oops! that's Coleonyx. I hate it when I do that!
Nathan
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From: nathan hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Some observations on C. elegans!
> Julie,
>
> It's great to see that you are working with C. elegans. I have a special
> place in my heart for Colenyx since the first gecko I caught in the wild
was
> a C. v. bogerti when I was in elementary school. I have never had the
> opportunity to work with elegans. Let me know when you have some babies
> available.
>
> Nathan
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> From: Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Gecko list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:03 PM
> Subject: [Gecko] Some observations on C. elegans!
>
>
> > Hi Gexers,
> >
> > I picked up quite a few C. elegans from the Czech guy at Daytona, all
> > are doing well. All appear to be cb, that is neat too. They were all
> > juvies, barely sexable, some too young to sex. Before I start my
> > discussion on them, let's go back in time to when I first picked them up
> > about 4 years ago.
> >
> > I saw the Czech guy at an IRBA show in San Diego, he had them in
> > quantity and I'd never been able to get any from anyone in the USA. I
> > know one breeder had some, but was not willing to part with any.
> > Needless to say, I was excited out of my gourd and was happy to get some
> > although I knew nothing about this guy. He had a bunch of expensive
> > anoles and a lot of very rare stuff lizard-wise. So, I took a chance.
> >
> > Cyndi, my steadfast pal and show compadre, and I drove back home from
> > San Diego, a nine hour drive, the following Monday. It was sometime
> > between buying them and the trip home that I realized some of them were
> > not doing well! I was puzzled and upset. Cyndi figured out that the
> > containers the Czech guy used had NO AIRHOLES!!! A warning to you all,
> > he is still doing this. I complained about it to him this time, he did
> > not seem concerned that they could run out of air. If you ever plan to
> > buy from him at a show bring your own containers with airholes!
> >
> > Once I got them home, some did die right away, I am sure because of the
> > no airhole deal. Very frustrating! Then, to add to my frustration, I
> > went to feed them and they just stared at the 2 week old crickets I gave
> > them. More died of hunger I am sure before I figured out what they would
> > eat.....waxworms! They looked like a cartoon character with their eyes
> > popping out when I put those in there. Pretty soon I had them converted
> > to crickets, and they thrived. By this time I only had three out of
> > about 12.
> >
> > I keep them similarly to C. mitratus, moister and cooler. Until I
> > figured out this was what they needed the babies my pair produced did
> > not survive. I found out they like to tunnel....I recently set up one of
> > those snake hide deals with the hole in it to enter and one large food
> > bowl in their 16qt. Sterilite set-up. For substrate I used spaghnum peat
> > moss, about an 1", topped by fine grade orchid bark. They promptly dug
> > out two tunnel entrances to go under their snake hide! In the food bowl
> > I put a culture of mini-mealworms that they can pick at and eat anytime
> > they like. At night they gather around it and help themselves!
> >
> > As far as their eggs, I incubate them leopard-gecko style in vermiculite
> > at 80-83F. I never had a problem getting them to hatch, most eggs did.
> > As I noted earlier, they must have moisture or else they croak. I have
> > set them up two ways with equal success. One way is to set them up by
> > clutch in a 6-1/4" wide clear deli cup, using paper towels in folds with
> > a few pieces of Black Jungle's true Canadian sphagnum peat moss stuck in
> > between to both provide moisture and a "tunnel" in the paper towels.
> > Nightly I mist this set-up and offer the young 1-2 week crickets
> > depending on size. They will also eagerly take the mini-mealies. The
> > other technique is using the same container, but using living moss,
> > broken up in a few big pieces. They will tunnel under it and run around
> > on top of it. They seem to really thrive in these set-ups. I knew they
> > were happier as they were out more than in drier type set-ups.
> >
> > So far they are not as prolific as C. mitratus, however, that may change
> > I as figure out their needs better. Most of my babies this year have
> > survived and done very well. Hope that helps some of you working with
> > them or wanting to work with them!
> >
> > Julie Bergman
> > http://www.geckoranch.com
> > GGA lifetime member
> >
> >
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