-up looks great, got any pictures of one of your G.orientalis terrariums?
 
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mat.si

mat.si

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I keep the adult breeding groups (pairs or trios) together all year long without any problems.
Breeding season starts at the end of May and ends towards the end of October. It lasts for about 5 months and usually 4 to 6 clutches are laid at about one month intervals. It's interesting that sometimes females will lay their first clutches of the season at exactly the same date as previous year.

My set-ups are very simple and far from beautiful. They are just practical and work fine for me.
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NigelMoses

NigelMoses

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Great thread Matjaz! Those girls look great. My pair from you is doing awesome, can't wait to pair them up in the Spring. I look forward to adding more from you in the future.
 
mat.si

mat.si

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Although they eat small crickets just fine, I feed mostly lateralis roaches to all my Goniurosarus. They like them very much, probably more than crickets.
They eat quite a lot during summer (breeding season) and a bit less during winter months, specially females.

Matjaz
 
NigelMoses

NigelMoses

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mat.si said:
Although they eat small crickets just fine, I feed mostly lateralis roaches to all my Goniurosarus. They like them very much, probably more than crickets.
They eat quite a lot during summer (breeding season) and a bit less during winter months, specially females.

Matjaz
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Matjaz, have you ever tried feeding them isopods? I have started throwing in large pink isopods that I have cultures of and they seem to always disappear. I am hoping that they start to breed in the enclosures so that there is a relatively constant supply for them but they seem to be gobbled up in a few nights, :biggrin:.
 
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