Here is a reply I got from Julie Bergman in a previous
Paroedura androyensis question from last month.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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