Hypancistrus
Mason Dixon Reptiles
I have a pair of crested geckos that were born in summer of 2007 and I would like to breed them.
Thus far I have been maintaining them on a diet of gut loaded and dusted crickets and mixed fruit and meat pureed baby food. They are on a paper towel substrate in a 29 gallon aquarium with a screen lid, lots of hanging plants and some branches for climbing. I mist them once or twice a day, and temps in my herp room are typically in the low to mid 70's.
These two have been housed together since December of 2007. I honestly did not know what gender they were at time of purchase (they were too small then) but it's become very obvious over the past few months that I have a pair, as the males hemipenal bulge is truly huge. They have never to my knowlege produced any eggs, though I have not given them a nest box.
Would it be possible to breed these two? I am worried that perhaps the female is infertile, as my female leopard geckos seem to produce eggs all the time even without a male in their tank. Do I need to do anything specific to encourage them to breed? Should I feel them something different or change the temps in any way?
Thus far I have been maintaining them on a diet of gut loaded and dusted crickets and mixed fruit and meat pureed baby food. They are on a paper towel substrate in a 29 gallon aquarium with a screen lid, lots of hanging plants and some branches for climbing. I mist them once or twice a day, and temps in my herp room are typically in the low to mid 70's.
These two have been housed together since December of 2007. I honestly did not know what gender they were at time of purchase (they were too small then) but it's become very obvious over the past few months that I have a pair, as the males hemipenal bulge is truly huge. They have never to my knowlege produced any eggs, though I have not given them a nest box.
Would it be possible to breed these two? I am worried that perhaps the female is infertile, as my female leopard geckos seem to produce eggs all the time even without a male in their tank. Do I need to do anything specific to encourage them to breed? Should I feel them something different or change the temps in any way?
