breeding coleonyx

[acpart]

I'm wondering if anyone is having success this season breeding coleonyx. I have a pair of adults I got from Jeanne who got them from Marcia. The male is still mating with the female (my leopard geckos have all given up by now) and she's laying 2 eggs every 2 weeks but they're all infertile. Usually she lays one in the lay box and one outside. I candle the one in the lay box that hasn't hardened up and I don't see anything but I incubate it anyway and it collapses, not surprisingly, a few days later. I'm keeping them on ceramic tile similarly to my leopard geckos. I don't know if there's anything I'm doing wrong, if they're too young or if the male's not fertile. It's not a big deal, I figure baby coleonyx is something extra, but it would be cool . . .


Aliza

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

I have never had any of those but Im sure if you call Marcia or Jeanne they would be able to help you figure this out.

 

[Jeanne]

Hi Aliza Marcia would definitely be the one to help. I am sure she will come on and respond to this.

Marcia: These are the one's I got from you

 

[paulnj]

I called her last night about this species, but no answer. I am sure she can help

 

[Gecko]

1. There are some reports that C. elegans and C. mitratus males can be a bit sexually aggressive. So watch your pair. If you only have a pair some advise to seperate after mating to aviod stress. I can't comment because i always kept mine seperate.

2. Most advise the females be at least 2 years old. If you breed them before that you can get more infertile eggs as well as female health problems.

Those soft eggs are infertile in my experience. I see them a lot with the cave geckos, fat tails (less so) I do not pair up or run out of stored sperm.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Sorry! I have been sooooo busy I haven't even had time to even red the forums.

If it's any consolation, I have not had great luck with my C. bogerti this year, either. I have had over 50% failure rates! I am thinking it's because I did not cool them over the winter like I usually do.

If you are housing these geckos together (I keep mine in breeding colonies year-round with no problems), you may want to separate them so they will not continue to breed.

This Winter, after feeding them very well over the Fall, stop feeding them for about 2 weeks and then cool them at room temperature for about 6-8 weeks. Once you turn the heat back on, you can begin feeding them again after about 3-5 days. Make sure they have plenty of calcium.

As far as incubating the eggs, I do it just like my leopard gecko eggs at the lower 81-82 degree range.

Better luck this Spring!

 

[acpart]

Thanks for your advice Marcia. I will try cooling them this winter. I am probably going to keep them together but the female seems to have enough places to hide to get away from the male if he bothers her too much. He doesn't go after her all the time. I'll let you know how things go next year.

Aliza