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HEY,
I have three Halmahera Giant Gecko's (g.Marginata's), I picked up two full grown WC females in early May, brought them to the expo show, had a few lookers but thats all, but I ended up buying a huge Male, 14 inches, from another vendor,Oh!Man! wicked fast !! un-handable, to bad, they are so fascinating, kept in the Large reptile room (65 lizards), day temps can reach upper 80's and drops down to 75-78 at night, their enclosure is 2ft deep x 3ft across x 6ft high,every night their fed crickets/CGD and fresh fruit,I dont dust the crickets, but add calcium to the fresh fruit and CGD.

Male

w/ one of the female (she's 11 in.)

with in the last week, she's getting a bit plump around the mid-section,once ina while I would hear some chirping/clicking sounds from them, but never witnessed any mating, I work with Bearded/Frilled Dragons and about a year ago started with Leopards and Cresties(which are laying eggs now),15 FatTails which will be ready for the next season and I'm working with Cave Gecko's, but I dont have alot of info on Halmahera's.

Do I need to put a large nesting box in there enclosure, like I do with the Leopard and Crestie's? 50/50 Vermiculite-Sand kept damp. The eggs, what temperature?how much variation in the temperature? Humidity?I saw somewhere that it should be DRY?how long is the incubation?.
Any help or direction would be much appreciated.

Joe

I have hatched them finally. I couldn't find any info about incubation, so I just made a guess.

I did provide them with a lay box and both my females used it. I never saw the breeding. There was plenty of chirping, barking, and what sounded like growling. And ripped skin on the females that heals pretty quickly. I put them on damp vermiculite, which I never moistened again during all of incubation. I put them in the incubator with my bearded dragon eggs, set at 82. I moved a couple weeks after they were laid, so there were a few days and a road trip when they were allowed to cool considerably. Once my dragons finished hatching, I took the halmahera eggs out of the incubator and put them on a shelf in my room, which maintained temps of 78-79. As for time frame, they were laid around Oct 13-14 and hatched Dec 22-23. One of them didn't survive after hatching. The other seems to be doing well. Never see it eat, but have noticed the CGD starting to have little spots missing in the morning. I do mist the baby everyday to make sure he/she drinks.