Help for noobie breeding levis

[shea_and_ruby]

Brought home our two new cutie levi levis from the expo yesterday - the girl is massive! anyways, hubby went to check on how they were getting on last night, and they were going at it, like really going at it. i went on for aagggeeeesssss lol. i am going to leave her in there with the male for another week and then transport her to her own enclosure. so, as i have not bred levis (or any other geckos on purpose) before, just had a few questionsL

- how long does it take them to lay after successful mating?
- what is the best substrate for the nesting box?
- what is the best substrate for incubation?

i have been using the vermiculite for some milli eggs that we got, however even though i made the mix drier than what was suggested, they still grew mould and humidity was at about 72%. i also kept the lid off the container in the incubator to try to stop the excess water. i did read that milli eggs do not like it too moist, but levi eggs do? so i would be best to incubate them sperately? any advise would be great

 

[JrFear]

Hey,
im also new too it aswell i had my friend leave his with me while he went over seas and theyve laid 2 clutches so far!
ive just put the on sand in a tub in the incubator! no idea how or whats going to happen!

hopfully some people can comment so i can leave too lol

Good luck

 

[dickyknee]

Not 100% sure on times from matings to laying , but they can lay clutches every 3-4 weeks after the initial mating .
Nest box , I only use moist sand in a small tub with a lid , hole cut int he lid to allow them in and out ... A Chinese sized tub works fine.
Incubation medium I use 50/50 mix of vermiculite , then I add a layer of dry perlite for the eggs to sit in .

How do you mix for the milii ??
I do mine with small kitchen scales , I weigh out 22 grams of vermic , then i weigh out 22 grams of water , give it a good stir then add the perlite pile for the eggs to sit in , never have any issues with it.

 

[shea_and_ruby]

oooh, so you use both then dickyknee? we have the verm, but where do you get the perlite from? and when i do a 50/50 mix of water and vern, it seems all liquid - have i prehaps got the wrong type?

 

[dickyknee]

oooh, so you use both then dickyknee? we have the verm, but where do you get the perlite from? and when i do a 50/50 mix of water and vern, it seems all liquid - have i prehaps got the wrong type?

I buy both from bunnings , they are on the shelf right next to each other ...
a 50/50 mix wont be dripping wet , how are you mixing it ??

You need to weigh the vermic in a container , say 25 grams for example
then weigh 25 grams of water in another tub and mix it together ..
You will be surprised how little 25 grams of water is .

 

[Smithers]

Grats Shea/Tim, most of my gex are a 4 week thing from mating to laying..some a lil more by a few days or so. It's later in the season but you may get one or two clutches yet good luck.

 

[shea_and_ruby]

hmmmm, will try the verm again.

thanks brett

 

[MonitorMayhem]

good luck with your levis mine are always around the 4 week mark after mating then 4 weeks they go again i should wright it all down to be acurate but i am to lazy hope all goes well

 

[shea_and_ruby]

this may be a really stupid question, but do they need to mate each time, or are the different clutches from just the one mating session?

 

[mad_at_arms]

No need to pair again.
Just keep the food and supplements up to the female, to maintain condition.

 

[shea_and_ruby]

thanks for that. is that the same for all geckos?

 

[BurtonReptiles]

Is it her first clutch if so it 40 days after mating and if she has it 20 days