Hi Everyone. Thanks for the input! But are the techniques and methods I have received applicable to geckoes of the subfamily Gekkoninae as well?
Thanks, William Quoting Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi William, > > I made the switch to perlite two years ago. Rick has a key point in that > it does not hold water the way vermiculite does. Perlite is not very > absorbent at all, so you have to change your thinking. I have come up > with a weight system for setting it up and maintaining it with leopard > eggs using the tall 6" cups with airholes sold by Superior Enterprise > http://www.superiorenterprise.com . I fill the cups with perlite about > 1/4" below the airholes. You need to add more perlite than vermiculite > because of the moisture retaining difference. Make sure you do not use > all fine perlite as the fine stuff really becomes hard and does not > leave room for the eggs to grow. I usually mix the coarse and fine stuff > (that is how it comes in the bag). Then, I pour water evenly to about > 200g in weight. How much water you add after that and how often depends > on how fast water evaporates from your set-up. I am able to service my > deli cups with eggs about once a week. Using a gram scale you will be > able to establish a baseline that works. Make sure you mostly cover up > the eggs in the perlite, vermiculite you leave more egg showing. > > You will probably screw up some eggs, however, remember to err on the > dry side at first. In time you will sort it out. > > Julie B. > > Rick Gale wrote: > > > I've used perlite to incubate pairs of rhacodactylus ciliatus eggs. I > > use it pretty much just like vermiculite. The main difference is it > > doesn't really hold water the same way. I wet the perlite until it is > > thoroughly dampened, then pour off all excess water so that there is > > no standing water in the container. I weigh it and mist it back to > > its original mass every few days. I use a plastic container with a lid > > and several air holes. Depending on the species you are trying to > > hatch, your mileage may vary, but I've had no problems with this at all. > > > > Rick > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [gecko]Perlite > > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:37:33 -0400 > > > > Hello, > > > > I am thinking of switching from vermiculite to perlite as an incubation > > medium. I am unsure how to use perlite. Does anyone have any > > suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > William > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
