kchan11 wrote:
We got it Karin.Sorry, not sure if the post went through the list or not, i think i may have send it to Lyle's mail box only...
I think the pair-bonding issue is good guess then.but, the water dish is plastic, and too light to have caused her tail dropping, even if it was filled with water - which it was not at the time. but i suppose if the other geckos had stepped into/on the water dish when she had been under it, it could have caused enough pressure to do it.the pair bonding sounds more likely, because i have noticed that the first few months in my care, this female would constantly be with the male, while the other would be left out, while these past few weeks, it has switched. I only wish there was more information out about them to know more. She did lose a slight bit of weight after the pairing of the other two happened, but i had just overlooked it since she was still eating well.
I am so sorry Karin.a necropsy will not be done, i had decided to go out to the park and bury her right away. -Karin
Julie B.
===== Original Message From Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== Another possibility is that this species pair bonds and the less dominant female would then be in trouble. Absence of fighting would not rule this out. Hopefully someone will offer some input about this. Julie B. kchan11 wrote:Hi all, Just wanted to update, that I lost one of my Hemitheconyx taylori females. We found her today under one of the shallow, dug out hides,lifelessand missing her tail. We later found the tail under the buried water dish(it's a flower pot bottom) which is on the other side of a 20 gal. tank.Can'tfigure out this happened though, the 1.2 group had been living together very peacefully and we have never seen any fighting, even in the wee hours of the night. (we seem to be nocturnal too.) So this is very strange to me. She didn't have any other wounds besides the dropped tail. If anyone has any input, please let me know. (also I suppose if anyone knows where I can possibly find more H. taylori, let me know.) Thanks, Karin _______________________________________________ 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_______________________________________________ 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
