Saltuarius salebrosus

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starreys

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ive been keeping them for 2 years now my pair are over 3 years old and ive been trying to breed them for 2 seasons so far unsuccessfully, this season i have had 5 clutches ,3 are currently incubating and the first two failed but now i see after reading a old post that Yuri in Russia posted that they can take a lot longer then 100 days as is written in our australian gecko guides. I am really hoping i get a live hatchling from them this season my incubator is set on 25 deg but ive not given them a lower temp at night . I have been given various bits of advice from a few breeders now one is to keep the temperature consistent and the other to let it fluctuate . Anyone else breeding these on here.
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Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Very cool geckos :)! I love them. Were the failed eggs fertile?

Good wishes for your currently remaining clutches :banana:
 
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starreys

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yes i was very disappointed because last year i bred them too and the same thing happend fully formed but just never hatched, ive never had any problems breeding other aussie geckos. They are pretty amazing geckos to keep its just frustrating .. i googled the barbouri they look pretty spectacular.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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starreys said:
yes i was very disappointed because last year i bred them too and the same thing happend fully formed but just never hatched, ive never had any problems breeding other aussie geckos. They are pretty amazing geckos to keep its just frustrating .. i googled the barbouri they look pretty spectacular.
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Have you been in contact with Yuri? (He's on FB.)
 
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starreys

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is he on geckos unlimited on facebook, no ive not been in touch with Yuri on here only when i first got my leaftails.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Will do :).

It is always good to be able to exchange ideas with those who have experienced success.

Yes, Phelsuma barbouri are very cool too.
 
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Luperosaurus

Luperosaurus

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Hello,
As I think the problem can be in constant temperatures and short time for incubation as result. As we know all embryos must have egg tooth, but as I think it not allways developed enough under high temperature.. The best way for some geckos eggs are to incubate them in same cages with parents. Other reason - I have notice that many nocturnal geckos babies have hutched in the night time and if the incubating box are in the light place it also can be uncomfortable factor. If you have extra light in incubator the baby can wait until the light switch off.That's why I put containers in dark places and not use any whole time extra light in incubator. The last reason for me is age of females. As I know many Diplodactyloid (Carphodactyloid) geckos are long live animals and as I think thear sexual maturity come not so fast. They need the time. But this is just my experience.
Also you can contact to Derek Dunlop. He has great success in this species breeding now.
Good luck with this great species.
Yuri
 
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starreys

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thankyou for your advice Yuri much appreciated, another breeder here in Australia also said its important the temperatures fluctuate, i have currently got my 6 eggs inside a diy styrofoam box with a heatcord and thermostat it sits mainly on 25 but can fluctuate up to 27, i have been trying to lower the temps periodically too.
 
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starreys

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thankyou i have them set up in a big plastic critter container with two small pieces of cork bark on the floor i just have a paper towel not sure if should do anything else its summer here .
 
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