RE: [gecko]My first baby crested.

Rhacodactylus ciliatus was my first (and so far, only) gecko. I bought a pair of juveniles at a reptile show a little over two years ago to give to my girlfriend as a Christmas gift that year. A year later, when she decided she couldn't take care of them properly anymore, she gave them back to

[gecko]My first baby crested.

Hi all, I just wanted to report the wonderful news!!! I just bought my first rhacodactylus ciliatus(sp?not sure if I have the spelling correct.) After about 3 months of research and well worth it too. I was thinking of getting a nuu ami gecko, or a nuu ana gecko. The crested gecko happened t

Re: [gecko] revisiting leopard gecko substrate

Red eye is loving life Burke. At 10:18 AM 1/20/2004, you wrote: HI  Red-Eye  how the heck are you? Burke red-eye wrote: A big thanks to those of you that participated in this thread regarding  a naturalistic substrate for leo geks.For myself I am going to use a combination of rock, wood & so

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Hi, I have gently boiled moss MANY times with no bad after effects - even used it to incubate snake eggs in for 60 days at 88-90 degrees... No problem here. David Lawrence At 05:39 PM 1/20/2004, you wrote: Hello Neil, I would not boil the moss, because it would start to break down and s

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

I use some stuff called Avian Insect Liquidator. It can be use around Parrots. ( we have 12) Very safe and kills bugs dead.  LOL Burke Julie Bergman wrote: Want to tell us about Verisan? Active ingredients? Uses? Julie B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I use Verisan.  You can buy it from Pro

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

I think its called Verisan. The BeanFarm sell it, And ProExotic. Sorry, I dont know the active ingredients, but I do know my Dentist uses it to wash out mouths. TQ ___ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Want to tell us about Verisan? Active ingredients? Uses? Julie B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I use Verisan. You can buy it from Pro Exotics. I wash the moss with cold water, then spray with the Verisan, let sit for a few minutes, then rinse out. I do this several times. The fina

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Hello, I use Verisan. You can buy it from Pro Exotics. I wash the moss with cold water, then spray with the Verisan, let sit for a few minutes, then rinse out. I do this several times. The final rinse is long, and then I let sit for a few days before I put in a tank. I let it start to rec

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Hello Neil, I would not boil the moss, because it would start to break down and smell really really bad. My recommendation is to slowly dry the moss in a kiln at a low temp for a long time. If you don't have a kiln, try your oven at 70 C for a while, but please please keep your eye on the ove

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

My wife would disagree, I nearly got tossed out on my ear over the stench! : ) Neil "Moss, Its Whats for Dinner" -Original Message- From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 20, 2004 12:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria I've tried

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

"Moss, Its Whats for Dinner" -Original Message- From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 20, 2004 12:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria I've tried this, the smell of nuked moss was awful! Some bugs were not easily killed this way

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Title: Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria Interesting idea. The sphagnum is something of a sponge and would take a lot of rinsing/squeezing. The chemicals would have to be ultra safe as it would be hard to be sure if you got it all out. Can anyone suggest a particular product? Neil Hi

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

I've tried this, the smell of nuked moss was awful! Some bugs were not easily killed this way unless it was cooked a good while. Neil You might try a short stint in a microwave oven. Kills bugs dead. -Original Message- From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 20, 2004 9:51 A

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Hi Neil Although I've never tried this in my own gecko tanks, I have been doing it for years with aquatic plants for fish tanks.  There are all sorts of "treatments" that you can find for aquatic plants that are designed to kill planaria and other sorts of inverts.  Most of them are designed to be

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

You might try a short stint in a microwave oven. Kills bugs dead. -Original Message- From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 20, 2004 9:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria Thanks for all of the moss suggestions, I may give some a

Re: [gecko] revisiting leopard gecko substrate

HI  Red-Eye  how the heck are you? Burke red-eye wrote: A big thanks to those of you that participated in this thread regarding  a naturalistic substrate for leo geks.For myself I am going to use a combination of rock, wood & some play sand to achieve a new setup. I expect that a small amount of

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Thanks for all of the moss suggestions, I may give some a try. I sometimes use live pillow moss as is, what I'm mostly looking for is ways to clean parasites and foreign insects out moss that is used as disposable (compostable) substrate for arboreal gex. I remove the moss as it gets soiled, it's g

Re: [gecko] revisiting leopard gecko substrate

A big thanks to those of you that participated in this thread regarding  a naturalistic substrate for leo geks. For myself I am going to use a combination of rock, wood & some play sand to achieve a new setup. I expect that a small amount of sand will be exposed between rocks. My next step will be

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Hi al, I just submerge it in a tub outside for about 24 hours. I know that won't get everything, but I mainly wanted to get rid of spiders -- I have enough already! Melody David Lawrence wrote: > > Hi, > > Do you want the moss to remain living??? If not bringing the moss to > a slow bo

Re: [gecko] revisiting leopard gecko substrate

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Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

Hi, Do you want the moss to remain living??? If not bringing the moss to a slow boil in a pot of water and letting it simmer will do the trick nicely. David Lawrence At 08:49 AM 1/20/2004, you wrote: > Does anyone have a method of debugging fresh-collected sphagnum > moss? It's very har

Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria

> Does anyone have a method of debugging fresh-collected sphagnum > moss? It's very hard to buy good quality sphagnum here, but it is > very common locally. Dunno, except to rinse it well, but do be careful: a bite my red eft received finally just healed, after a month. I brought home some wild