Re: SV: [gecko]Tockay diet & behavour questions

[Ingo Kober]

Hi obeligz, in an enclosure of that size, raising babies with the parents should not be a problem. You normally can leave all Babies up to an age of approx 6 months together with the parents. The older juvies normally won´t eat the younger ones, but if age difference is bigger than 6 months its getting more and more risky. Males can start calling at the age of six months. Sometimes, the father starts chasing them at that age. But very often  male  offspring can even stay longer in the tank of the parents, sometimes the father even tolerates adult sons-but after six months are gone, you have to watch carefully. There are reports that after removal and delayed reintroduction of Babies, tokays have eaten their young. So I´d be careful with any reintroduction. Sadly I obviously have missed your email with the thumbs...sorry for that. I will be in Hamm next spring and I think I will sell there the rest of my 2003 cb  tokays, Cosymbotus, Phelsuma mad. grandis, Basiliscus plumifrons, Timon lepidus, Chamaeleo calyptratus and maybe Uromastyx a. nigriventris. Maybe its a chance to meet Best regards Ingo obeligz schrieb: Hi Mr. Kober. Thanx, that helps a whole lot. :oD I have my pair of tockays in a 500 liters (130 gal) enclosure, do you think that is is safe to raise 1-2 hatchlings toghether with the adults until they are half-grown? I’ve “noticed” that the adults guard the hatchlings but.. How long do they guard them? How long are the hatchlings safe in the tank with the adults as long as food is abundant, conditions are good and not crowded? I kept a hatcling that looks like a male so far from this season, do you think that it would be safe to re-introduce him to the tank with parents after being separated for a period of 2-3 months? Would they recognise him or is there a substantial chance of tail-loss? I’m looking forward to reading your book about tockays when it comes out. Also, I have been looking around for Cosymbotus platyurus but over here they aren’t exactly common.. Will you be going to Terraristika, Hamm next spring or fall? I sent you a mail with some small thumbnails a week ago (?), I don’t know if you’ve received it? Regards obeligz