| Rhacodactylus Caging Step by Step |
| This is how I keep all of my rhacodactylus geckos. There are many ways to keep and breed them but this is my top choice from ideas I have gathered from other rhac breeders. Everything is super easy to clean, all throw away accessories. The following photos are how to get this arranged and my thoughts on this type of set-up. |
Start with a tote. I use newspaper as it is easy to
clean. I also use Coco Bedding and Sani-Chips on a
few cages, but this is how most are set-up. This is a
58qt. Sterlite tote. I house all of my totes in lidless
melamine rack systems.
clean. I also use Coco Bedding and Sani-Chips on a
few cages, but this is how most are set-up. This is a
58qt. Sterlite tote. I house all of my totes in lidless
melamine rack systems.
Next I use eggs crates as place for the geckos to
hide and as a spot to place the food and water
soufflé cups. This also holds the next egg crate in a
vertical position.
hide and as a spot to place the food and water
soufflé cups. This also holds the next egg crate in a
vertical position.
Next egg crate for arboreal hiding.
Next a small shoe box with long-fiber sphagnum moss.
I use this instead of coco bedding as it has been
reported that the coco bedding can kill the eggs if not
found in 24-48 hrs. (AC Reptiles)
When checking for eggs I just pick up the shoe box
and look at the bottom for any eggs. Most of the time
they will lay them right on the bottom of the shoe box.
If the Moss looks like it has been burrowed in and no
eggs I will search when I know a female is close to
laying. This is why I use a shoe box and not the entire
tote with substrate for th ease of finding eggs.
I use this instead of coco bedding as it has been
reported that the coco bedding can kill the eggs if not
found in 24-48 hrs. (AC Reptiles)
When checking for eggs I just pick up the shoe box
and look at the bottom for any eggs. Most of the time
they will lay them right on the bottom of the shoe box.
If the Moss looks like it has been burrowed in and no
eggs I will search when I know a female is close to
laying. This is why I use a shoe box and not the entire
tote with substrate for th ease of finding eggs.
Last is the water cup and food cup (not pictured). I
use the 2 oz. soufflé cups that restaurants use. They
just fit right into the egg crate. The food cups are
great for the T-Rex Diets that I as of right now I
exclusively use. Since switching to the diet only, this
season I have had much better success in hatching
and keeping the females weight on. I feed about
every other day. Just throw away the cup the next
day, no cleaning dishes. The water I replace once a
week or if needed, again just throw away and no
cleaning dishes.
use the 2 oz. soufflé cups that restaurants use. They
just fit right into the egg crate. The food cups are
great for the T-Rex Diets that I as of right now I
exclusively use. Since switching to the diet only, this
season I have had much better success in hatching
and keeping the females weight on. I feed about
every other day. Just throw away the cup the next
day, no cleaning dishes. The water I replace once a
week or if needed, again just throw away and no
cleaning dishes.