Greg,
I look forward to seeing the tame group of tokays this year at the NM Expo
in Albuquerque. Hopefully I'll remember my camera this time. We'll have to
kidnap Julie and force her to play with them hehehehe.
Later,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Christenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Golden geckos - was:(Other lists)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gecko] Other lists
>
>
> > Hi Steve!
> >
> > Steve Arnold wrote:
> >
> > > I still haven't gotten the Tokay book, Julie. I will, I promise. I
> have
> > > put them (my goldens) in a tropical terrarium now, and they seem quite
> > > happy. Do they really have a reputation for being "nasty"?
> >
> > It's the genus Gekko, although Greg will argue with me on that one! ;-)
> >
> > > I assume you
> > > refer to their temperament.
> >
> > Indeed! ;-)
> >
> > > I have to say that these are not very open to
> > > being handled, but they seem like neat gex.
> >
> Hello Steve and Julie,
> We had our male Golden gecko (G. ulikovskii) out just last night. He sat
on
> my shoulder for several hours while I worked on a project and was quite
well
> behaved. His mate is not quite as settled and will not sit still for more
> than a few minutes. While wild caught G. ulikovskii are not uncommon in
the
> pet trade there are just a few people working at breeding these beautiful
> geckos. Wild caught Goldens are subject to the problems of other mass
> imported geckos as they usually carry a high parasite load and any new
> acquisitions should be scheduled for an immediate Vet. visit. G.
ulikovskii
> is a egg gluer which can make it difficult to hatch out little geckos due
to
> the fact that adults will eat newly hatched offspring if not protected.
This
> is quite different than G. gecko (Tokays) which do quite well with newly
> hatched babies and will protect them from intruders (ouch). We now have
two
> pairs of G. ulikovskii and have really enjoyed keeping them over the past
> few years. I would highly recommend Captive Bred G. ulikovskii for novice
> gecko keepers with basic gecko keeping experience.
>
> Greg Christenson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.daygecko.com
>
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