Lyle Puente wrote:
> >What have any of you done to have
> >success breeding these little buggers?
>
> they breed fairly easily.....the problem is raising the young. They are
> really tiny. Other than that they present no particular problems
I have had very good luck keeping these guys in the low 80Fs (higher temps kill
them) on a sand (30%) and spaghnum peat moss (70%) mix. I keep mine in
shoeboxes. They really like to hide in small leaves, so make sure you have some
curling small leaves in there. During the day they will sleep in there. Put in
a few taller spots so they can get up and do their "tail wave" display at night
when they are active..they also do this to their cricket "victims." I currently
have 1.3 in one shoebox.
Food: they like 2 week old crickets. I mist the sides of the shoebox at feeding
time (3x weekly). They will lay quite a large # of delicate hard-shelled eggs.
You will need to, on a regular basis, gently go through and dig them out. If
you don't the young will hatch out and frequently get their tails snapped off
by the parents. I missed a clutch and found one of these tailless guys last
night. Incubate them in moist vermiculite, positioning the eggs close to the
surface of the incubation medium. When the babies hatch you will find a shell
broken on the top. Otherwise, they blend in and you may miss them. I incubate
at 80F and have produced mostly males. I do not know if they are TDSD. Anyone?
The only problems I have had with their young has been that if they are left
too long without food or moisture, let's say in the case of hatching out with
the adults, they don't last too long. I can't remember a single hatchling that
did not thrive if I got to it right away. The hatchlings will readily take
pinhead crickets 2-3 days after hatching. I keep mine in small deli cups where
it is easy to keep them hydrated (always the problem of the small hatchling),
see how much they are eating, and also to keep things clean (through it away
when it gets dirty). To transfer a hatchling, get a short strip of paper towel
and scoop them up. They will cling to it and you can move them before they make
other plans! ;-)
They grow like little weeds. I have one hatched out in January who is 3/4 of
adult size!
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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