Hi John and all, Then I bet if I listen closely I'll hear swearing along with the rock-beating?? LOL!!
Melody John Heiser wrote: > > Hi, > > Our phelsuma (grandis) often miss the crickets while hunting. They would > occasionally grab a bark chip instead of the cricket. They would then beat the > bark chip against the bamboo or glass, the same as they did with crickets, to > kill it. After 5 to 10 secs of banging they seemed to understand they had the > wrong thing and drop it. The night time thing also seems in line with our > grandis. We feed them in the daylight but may crickets hide. When the tank > lights go out the crix come out and if there is some room light the geckos will > hunt. Maybe they are worse at targeting in dim light. Anyhow, I bet your gex > are doing the same behavior. [You just have to be obsessed with watching day > geckos to see the occasional mis-grab 8-) We kept the daygex in the family > room for quite some time so they got a lot of attention] > > Regards, > John > > Doug Johnston wrote: > > > I used to have a female P. quadriocellata that would sometimes pick up a > > pebble and bang it against the glass of their tank! This would be late > > at night after their lights were off, but they still got some light from > > us (their tank was in the living room). Maybe she was telling us to turn > > off the lights so she could get some sleep!!! > > > > Barbie Heid wrote: > > > > > > . Makes a nice percussion instrument, but has anyone else > > > > seen this?? > > > > > > No! That's wild. Is it both of them, or just the female [maybe she thinks > > > it's a dud egg, and wants to eat it???] > > > > > > Then again, I've only seen gold dust's eat their own [dud] eggs. > > > > > > Barbie >^,,^< > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://members.tripod.com/barbieheid/ > > -- > > Doug Johnston > > www.ncal.verio.com/~scubadug > > > > ########################################################################### > > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > > ###########################################################################
