Thanks! The gecko in question is real small, I'm positive it's a
Mediterranean gecko. I looked in on him a little while ago, and all the
crickets were gone?! He doesn't look any bigger, so not sure where they
went. :) I have a water dish setup in the cage and he seems to be taking
water. I also have an apple core for his/her fruit supplement. A bunch of
ants streamed in the cage, so maybe he'll eat those. Please forgive my
newbie questions, I do know my reptiles, but mainly alligators and snakes.
I appreciate your help, and will wait till the expo is over and see if
anyone else has some advice.
Thanks!
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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 02:44:38 GMT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [gecko]greetings and a question
From: Cyndy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Rocky,
I am not an expert, they have all gone to Daytona. But I will give you
general gecko guidelines. First take the crickets and the pebbles out. The
crickets could be stressing the gecko out, and it might accidently swallow a
pebble. Put in paper towel for substrate. Leave the gecko alone for 3 days,
except for misting twice a day. Maybe this gecko only drinks from misting, I
am not sure.
After 3 days, put a couple of crickets in at dusk and see if it eats
them. Make sure the crickets are a little smaller than the distance between
the gex eyes. Take the crix out if it doesn't eat, add more if it does.
Don't leave crix in with the gex.
Good Luck,
Cyndy
--- "Rocky Rodenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello! I just found your group, and had a question about a
Mediterranean gecko I have. I found it at work last week. I live in
Tampa by the way, where we have an established population of them.
The one I brought home is small, I think just hatched. I placed in
in a clean plastic cage with pebbles, a little hiding cave, a dish of
water, a twig to climb on and several pin head crickets. I know
he's nocturnal so he's not too active in the day, but he hasn't
eaten yet, atleast any of the crickets. How frequently do they eat?
I'm trying not to disturb him during the day, although I did lift
the cave up to see if he was still alive. He ran out, and stopped at
the side of the glass, he tried to climb up but couldn't. I noticed
yesterday, he climb half way up the glass and fell off. I don't know
if this is because he's weak from not eating?
Any advice?
Thanks!
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