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

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