Picked up some satanics

[little_dragon_]

I picked up two satanic leaf geckos at the show yesterday. They are both 4 inches long and have nice rounded bellies. One is a definate male he was playing with his balls on the car ride home, lol. The other one has a slight buldge but looks more like the underside of a female crested gecko. I have them in a five gallon with lots of sticks and vines and a potho's plant. Substrate is coco bark mixed with moss. I have a plastic wrap top for now it keeps the humidity is really well. There's holes in it with a fan blowing over top. often I take the top off and circulate the fan right into the tank. I'm going to buy a screen lid. They both ate 4 dusted half inch crickets last night. And are now getting indirect uv light from a reptisun light. Day temp is 74 with high humidity.

I was wondering where I can find the best available information for their care I have read a bunch of articles but they all seem to be the same? Does anyone have tips or info?
Thanks.

I'll post pics soon.

[Cruciform]

If you can get back issues of Reptiles magazine, look for Neil Meister's article on uroplatus from a few months ago. Very informative.

[manville]

congrats on your edition! I would be really happy if i were you

[TheRedDragon]

Congratulations on your new additions! Uroplatus Phantasticus is an AMAZING species! :)

[little_dragon_]

I am wondering if I should seperate them until the possible female is the same size as the male?

[spidergecko]

This is a good care sheet:
http://www.gekkota.com/html/u_phantasticus.html

Are these geckos captive bred or wild?

[little_dragon_]

unfortunetly W.C
I'm going to get a fecal to the vet when I get the chance

[sketchy4]

congratulations! but 5 gallons seems kinda small or is it just me?

[little_dragon_]

I'm going to put them in a 10 gallon, they are really small geckos and I have a jungle of plants and sticks for them.

[spidergecko]

Can I make one BIG suggestion? I am only telling you this because I am dealing with some LTC right now. Isolate the geckos to quarantine until you get the fecal results back. I had some discussions with Neil Meister about WC uroplatus and parasites and he recommends quarantine until 3 fecals in a row come back positive. If you can get the Reptile article he discusses it in more detail but in short, some parasites loads can be low and undetectable for up to 6 weeks. If the parasites are present now, they are infecting your terrarium and you will have to throw everything out (except the tank, of course). Good luck!

[little_dragon_]

Can anyone suggest a good vet in the Niagara Region?

[kidchameleon]

Originally posted by little_dragon_
One is a definate male he was playing with his balls on the car ride home, lol. LOL, i just had to point that out incase no one else read it. and if they did and didnt find it funny, oh well, i found it hilarious lol. anyway, good luck with them. they're really cool geckos

[spidergecko]

You act as if we all don't do the same thing when we're in the car.

[Bartman]

lmfao!

Congrats on the geckos, they look awesome!