I would like to join this thread with a parallel experience involving
Leopards and a Banded. I hope someone can offer an explanation of what might
have caused the deaths of the lizards and suggest
As a rule, the only time I handle my animals is when I clean their cages. Two
years ago I had a 1.3 and a 1.2 colony of Leopards and a 1.1 of Bandeds; all
of them were in my possession for at least one year. At the end of the
summer, I decided to place the male Leopards in separate cages and to place
the females together in one cage. I noticed that the tails on some of the
females looked thin, but didn't think too much about it.
All the geckos were kept on newspaper. I fed them dusted crickets everyother
day ad librum and provided water daily. After several weeks, I found one
female dead, totally emaciated. Within six weeks, all but two of the females
died, wasting way amid an abundance of food (I also offered superworms,
mealworms, and pinks during this time). Also, my female Banded died, seemly
starving to death.
None of the males showed any signs of starvation, nor did two of the females.
In fact, I still have all the surviving geckos except for a male Leopard
which I sold.
I kept back one of the hatchlings from the eggs laid that season; last summer
she seemed to evince the same sympthoms. She was kept alone and had been
eating well. I raised the temperature in her cage and removed the hind legs
of all the crickets I offered her. She has done well since then.
Any ideas, anyone?
John
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