Breeding and Cooling Northern Velvet Geckos

[Reptile_Maniac]

Hi everyone! I have a pair of Northern velvet geckos- the male being 2.5 years old and the female being 1.7 years old. I have being researching about how to breed this species but have not managed to find any good info. It would be great if everyone could post a link of a caresheet specialised in breeding the geckos or give me some post some information. I would really love to breed these beautiful species!

Thanks Allot,
James

 

[Gibblore]

Are you talking O.castlenaui or O.coggeri ?

 

[bk201]

I purchased some from a few members of this forum, they gave great advice, give them somewhere warm to be, do not give them a hide in a cool area of the tank.
They also told me not to bother cooling them over winter, i followed this advice and my first breeding season i got 6/8 eggs hatched.
biggest problem with them is they breed like rabbits basically keep em warm, feed em and give em a container of damp sphagnum moss to lay eggs in

 

[Reptile_Maniac]

They are O. castlenaui. Thanks Bk201! So i should not cool them over the winter?

 

[rreptiless]

How many eggs do they lay per year? I own some levis levis but they barely lay any per year.

 

[Reptile_Maniac]

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