My girl is already getting on my case and I only have 2 geckos, 2
chinchillas oh yeah and a cockroach. How do you find the time to care for
all those critters?
-----Original Message-----
From: Yuri Huta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Gecko] That Silly Ciliatus...
Margaret,
I usually waited until my wife was very tired and then asked. It worked
sporadically until she caught the gecko bug too. Her affliction is not a
serious as mine, but hey, cricket ordering is not a problem anymore.
Yuri
Margaret Both wrote:
>
> Yuri I tried that line on my poor longsuffering husband about how with a
few
> more geckos it would be cheaper 'cause I could order the crickets in
> bulk. He groaned! Margaret
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yuri Huta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 12:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gecko] That Silly Ciliatus...
>
> > Tobey,
> >
> > You might want to experiment a bit with how much to feed him (see how
> > much he will eat over a several day/week period and this will give you a
> > good starting point). As to how long should you force feed him, I would
> > try to use the same food you force fed him with and leave it in the tank
> > (same spot may help) and see if recognizes the scent and goes to it by
> > himself. I usually watch a new gecko (when it is active) and see what
> > its movement pattern is (e.g. favorite perch) and place food so that it
> > will encounter it along on of its routes. Handling can be pretty
> > stressful, so I would try and keep it to a minimum.
> >
> > As to baby food - live food, I feed mine both and she is over a year
> > old. These fellas eat both fruit and insects in the wild throughout
> > their lives.
> >
> > The moths I catch outside or I get when my wax moth larva metamorphis
> > (sp?) into moths. I actually had a moth come to the porch light last
> > weekend (I live in Maryland and it was near freezing).
> >
> > It can be frustrating having just one gecko and finding food for it. My
> > solution was to get more geckos and that made mail ordering crickets
> > cost effective. Maybe not the best solution for you though.
> >
> > Yuri Huta
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Margaret:
> > > Well, I bought a small glass "eye" dropper lastnight and fed Sebastian
> (my Rhacodactylus Ciliatus) some baby food. He was not thrilled with the
> process and squirmed quite a bit. When he finally settled, I gently
rubbed
> a little on his lips, and he shook his head flinging it on me, but
> eventually he did begin to lick. He ended up eating about a whole dropper
> full, but then he would not take anymore. How much baby food is normal
for
> him to eat in one meal? How long should I continue to "hand feed" him?
How
> often should he be eating baby food versus crickets or worms? I would
like
> to feed him some moths as I saw some of you do from earlier posts, but
where
> would I get them? I can't really order large quantities of "feeders" from
> anywhere as he is the only R. Ciliatus that I have.
> > > Thank you so much for the advice. I truly appreciate each of you on
> here sharing your knowledge with others.
> > >
> > > :o) Tobey
> > >
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