Bev,
I was beginning to wonder if anyone read my post about this earlier! Thanks for
saying this, you probably said it more clearly than I did.
It continues to PO me that folks sell what they are not able to identify. This
guy had multiple "I don't know" offerings! Bad show dude!
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
Beverly Erlebacher wrote:
> > From: "cassie schilliger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:07:34 -0500
> >
> > i can get two of these (Gekko petricolus) or three Cyrtodactylus
> > consobrinus.
>
> Cassie, I can't tell from your postings how experienced you are, but
> if you are new to geckos, you might want to start with captive bred
> animals of species that are known to be easy to care for. It can be
> hard to tell when an animal is sick or stressed until it is too late
> to do anything to save it even for experienced people, and wild-caught
> animals are often in poor health to begin with due to the stress of
> capture and shipping, and the poor conditions at the facilities of
> collectors and wholesalers.
>
> If you start with captive bred geckos that you get from a breeder not
> only will they be much less likely to be sick, parasitised or stressed,
> but they will be used to captive conditions, and you can get good advice
> from the person you buy them from.
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