How tough is it to breed satanics and ebenaui?? I know the basics of their care but not much more than that.? I will be getting 2.2 of each sometime in the spring when it warms up a little.?
And i also read on a caresheet that if breeding you should keep 2 males in the enclosure.? Have you ever tried this and will they fight each other?
It's not too hard to get them to mate and breed.? Getting them the lay healthy hardshelled eggs initially is the rough thing.? Most all are wild cauight imports and it takes a while for them to get hydrated and healthy.? With right diet and husbandry they do start to lay good viable eggs.? (It took one full season before my girls started laying hardshelled eggs)
More than one male in the enclosure really does ramp up the breeding activity.? I can vouch for that.? Once I introduced a second male to my group things got really hot and heavy.? So yes multiple males and NO they are completely peaceful.? Just provide lots of plant cover because they really seem to get busy when they have lots of dense plant cover.
The real challenge is getting the those tiny little babies to survive and thrive.? ?If you can get them through their first 3 months you are usually home free.? Most seem to have difficulty shedding and that just does them in.? I have tried various methods to keep them going and the most success I have had is keeping them where I cut a large hole in the center of lid and attach a paper towel to that.? I keep them on damp moss and this seems to have done the trick for me.? Also ya have to feed fruitflies and pinheads to them.? Tricky but it is amazing to see these little things emerge from an egg the size of a tic tac.? The hatchling are smaller than the first joint of your pinky.?
Steve
Thanks for the info. I'm going to Reptiedepot today and was thinking to pick up some Uroplatus phantasticus. They're only about 10 mins away. I hear Keeping them cool will keep the babies alive. Temperatures should be70-72 during the day and 68-72 at night.Deli cups about 5? across and 3.5? high that have holes in the sides and a top. Use layers of paper towels and brown paper bag as substrate. Frank Fast claims that white paper towels will strain their eyes.They should be fed 1/8 ? - ?? crickets dusted with calcium at every feeding for the first 20-30 days. After the first 20-30 days, a vitamin/mineral supplement should be used. A small pothos leaf or two and a ficus twig with several leaves should be placed in the container.
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