Oedura Castelnaui

[Reptirus]

Ive been eyeing up Oedura Castelnaui for awhile now, anyone else here work with them? Im curious to hear how easy or difficult they are to care for.

[Gbreptiles]

I don't have any Oedura, but from what I've read they seem pretty easy to take care of. I saw your thread on a different forum about deciding what species is right for you. I don't have any expience with Strophurus williamsi or Oedura Castelnaui, but you might want to look at Phyllurus platurus(Australian leaf tailed gecko). This species likes it cool and humid, and they can't climb glass, so they might be good in a rack. I house mine in 10 gallon tanks with rocks and cork bark.

[geckomaster]

I had some a few years ago and they were a breeze. I housed them in a few different environments, but overall they kept and bred easily for me. I got rid of them due to issues of never being able to incubate the eggs. Either I"d find out they laid too late, or they wouldn't get buried and go bad. This was mostly my error, but something told me there was a trick to this that I never got. They were pretty docile as well. Had I managed the breeding aspect i would still have them today.

[Reptirus]

I don't have any Oedura, but from what I've read they seem pretty easy to take care of. I saw your thread on a different forum about deciding what species is right for you. I don't have any expience with Strophurus williamsi or Oedura Castelnaui, but you might want to look at Phyllurus platurus(Australian leaf tailed gecko). This species likes it cool and humid, and they can't climb glass, so they might be good in a rack. I house mine in 10 gallon tanks with rocks and cork bark.


Have any pics of those guys?

[Reptirus]

I had some a few years ago and they were a breeze. I housed them in a few different environments, but overall they kept and bred easily for me. I got rid of them due to issues of never being able to incubate the eggs. Either I"d find out they laid too late, or they wouldn't get buried and go bad. This was mostly my error, but something told me there was a trick to this that I never got. They were pretty docile as well. Had I managed the breeding aspect i would still have them today.


what was your most successful way of housing them? Did you have to cool them or were they like leopards in the fact that it didnt really matter?

[Reptirus]

They are pretty sweet, if you dont mind ill move that post over to their thread so anyone else can find info on them if they are looking for them. Im also going to ask a few questions over there:-)

[Gbreptiles]

I don't mind at all. DDreptiles.net has a good care sheet on Phyllurus, I know he breeds quite a few of these a year.