Hi Listers,
> > Hartmut, do you have any advice on catching "little rockets" in a
> > heavily planted vivarium? A special gecko trap or something?
in addition to Yuri�s good hint I would suggest the following:
1. Try to catch them at night, when they are cooler = slower and most
likely been asleep - some you might even be able to just "pluck"
from the leaves (or bamboos) they probably are sleeping on ... but
I wouldn�t try this with nocturnal species *g*
2. Rather not try to catch any Lygodactylus with the bare hand - they
are VERY likely to drop their tail (much faster than Phelsuma, for
instance) ...
3. Many of my difficult-to-catch buggers love to run and hide in a
piece of bamboo ... what a pity when they then find out that they have
been taken out of the cage together with that bamboo ;-) You can then
either transfer them with their bamboo (if transport is short - they
cannot shed, drink or eat in there ...) or put them in a completely
empty cage and wait for them to finally come out - I have a spare cage
kept aside for that purpose ... ;-)
4. Bait them with what they love - fresh & ripe Banana! If nothing else
works, this probably will ... it�s close to what Yuri suggested, but
without having to buy something. Take a clear (!) plastic container (like
the ones you can buy crickets in) and make a hole in the middle of the
top lid. Put banana inside and check on it from time to time - when
they happen to be inside they will dart off, and in 99% percent of all
cases not take the time to search and find the hole in top ... if you
cover it quickly enough :-)
Good luck with hunting - Hartmut (Germany)
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