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I have an adolescent WC female fimbriatus and I want to start breeding. Does anyone know if WC and CB will or will not mate?

Considering you condition them both for breeding, you should eventually get them to mate... Compatability is always an issue, so its never a sure thing... If any ol' Joe that threw two Uroplatus together had success, they'd be called leopard geckos... (no offense leopard gecko breeders)

Breeding Uroplatus isn't an exact science, for the most part (in the US anyway) people are just starting to get things figured out...

While I think mixing WC and CB is GREAT, there are considerations to think about when planning to do it...
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Ben

First I want to thank you Ben for replying to my question.
Ben writes:
considering you condition them both for breeding...

there are considerations to think about when planning to do it..

Can you elaborate more?

To start, because your CB is "clean" so to speak, I would quarentine the WC for at least 6 months, medicate it and make sure its thriving... During this time there are a number of things you can do to help acclimate the new gecko (assist feedings, a lot of privacy, ect.)... Some might suggest you keep it as close as possible to the Madagascan weather for at least one cycle... Others will tell you that cycling is not necc... There are contrasting views on several aspects between Uroplatus breeders... Things work for some people, other things work for others...

In my opinion, one should always try to get the WC geckos as free of parasites as possible when planning to pair with CB, even if the WC is fat and healthy... On the flip side, if all a person is breeding is WC to WC, then I think its not always necc. to medicate... It all depends on the WCs' health in this case...

This seems like a pretty vague answer... Let me know if it helps...
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Ben