Must be Pachydactylus tigrinus season...like always! Had one hatch on 9/8 and two on 9/14. Hopefully I'm talking males here.
"Groupies" indeed...safety in numthree bers depending upon location! I have had Pts for 4.5 years, beginning with 1.1. I have had experiences similar to Hilde's with respect to the hatchlings. They did not seem to get eaten by their parents. I have just placed the current hatchlings in a single 16 oz well-ventilated deli cup with a substrate of Jurassic Playsand, a black film canister "cave", a couple plastic leaves, and a small water dish (powdered Crystal Light drink mix container) with pebbles. Placed that container in my gecko nursery, a 20 gallon show tank from years ago, which houses many small Kritter Keepers under a single light/heat source. As long as there is ample food, all Pts seem to thrive. However, in a group cage I had during the past year with Pts of the same age, somewhat less than half of the hatchling Pts seemed to "develop" ever so slightly "rounded" tail tips. [For those of you who! don't know, Jurassic Playsand is 100% quartz. This pale reddish-orange sand is the consistency of table salt or granulated sugar and is easily baked for sterilization.]
In a message dated 9/15/01 6:05:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I too had some hatching this week (actually... last week, but who can keep track)..
2 Pachydactylus tigrinis hatchlings found in the cage with the adults. I've pulled them out and set them up in individual cages and they are both eating small crickets and fruit flies.
also... 1 Lepidodactylus lugubris hatched. and guess what? It's a female! ;-)
In Geckos We Trust,
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