Hi all, I usually just herd them into a square plastic container, several sizes are available at craft stores. The square shape is good to fit against a cage wall or room wall, or in the wall & ceiling corner, a favorite spot of course ;-) soometimes I can catch the larger Phelsuma just by putting a cricket or two in the container, they go in to eat, greedy things!
For the smaller more elusive ones, I have a trap I made out of a water bottle (I think I got that idea from this list). Cut the top off and reverse it into the bottom, so it's a funnel. Bait with bugs. For the really clever ones, I have to use the funnel that I rigged with a small piece of elastic that holds a flap over the funnel hole. Melody Gecko Ranch wrote: > > I like Doug's solution too. Night when they are inactive or at least slowed > down is good. I spray down the terrariums of the higher rocketbutt scaled ones > too. Lance, I would try not to grab them directly as their skin tends to tear > and direct contact is probably more stressful than indirect. Use a smaller > fishnet with your Gold Dust-sized Phelsuma. > > I catch the smaller Phelsuma by taking small set-ups and putting them in my > sink. I plug up any drain holes in the sink, then put a large white kitchen > trash bag in there, then put the terrarium inside the bag. They don't have > very good traction on clean plastic bags either, and they can't hide on white. > Once they get on the bag surface inside, if you have not already caught them > inside the terrrarium, you can snap the bag up and they will go to the bottom. > Catch them in a fold and just put them in the net. It will take a little > practice to get this. > > Julie B. > > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:24:10 -0700, Doug Johnston wrote > > I now transfer all Phelsuma from tank to tank or deli cup in the > > shower, preferably at night after they've been asleep a while. If > > they get loose, they are in a place with no hiding places, and a > > little water sprayed on them on the shower wall slows them down nicely! > > > > Lance Woolen wrote: > > > > > I've found that at night works well for me. Best when dark, use a flash > > > light to blind them slowly reach in and GRABBO. Works with all sorts of > > > critters. I just caught a gold dust that has been running around my > > > basement for weeks with that technique > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: Cyndy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: 7/18/2003 6:14:50 PM > > > > Subject: [gecko]Catching Day Geckos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am going to refurbish my Grandis home. Any suggestions on how to catch > > > them without them throwing their tails? My female is on her third > > > replacement tail. I read somewhere that they can only regenerate 4 times. I > > > may be able to test that theory with this female. She is a Kamakazee escape > > > artist. I open the door and she rushes me to get out, about twice a year. > > > > Cyndy > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Global Gecko Association > > > > http://www.gekkota.com > > > > Classifieds > > > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > > > gecko mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Global Gecko Association > > > http://www.gekkota.com > > > Classifieds > > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > > gecko mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > > > -- > > Doug Johnston > > http://pages.sbcglobal.net/scubadug/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > Classifieds > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > gecko mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko -- HeartSong Sanctuary - mostly for Asian turtles http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
