Thank you for the advice. I will have to get my sikkorae some smooth branches. They sold me the corkbark when I bought him. I will just use it with my other geckos. Tobey ------------------------------------------------------ In a message dated Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:35:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, Neal Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey Tobey, > > U. sikkorae prefer smooth branches, so if all you have for him is cork-bark, > he will always choose the smooth glass. I have found large diameter bamboo > and eucalyptus branches to be very effective for this species. > I think if you pay more than $100 for the henkeli, you are paying too much. > I think I've seen them as low as $79 here in San Diego. > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > > Neal Grant > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Gecko] Uroplatus > > > Hello! > I have a U. sikorae, and he is quite mossy green with some almost white > areas and beautiful fringe. I am curious as to why he does not spend time > on the cork bark or foliage in his enclosure. He always stretches out on > the glass and just stays there for hours. At night he does become active, > but he always seems to just creep around on the glass or the screen area on > the front of the enclosure. Any ideas? > Also, what is a fair price for a large U. henkeli? The pet store that I > frequent here just got a beautiful large one, and they are asking $200 for > him. > Thanks! > :o) Tobey > ------------------------------------------------------ > In a message dated Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:34:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Neil > A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi Peter, > > > > Very mossy U. sikorae are supposed to come from this area. > > I have a trio that are very large and look different (more bumpy > > and mossy) than other sikorae I have seen. They have yellow > > or amber eyes. I have also heard of different forms of U. fimbriatus > > from this region. > > > > Can you forward a photo? > > > > Neil > > > > >Just to make you green with envy.. > > >I have seen some very nice slides made in madagascar, by one of the > > >photographers that sometimes publish in my mag. Uroplates from Montange > d > > >Ambre... There was one slide on which the lizard was almost filling the > > >whole scene and i have looked for minutes before I saw it..Just like > those > > >crazy 3D pictures you sometimes have.. try to see it for minutes and > then, > > >it suddelly dawns to you... there it is.. > > >This special animal was, quite unlike Uroplates I know, mottled with > green, > > >in a very mossy stile. The fringes were constructed in a somewhat firtree > > >like syle, but unlike fimbriatus, the eyes were amberbrown without > stripes > > >and the tail was quite short. I hope to publish some of these pictures in > > >one of the next issues, in a special about camouflage.. > > >I have very very tentatively given these gekkoes the name of Uroplates > > >allaudi (or what was it) but more because I did not think they were > > >fimbriatus (size was also small) then because I was sure about allauadi.. > > > > > > > > >Peter Mudde > > > > > >Hoofdredactie 'onder het Palmblad' > > >see : www.palmblad.com > > > > > > >########################################################################### > > > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > > > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > > > >########################################################################### > > > > > > -- > > Neil Meister > > > > Promotions Secretary > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > > > President > > Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society
