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My first Corkbark egg hatched yesterday, and the baby gecko seems to be healthy and active. I have an adult pair of Corkbarks and the female is laying pairs of fertile eggs with some regularity. So far, she has laid six eggs, and judging by her girth she will be laying two more within the next couple weeks. The first egg hatched, and hopefully its clutch-mate will also hatch soon. Fingers-crossed.

To those already raising CB U. pietschammi--
I would be interested in any notes that you can provide on food, temperature, etc.

Yesterday I purchased a fruit fly culture, and I have ordered pinheads to arrive this Friday. Do the neonates accept fruit flies? If not, I can drive some distance to reptile store that keeps pinheads in stock.

I am keeping the neonate in a 2.5 gallon glass terrarium with screen top. The substrate is damp paper towel. I placed two small pieces of grapevine in the cage, and the baby is curled up on one sleeping right now. The temperature is about 75 degrees and may go up a couple more degrees this afternoon. I have a full spectrum fluorescent at an oblique angle so that it provides light but doesn't introduce much heat.

Any and all advice will be appreciated.

Mike

First off I would just like to say congratulations. My corkbarks would not accept fruit flys, they are just too small. Pinheads may also be a little small but you can give them a shot. I believe I fed mine 2 to 3 week old crickets (around 1/4 in.). The prey item should be sort or around the length of the width of the head. I would consider removing the female from the male. My female went on a laying streak much like it sounds like yours had. I was really excited at first but in the end it was very detrimental to her health.
Good luck and if you have any more questions feel free to email me.
-Matt
madherp@hotmail.com

Thanks Matt.

I was planning to remove the female from the males cage just for the reason you said. I plan to set up a new cage next week so that I can move her as soon as she lays her next clutch.

I will 'eyeball' my hatchlings head and estimate a size of cricket. I wonder if my hatchling is smaller than yours. The first pair of eggs from my female are smaller than the following four. Hence, the hatchling may be on the small side. I used to breed chameleons, and had an instance were a set of smaller eggs yielded small neonates. But the smaller babies grew and caught up with their larger clutch mates.

Thats really awesome, great job! Hope they all hatch and do well.

** Also would love to see the youngster
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