I feel fine about spiders, I just wonder how they feel about me :). TC
At 05:04 PM 12/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
>You definitely better keep an eye on that one. The first question I
always ask guys is how they feel about spiders. Only fellow animal lovers
even conisdered.
>
> ---- you wrote:
>> 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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