Uroplatus sikorae incubation method question

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Melissa71

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I have a trio of Uroplatus sikorae, and one of my females has laid her first fertile (I hope) eggs. I was wondering if any one has used the THG egg trays for Uroplatus eggs?
I saw a post about someone using them for chameleon eggs, and they placed 1/2 inch of water under the tray, in a deli cup. They had good success with the system, but were using an incubator at slightly higher temps than what I am using.
I have placed the eggs on dry perlite in milk bottle caps, on top of wet perlite in a deli cup (with 3 pin holes in the lid) . The temps are between 62-65 degrees.
I do have some of the THG egg trays, and it would be nice to not have any substrate to stick to hatchlings. I'm hesitant to try something like this with my first clutch, without hearing if others have used it with success.
Thanks in advance for any help, insight or opinions. :)
 
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CrestedRick

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I have a egg separater and I have super hatch ready for mine to be placed in. If you use the right deli cup the hatchlings won't have enough room to get down to the media later. The 6th deli cup down is the cup that I have, if you can find it I would give it a shot. The tray and cup were recommended to me by the owners of the company as theyve used the combo many times. Notmsure the size of uro haychlings are though.
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Melissa71

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So far, so good. I have 2 hatchlings that were incubated on dry perlite in bottle caps on top of wet perlite. The eggs that are on the THG trays are still looking good, and should start hatching soon. Fingers are crossed, and I will post updates as they hatch.
 
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Melissa71

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I've had 2 hatchlings that were incubated using the trays. No problems or downsides that I can see. The two things I like the most are that you can see the water in the bottom of deli cup, and that there's no chance of accidental ingestion of any media. I should have weighed the hatchlings to see if there was a difference in size. I don't think there was, but the hatch of the THG tray babies and the perlite in bottle caps babies was spaced about a month apart.
 
Crispy

Crispy

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I simply use a small plactic cricket container and fill it with coco-peat or just peat and then put moss on top. This container is then placed in a small plastic transport terrarium with paper towel substrate and some twigs, and it is incubated in the same (air-conditioned) room as the adult geckos. So no constant temperature or active heating. Works perfectly well. Just keep the peat and the moss moist but not wet, and make sure that no condensate droplets can fall on the eggs.

When they hatch, they are already in a suitable terrarium and you only have to remove the cricket box.
 
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Crispy

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Hi Tamara,

yes I am Dutch. My website is quite outdated, I have a different collection at the moment and much nicer pics. I will shoot some pics of my enclosures and my gecko room (I recently cleaned and decorated everything), and I will post the photos on my website and this forum. But like most people, I am very busy with work, housekeeping etc ;)

As a preview, some of my nicest photos so far (I think):

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Greets Chris
 
Tamara

Tamara

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Great pics and wonderfull animals, and ofcourse it's always nice to meet a fellow leaftail enthousiast that actually speaks the same language as we do. :D

Greetings.
 
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