Re: [gecko]Hello

2003-11-14 Thread trimtrig
I just found a place online that has small cork tubes. I plan on getting one for the cage. I use power compacts, and I need to figure out a basking light for the ten gallon. If I have a red light, or one of those moon lights, for night time viewing, will this bother the plants? I found a

Re: [gecko]Hello

2003-11-14 Thread Neil A. Meister
Hi TQ, I've kept them under different lighting conditions with no problems. I recommend a florescent strip for general lighting and a small spot light (approx. 25 W) near the top end of a cork tube. They will come to the top of the tube and hang out to bask. This is very important for females. Nei

Re: [gecko]Hello

2003-11-14 Thread Julie Bergman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Neil, thank you for the info. Right now, the geuntheri is in with pathos, sandblasted grapevine, some twigs, and coco fiber bedding. I feed him crickets, and lobster roaches. He seems to like his set up, but I want a more natural look. I can not wait to g

Re: [gecko]Hello

2003-11-14 Thread trimtrig
Hello, Neil, thank you for the info. Right now, the geuntheri is in with pathos, sandblasted grapevine, some twigs, and coco fiber bedding. I feed him crickets, and lobster roaches. He seems to like his set up, but I want a more natural look. I can not wait to get his mate this March. As

SV: [gecko]Tockay diet & behavour questions

2003-11-14 Thread obeligz
Title: Message 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 bu

Re: [gecko]Tockay diet & behavour questions

2003-11-14 Thread Ingo Kober
Hi Obeligz, at least in captivity tokays hesitate to prey on lizards. I had several cases of escaped tokays which each spent several weeks free roaming in my herp room. This room is inhabited by a quite prolific population of Cosymbotus platyurus. I often saw the tokays basking side by side wi

Re: [gecko]Catriona: Adult Leopard 8" long, only 17.5 gms! Update......

2003-11-14 Thread ElizabethFreer
Hi Catriona--- Thanks for your input here.  If I'd have known about an acid fast stain for crypto I'd have had one run.  How do leopard geckos get crypto? River passed away shortly after midnight on October 5th at scarcely 13.5 grams.  I did my best for her with the information that I had, but it