Michael- That's very exciting!! It's good to hear that it's NOT impossible to get these guys to breed!! I've thought about a cool down period, but I just don't feel like I want to risk it. During cool down, did you stop all feeding? or just greatly reduce it? Once, I ran out of crickets for three days and during those three days of not feeding, they all lost a noticable amount of weight...I guess I'm just too worried to try a cool down.
I'm also keeping my pair housed together, and they've been housed together since they were captive (last December I believe). Think this is a problem? and any general advice to give? =) -Karin >===== Original Message From Michael Hance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Hello all, > thank you for the kind words...I have hatched out two so far. I had >one egg explode from the media being too moist but I have one egg left that is >good so unless I really screw up I will have another one. >As far as the parents go they required a lot of TLC what ever you can do to >get them to eat and pump vitamins into them. Cool them and introduce the >sexes. There is an article in the works of my experiences with this species. I >sold the adult pair to some friends of mine because I am parting with most of >my geckos due to time demands and requirements with school. However, I talked >to him not to long ago and he informed me that the female was gravid..so there >are two of us that hopefully will have cbs this year...so the chances of >having offspring for sale next year is not impossible. I must admit I am >really happy to be one of the first or maybe the first to hatch this species >in captivity....kinda makes me think wow I did something right. Take care >Michael > >Michael W. Hance >University of Tennessee Knoxville >Department of Comparative and >Experimental Veterinary Medicine >Veterinary Teaching Hospital Lab#225 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Lab Phone 865-974-5835 >Phone 865-382-9534 > > >_______________________________________________ >Global Gecko Association >http://www.gekkota.com >Classifieds >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >gecko mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
