RE: [gecko] revisiting leopard gecko substrate

2004-01-19 Thread kchan11
Hi, I use Slate bought from Home Depot (comes in tile sizes). Cracked em into suitable sizes with a hammer, and boiled them. Then I lay them in the tank however way, and glue the pieces together (not to the tank) with a hot glue gun so they don't wobble or get moved. Then I pour Children's P

RE: [gecko]Cricket Supplier

2003-12-13 Thread kchan11
I second that, I've been getting top hat crickets for a while now, and they have wonderful crickets, prices and shipping. -Karin >= Original Message From "BugEaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Wormman in NJ has Top Hat ship his crickets out. They are in Kalamazoo and >do a fantastic job of s

RE: [gecko]ID this Gecko pls

2003-12-04 Thread kchan11
Julie, clicked on the link and all I get is the forum index, dunno which thread to click into to see the pic?? -Karin >= Original Message From Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >http://forum.redtailboas.com/index.php?board=18;action=display;threadid=3685; start=0 > >This is a really ne

RE: [gecko]just a silly question..

2003-11-20 Thread kchan11
Isn't Finding Nemo made by Pixar?? (along with Monster's Inc, Toy Story, etc, I just like to give Pixar the credit, cuz Disney stinks now...hehehe) but anyway...besides all the Land Before Times Movies, I heard on either the Disney Channel or Animal Planet that they were coming out with a new Pixa

RE: [gecko]Complaints Against Petshops

2003-11-17 Thread kchan11
I know Peta's website had a campaign against Petco for their mistreatment of animals, but not against reptiles in specific. I've heard that there are no animal cruelty laws/rules for reptiles, because they say they don't "feel" pain and suffering. (is this true?) What I do is just complain to

RE: [gecko]I just wanted to share.

2003-11-13 Thread kchan11
Michael- That's very exciting!! It's good to hear that it's NOT impossible to get these guys to breed!! I've thought about a cool down period, but I just don't feel like I want to risk it. During cool down, did you stop all feeding? or just greatly reduce it? Once, I ran out of crickets for

RE: [gecko]I just wanted to share.

2003-11-13 Thread kchan11
Wow, very gorgeous!! I've been trying to get mine to breed, but so far, no signs of interest?? What are your conditions and what did you do to stimulate breeding?? Congrats and good luck with him/her!! -Karin >= Original Message From Michael Hance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Hello All, >

RE: [gecko]Cute gecko video

2003-11-06 Thread kchan11
Hey Julie, cute video, but i wanna see a pic of your car!! -Karin >= Original Message From Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >As some of you know, I race a car with green geckos all over it. One of >my car buddies sent me this: > >http://www.bridgestone.com.au/common/commonimages/movie

RE: [gecko]Crypto- was Big Problem

2003-10-16 Thread kchan11
Jason - there isn't a cure for crypto, but there are treatments to help. but can anyone actually describe the treatments for crypto and whether the treatments are helpful and worth it? I've heard about them, but have fortunately never had to deal with it. and i've never heard of the bearded d

RE: [gecko]Big Problem

2003-10-15 Thread kchan11
Liz, I've used ParaZap, but it was more for prevention than treatment. I had a blizzard Leo that had suddenly stopped eating, and after seeing that he actually was losing weight, i started giving him a bit of Parazap in tea form. It took me a week or so to get a decent stool out of him, and ha

RE: [gecko]Big Problem

2003-10-15 Thread kchan11
Hi Liz, I'd forgotten what the problem with Spoon was specifically, but if the other two are not eating, and it's been a while but no significant weight loss, force feeding may be too stressful for them. (but depending on what you mean exactly by forcefeeding. try enticing them to eat by dippi

RE: [gecko]sick house gecko? help

2003-10-14 Thread kchan11
Hi, I've never had a pet house gecko, but the swollen areas around each eye would be a warning for me that perhaps there are mites or parasites lodged inside or something of the sort causing a problem. Or perhaps some sort of a bacterial infection due to insect bites (if crickets are left in to

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

2003-09-28 Thread kchan11
Elizabeth- I've always kept my leos temps at at least 85F during the day, trying to keep it at a good 88 if I can, I don't really see any reason to drop the temps lower than the norm since it is battling parasites and trying to gain weight. I use heat lamps, and I simply turn them all off when

RE: [gecko]Urgent: Adult Leopard 8" long, only 17.5 gms!

2003-09-27 Thread kchan11
(sorry Elizabeth, I realized I sent this just to you, and not to the entire list so I'm sending again...stupid email server) Very glad to hear that you got her to a vet quickly. and although parasites is not a good thing, pinworms are generally relatively easy to rid off, so hopefully treatm

RE: [gecko]Urgent: Adult Leopard 8" long, only 17.5 gms!

2003-09-27 Thread kchan11
In my experience, if she is free of parasites and other internal problems, the best thing to do is to simply keep her hydrated (I gave pedialyte or ensure once a week in place of regular water) and to continue with the baby food until she wants to accept regular insect feed. In the past, this h

RE: [gecko]Where are all the fat-tails? :)

2003-09-12 Thread kchan11
They're definately not "rare" over here either, unless you're looking for amels, then i guess those are sort of rarer everywhere! where do you live? and are you only looking in petstores? Karin Chan >= Original Message From "Ariana Belcanto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Hey guys!! > >I have a

RE: [gecko]What would you call this patten?

2003-09-08 Thread kchan11
Aren't Jungles supposed to have the abberant pattern all the way down, going into their tails as well? this leo has bands on his tail, i would have called it a Normal, Abberant patterned Leopard. -Karin >= Original Message From Stacy Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >With respect Julie...wh

RE: [gecko]Hemitheconyx taylori Loss.

2003-08-19 Thread kchan11
Hopefully someone will offer some input about this. > >Julie B. > >kchan11 wrote: > >>Hi all, Just wanted to update, that I lost one of my Hemitheconyx taylori >>females. We found her today under one of the shallow, dug out hides, lifeless >>and missing her ta

[gecko]Hemitheconyx taylori Loss.

2003-08-19 Thread kchan11
Hi all, Just wanted to update, that I lost one of my Hemitheconyx taylori females. We found her today under one of the shallow, dug out hides, lifeless and missing her tail. We later found the tail under the buried water dish (it 's a flower pot bottom) which is on the other side of a 20 gal. tan

RE: [gecko]"panther" gecko egg clutch from local pet store

2003-08-14 Thread kchan11
Paroedura Pictus (or is it Picta?) can never remember which it changed from and to... -Karin >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Hi--- > >Anybody know the scientific name for panther geckos? Someone I know just >received a clutch of eggs from one of those large pet stores and

[gecko]smuggling reptiles to canada

2003-07-22 Thread kchan11
I was wondering if anyone knows what necessary paper work and procedures and fees, etc I need, to drive across the border into Canada with a Reptile. (snake and a gecko). I'd like to deliver this gift to my autistic cousin who's in Toronto, but I really don't feel like getting caught smuggling

RE: [gecko]John Boone article

2003-07-22 Thread kchan11
can anyone possibly buy and mail me a copy of this People magazine?? i've been looking all over my town, and all the issues of People on the stands have Julia Roberts on the cover and no Jon Boone! -Karin ___ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkot

[gecko]Gravid H. taylori??

2003-06-14 Thread kchan11
Hi guys, after much patience, I have successfully acclimated my 1.2 Hemitheconyx taylori group, now...I think one of the females may be gravid. Problem is, I'm not so sure what to be looking for, since so little information can be found about these guys. She is looking slightly thicker than usua