Southern Marble Geckos

[gillsy]

Hi,

I'm getting a trio of marbles today, and I was going to heat them as per normal but someone said that you don't need to heat them is this true.

Also they have been cooled for winter, and should breed this year, how do they lay they're eggs.

Should i put a sand breeding box in there similar to a levis style box.

Thanks

[junglepython2]

The marbles are a cold climate gecko and do fine with no heating, though creating a small heating gradient wouldn't hurt all the same.

I provided a laying box for mine but they ended up laying the pea sized eggs in a piece of bark.

[gillsy]

Thanks

[ericreptiles]

Hi gillsy
I hade Marble geckos before and I had a small heat mat under one section.At times they did enjoy the warmth.I would find them in their hide above the heat mat.As for a laying box mine never used it.They would just lay where they wanted usually in the far back corner of the tank right at the bottom.Hope this helps.

[gillsy]

Thanks yeah it does.

[Magpie]

Feed em to your GTS.

[herpsrule]

Originally Posted by Magpie

Feed em to your GTS.

Not nessacery at all.

[Magpie]

Originally Posted by herpsrule

Not nessacery at all.

You sure?

[gillsy]

haha mags,

[Rocket]

Gillsy, have you got any pics of your Marbled Geckos?

I picked up a neat Male the other day. I personally think that this species is so under rated which is a shame as they have quite nice patterns and are very easy to keep.

Good Luck breeding them!