Since you are checking on guimbeaui I'll tell you how I handled one of our
pairs. Yes, the male would get aggressive and the female would have to hide
out for days in her bamboo to avoid him. She would also became very
stressed as eggs were close to hatching. If I didn't find the baby first,
the male would eat them. She would not eat them.
To solve both problems, the male was removed and only returns for conjugal
visits. His visits are for about two weeks. This suits her fine. She has
a great season of laying eggs (April through September), and I get all the
hatchlings.
Leann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] fighting day geckos
> I was thinking it would help by taking the female guimbeaui out and
changing
> the tank that the male is in so he is not so territorial, so I guess I
will
> have to do that. I do have bamboo that the male can't fit in and that
works
> very well. I don't think I was very clear about the Madagascan
photoperiod. The
> reason I asked is not to make the time in my tanks correspond with
Madagascan
> time. Instead I wanted to make the day lengths I create more realistic to
where
> they come from, since they have longer days and different seasons. It is
summer
> in my terrariums, but I wanted to make sure the day length was more like
the
> area around madagascar and surrounding islands. I was also wondering if
anyone
> knows how many months are in winter and summer down there as well? Is it
not
> much different than north america? So, is herptivite regarded as pretty
much
> the best supplement? Thanks for the help.
>
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