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Hi
I am interested in 1 male and 2 female Ptychozoon kuhlis but other than basic care sheets do not much else about them

1- Can 1 male and 2 females live in peace in a 30 gallon high tank (24 1/4 x12 1/2 x24) ?

I plan to use live plants and lots dark wood bark branches.

2-Care same as house geckos?

3-Has anyone bred them in captivity ?

Thank you very much

Lia

Hi Lia,
A 30gl high would be plenty of space for a trio of gliders. However from experience I find that they are easier to work from a front opening cage rather than a top opening cage. However if you're set on the cage you have, you should be fine. Just keep an eye on them... They are F-A-S-T. However, if you provide adequate cover, they will usually rely on their camouflage as long as you don't move too quickly around them.

Put a low watt (25 should be sufficient) heat lamp in one corner with a broad, dark branch for basking. In my experience, they seem to bask more readily if they feel camouflaged. I've seen them utilizing basking spots up into the high 90's at times, but 85-90 is plenty warm. They mate and lay eggs fairly readily as long as they are kept healthy and happy. No cooling or other nonsense needed from what I've seen. Since they glue their eggs, provide some short, vertical, pieces of tubing when your females are gravid. They may or may not use them, but if they do, you can simply remove and incubate the tube rather than having to place a cup over the eggs in the tank when they inevitably lay them on the glass.

Hope this helps
good luck
Zach

Thanks that was a lot of help.

I am going to look at the reptile type cages that open from the front. The one's I have seen in pet store are bit to small .

Will look on line at the glass types .

Thanks

I have heard from a few breeders that females can tend to be aggressive, to both males and females. I am unsure if this is true; because i keep them singly, but if at all possible, i would set up a larger tank with a mixed group. Plant the tank heavily, with large leafed plants and cork bark. Maybe a 3 female 2 male group would work? Allowing for enough room for separate territories (maybe at least a square foot each) may help the group.
Also, it seems strange but flying geckos will benefit from a UVA/B strip or coil lamp. Although they are nocturnal, they do tend to bask if they are cammoflauged...
And they also tend to enjoy a bit of repashi CGD or something similar....peach or aprocot babyfood works as well, although it may have too much acid in it to use often.

If you are on facebook, there is a group called geckotime on there that posts info, articles, book suggestions, videos, etc on there...they did an article on flying geckos about a month back that was quite informative. You should check them out.

I am just re iterating what i have heard from vendors and breeders..a 1.2 group may work out fine. I guess my personal advice is to try it out...leaving enough space for each to have their own territory and watch for agression. You may need to separate them in time....

I am interested in your efforts...keep us posted!
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Thanks for the info. The info I have gotten here has been great help.

I ordered a 30 extra high 24 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 24 3/4 today at pet store as the tanks which opened from the front werent that big .

I intend to put either cork or non treated dark wood type panels on back of tank. With several heavy leafed plants in ceramic flowerpots otherwise soil could go bad with fungus.

This way I can remove pots to clean things and more areas for them to hide.

I am going to go with 1 male and 1 female as not to risk fighting.

Will use a day bulb for plants and black reptile light at night because I use ac here in Miami .

The pet store I go to has them they look great and eating,etc but they nor I know how to sex them so have to research that.

Thanks