how cute are pictus geckos?!!!

[geckogirl85]

here is my pair of pictus (madagascan ground) geckos. the female is so much more photogenic than the male. she is such a poser!!! she is the one thats banded and has lost her tail. the male is the grump in the corner with the stripe



this next pic is my fav...

[Slurm]

yeah they cute, babies so small when they born.

A bit of advice, dont keep the males and females together when she starts to lay eggs or she will keep laying and it will kill her

[MarkB]

Lovely.. hadn't heard of these. Are they the kind of gecks you could keep in a group? What size are they? What kind of enclosure is suitable?

[geckogirl85]

yeah i will be taking him out i next couple of days. the male is about 3 inches including tail. the are verocious breeders so you have to be careful. i guess you can keep them in groups but just imagine all the eggs!! i dont know if male can live together. but from examples of most reps i would presume not.

[MarkB]

Originally Posted by geckogirl85

yeah i will be taking him out i next couple of days. the male is about 3 inches including tail. the are verocious breeders so you have to be careful. i guess you can keep them in groups but just imagine all the eggs!! i dont know if male can live together. but from examples of most reps i would presume not.

Assuming we had an empty 60/45/30 and wanted to house 3 or 4 females.. Not interested in breeding yet (and the viv isn't empty yet but will be in the next few months). Does that sound OK?

[geckogirl85]

i woild say thats fine but im no expert. thats what....2ftx1ft?? if so i would say 4 girls can live happy in there. they are really quite small. i have eggs incubating and will probably have them for sale once they are eating well etc.

[MarkB]

Great Well OK, if it's in the next several months (not ready at the moment) by all means shoot me a PM

[MViper]

Never seen these before!!! Lovely!!!

[Dan_earl]

ive kept these for about 2 yrs now and have successfully bred them last year and im curently pairing them up for this year on a 45 day rotation for ease of the girls.
males cant be together same as most geckos but can house as many females as you like, but watch for a pecking order for food and hides. they need more of a teristrial set up many c/s say that they dont climb but mine love too so i just give em plent of bits to have fun on.
last thing id say is just make sure you supliment them with plenty of calcium (esp females) for breeding.

sorry for bad spelling not my strong point! lol

I'll get sum photos on here soon.

[geckogirl85]

Originally Posted by Dan_earl

ive kept these for about 2 yrs now and have successfully bred them last year and im curently pairing them up for this year on a 45 day rotation for ease of the girls.
males cant be together same as most geckos but can house as many females as you like, but watch for a pecking order for food and hides. they need more of a teristrial set up many c/s say that they dont climb but mine love too so i just give em plent of bits to have fun on.
last thing id say is just make sure you supliment them with plenty of calcium (esp females) for breeding.

sorry for bad spelling not my strong point! lol

I'll get sum photos on here soon.

thanks for the info!!! mine dont seem to climb much. they have all the stuff in their so they can but just dont seem to. im hoping to find another female so it would take the pressure from my one female