Hi just wondered if anyone has any tips on getting this species to breed, have had them about a year now, they are doing very well but just not breeding. They have lots of moss and bark,do they bury their eggs? not to much info here in the uk. Thanks.
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pietshmanni
sikorae
Dec 09, 2005 04:05 PM
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wickedclowns
Dec 11, 2005 10:03 AM
Have your pietschmanni been housed together the whole time?
sikorae
Dec 11, 2005 04:24 PM
Yes they have is it better to seperate them?
uroplatusguy
Dec 11, 2005 11:42 AM
some people that i have talked to have said they bury their eggs while others have said they lay in leaf axels. I dont know of any one getting consistant egg production. i am right now trying a winter cooling phase (low to mid 70 daytime high and 60 -70% humidty 10-12 daylight hrs photperiod )and in a couple of months plan on raising the humidty,heat and photperiod 14hrs daylight in the tank. they have both dead leaves and leaf axels to lay eggs in.
the specis is very hardy but i dont think that anyone has been breeding them consistantly. good luck and let us know if you have any success. and i will keep you posted.
Mad_1234
Dec 11, 2005 01:39 PM
I have had fairly good success with my pietschmanni and have gotten a total of 11 eggs since October 2004. 4 have hatched and another 4 are still incubating but the rest didn't develop correctly. They lay their eggs just like all the other uroplatus. Mine have never buried their eggs they just lay them under bits of moss,leaves and such. Here is a link to a caresheet I wrote. It may be of some help to you. http://www.geckoworld.net/care_u.pietschmanni.htm
-Matt
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