Dear List-members,
I have been posting messages like this before on this list and I will do it
once more:
All animals from Mauritius sold in Europe and North America originate from a
Dutch animal trader. They are NOT captive bred, NOT fed with a nectar longer
as it takes to sell them! They are kept in groups NOT longer as it takes to
sell them. The reason they are fed with nectar and kept in groups is NOT
because of the animal's comfort, but it is only to make the live of the
'importer' easier. The ecto-parasites on the animals are as wild-caught as
the animal itself! Please refrain from buying P.cepediana, P.ornata and
P.guimbeaui as they are illegally collected and sold legally. Something is
wrong with some CITES authorities in Europe as they have been informed many
times about this. P.guimbeaui is more endangered than the Indian tiger!
Emmanuel Van Heygen
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Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 3:34 AM
Subject: AW.: Re: [Gecko] Phelsuma imports and Parasite loads
> Hi Folks,
>
> > I couldnt agree with you more when you say these particular species are
> > not for everyone. I find they will eat the following without hesitation
> almost
> > out of the shipping bags.
> >
> > 1. Small flying insects such as houseflies
> > 2. Small moths such as grain moths
> > 3. small green worms such as inch worms.
>
> Hmmm .... well, the animals I talked about in my mail will eat about
anything
> - the DO take (house-)crickets very happily, even though they seem to have
> come from the same source as yours ... (cepediana, ornata, guimbeaui). But
> I have noticed that they don´t like them anymore after certain mineral and
/
> or
> vitamin supplements have been put on them - I use three different
products,
> and they only accept two of them. With the third, they will bite but then
drop
> the cricket, and wait until the dust has weared off ... ;-)
>
> Their favorite foods though are wax-worms and -moths, friutflies (I have
> poison-
> dart frogs with them, and they love to catch the little fruitflies these
get
> ;-) ), and
> they make races for fresh banana as soon as it´s in the cage ... :-)
>
> > ...The Hawaiian Guimbeui will eat crix however ...
>
>
> Hmm, Hawaiian Guimbeaui ... I heard there are Phelsuma living free in
Florida
> (madagascariensis), and that some species thrieve on Hawaii, but never got
> details ... anyone got some for me? Are there stable populations, or are
they
> just living in breeders facilities? And can they be sold officially, or
are
> they
> "becoming CB" after a while ... ??? As far as I know, none of the
Mascarene-
> Phelsumas have been allowed to be officially exported in the last few
years
> ...
> so if there are supposed WC animals to be bought currently, where do they
> come from? After all especially guimbeaui guimbeaui is facing severe
danger
> of extinction, as coming from a rather small habitat that is getting
smaller
> and smaller due to deforestation and such. And inexpectata ... :-(
>
> Regards, Hartmut
>
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