I have a funny story which ends in a dilemma that I hope someone can help me with. Summer a year ago I built a greenhouse. Late summer I put in 2 green anoles and ONE house gecko (the pet store said it was a house gecko). I put mealworms in a bowl for them and the anoles helped themselves. I never saw the gecko again. The anoles loved it until it began to get cold. I live in Buffalo NY and the GH gets down to 57 F at night and many, many days are dark and dreary in winter. It can go a week or two between sunny days and the anoles weren�t happy anymore, so I caught them and kept them inside for the winter. Since I had never seen the gecko after releasing it I assumed it had escaped or died. This Sept., exactly one year later, I discovered a tiny baby gecko (named Immaculata). He lives in a group of pots and I see him foraging in them, probably eating fungus gnats and larvae (humidity is high so the pots have lots of �wildlife� in them). I also have fruit fly cultures going for him. He seems to be diurnal because I see him every sunny day. He basks on the edges of the black net pots and turns very dark. He looks fat, is 3/4 inch SV. My dilemma is this: can he survive the winter in the GH? So far he�s doing fine and if I bring him inside, how can I provide him with small enough food? So should I just leave him in there? Another alternative is that I put him in an aquarium so he can have a basking light, but leave him in the GH so I can have fruit flies in the aquarium for him. And considering the time frame (him showing up a year after the last time I saw the original gecko), how exactly did this whole immaculate conception thing happen?
Thanks for your help and thanks again to those who helped me identify my Homophilus fasciata. Anna _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
