C. brevis

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MACHI_vallism

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Hey everyone, I've been thinking about expanding my collection an I remembered this cool little lizard from back home. I'm just wondering what peoples experience has been with these little guys. I haven't found anyone willing to sell any yet but I don't plan on giving up anytime soon. Hoping to maybe find a few at tinley. Anyways anyone have input on their experiences? I've had reptiles since I was 13 and just an interest from years before that.
 
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c.brevis

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I used to keep and breed Texas banded geckos. They are really cool little geckos. They are quite a bit smaller than C. variegatus and to me are a bit more fragile. But they do well and produce easily in captivity. I just set them up like I do with western banded. Sand, hide spot, rocks, etc.
 
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MACHI_vallism

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What were the temps you kept them at? Did you use humid hides? Sorry just trying to get small details figured out. It'll be a while before I get them...have to find someone whos willing to sell first.
 
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c.brevis

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I kept them at my herp room temp (between 75 - 85F) with a dip in temps at night usually to low 70s. I didn't use humid hides but large "sheets" of bark and flat rocks for them to hide under.
 
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MACHI_vallism

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so funny little turn of events with my new brevis, one of my females (all three look gravid and the person i bought hem from has let me know they have been laying fertile eggs) well i walked in to check for crested geckos eggs and ended up walking in on the gecko laying its clutch for the month, not a surprise it right on time. then i look down and i see one of my females rolling an egg around in the food dish. so surprise! wasnt expecting eggs this soon but now i have an incubator in the mail and i receive it tuesday. i dont expect the eggs to make it that long ( right now theyre just sitting on the boyfriends computer which stays around 82. but the other two should be laying any day now too so im hoping to have it up and running for them then.
 
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Tokaybyt

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Machi,

Congrats on the eggs. If you can keep the temps in the low to mid 80s and keep your humidity up then you should be fine with those eggs. I've kept brevis on and off since 1996, back then I was able to catch them on an almost daily basis during right times of the year. There were times back then that both myself and my best friend would even keep them long enough or even just merely catch gravid females and incubate eggs. We both at times didn't always have a bator going or even dialed in. As such we'd even had success incubating them in small food storage containers placed in the closet of a warm room. Good luck with the group. They're fun, easy little geckos and I hope to have some going for me next year (I've got a pinpoint locality pair from old stomping grounds :biggrin: ).
 
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MACHI_vallism

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I aim for 82 since they aren't tds, I have a hovabator in transit, and keep me updated on yours! I'm a fellow Texan who loves these guys and who knows maybe a trade or purchase could happen, anyways thanks for the advice I appreciate it!
 
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c.brevis

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Hey Chris Newsom. Where are you nowadays? Let me know if you produce some baby brevis from your old stompin' grounds. I definitely want to add some to the collection :)

Paul Huang
 
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MACHI_vallism

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After many egg failures i finally managed to hatch one out. its funny you prepare for it for weeks and when it happens you just dont know what to do. I have it in a sterilite shoe box with 1/3 on a heating pad. itll be fed fruitflies and misted a few times daily for the first few weeks. can they eat pinhead crickets? i never realized justhow small they were. i have two others that should hatch within the next week.
 
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acpart

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I breed C. variegatus who are probably of a similar size. Believe it or not they can eat 1/8"-1/4" crickets or small mealworms as hatchlings. I think the fruit flies and pinheads may be too small.

Aliza
 
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Atomic Geckos

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Nice on the eggs i breed bandeds if you got a male i need a new one lol going for pinstripes and a project i call n need some new blood because the breeder i got the females from inbred them thanks
 
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