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haha cmon, a few;) some of the nicest :thup:

Thought id make a thread where people can show off their leos since more and more colour patterns and morphs are beginning to come out, would be cool to see what out there:D I'll begin with a few pics of my female hi-yellow and one of my male :thup: so heres the female, and here's the male i purchased recently,

Holy crap, absolutely stunning animals! And +1 on the photo quality! I dont want to bother you but all i want to see is more photos haha !drool: well done man

Hay dragonz, got any update pics?

got a heap of familly over there anyway so ive been there enough to know i really want to move there for sure haha. soo many animals everywhere. herping must be fun over there!

Welcome to te forum, i would do anything for snakes to be allwed in nz! And since they arent, i guess im moving to australia after my schooling haha

Nice pits, would love something similar for blue tongues or something haha. Im pretty sure ive seen your set ups on one of the australian reptile forums, might have been aussiepythons? Anyway nice work :thup:

welcome, and good luck with your breeding plans :thup:

Im not from auckland but i can imagine youd ask for the department that deals with pests management like controlling te number of ducks at public ponds an possum control etc haha

Wow thank you! Nice write up, so ive gathered that the best way to do it is to start with plans other people use and then change them so it best suits you. Ill try my luck with what i have set up and see how it goes, its interesting to see that everyone has a different way of doing it so most caresheets or write ups seem to be just the general guidelines. Anyway thanks everyone for you ideas :thup:

Ive already complemented you on this but seriously, thats spectacular!

for some reason im thinking a hymalayan monal? haha i think i can remember talking about them a year or so ago haha

oh wow, i dont have the time or money to do a huge breeding set up but i was thinking, 3 enclosures, 1 for adults and egg laying, second for incubating eggs and third to keep hatchlings in. is the incubating tank actually needed? or can i just have one egg hatching/growout tank?

if they were macaw eggs, id sit on them myself! :rolfl:

oh right so i idealy need another heated tank as a grow out/egg hatching one?

i actually have a few questions about breeding locusts myself, so ive just finished building an adult locust breeding cage out of an old book shelf type thing and got a light, front door, vents all sorted but have seen a few people on the net (overseas mainly) that seem to have a flyscreen mesh bottom with a hollow compartment under the breeding cage and then egg laying jar sunken into the bottom like this http://www.meades.org/locusts/alex_shellard_3.jpg and this is another view of the same enclosure http://www.meades.org/locusts/alex_shellard_4.jpg. ive seen many other cages built like this aswel but was wondering if there was any special reason for doing this? i know there would be but id say it looks like the mesh bottom would be for ventalation and the sunken in egg tubs would be so you can change egg laying containers without having to open the cage etc? heres the full site if anyone is interested http://www.meades.org/locusts/locusts.html and my final question is, do locust actually need heat? i know the adult breeders do but would i be able to remove the egg tub and sit it in another enclosure to hatch and then raise those babys as feeder locusts and keep them without heat? thanks heaps! :thup:

man, your seriously talented!

Hi guys so what does everyone reccomend a good weight for a female breeding leo? Most overseas breeders tend to say 40g+, what are everyones opinions? An i take it by "good weight" they mean a good balanced weight rather than just a young gecko that has been powerfed and is just fat rather than a good breeding size. Any input would be appreciated. Cheers

Nice setup

Welcome and good luck with your plans

Yea a pic would be nice, and dragons do you hae a pic of your setup? Btw the lav male is going well now so cheers dragonz

Alright thanks, do you reccon heat under tubs is best?

Thinking of putting a rack together for leos and was wondering what the best way to heat it would be? It will be a basic shelf/cupboard type thing, will have a closed bottom, top, back and both sides while leaving the front open to slide the plastic tubs in and out on shelves. Was thinking of doing heat cord or heat tape on the back so the backs of te tubs will be the hot end while the front being colder. Any thoughts or suggestions? What heating options are available in nz? Many thanks, Reuben

you keep him in a 90cm tank aye? i dont think the heat mat you bought is big enough for a 90cm tank and she is probably straying away from the heat :dno:

Me and reptilez got ours toether and they were sisters of the same age and my girl is 23cm and almost 40 grams, which i think is a great size for her age?? I take it his is smaller because it isnt eating? Any chance of it being growth stunted or whatever the term is?