Hi Camille--- Oedura castelnaui make great pets....I have 5.4 of them! Thing about them though is that they are nocturnal...and so am I. Some gex tolerate handling far better than others. Oedura castelnaui can be easily tamed. They are very hardy and not all that fast. Mine usually like to hang out near the light for warmth during the day. Matiyos has spent hours at the top of some driftwood during the day just last week for the gecko lessons I'm doing these three weeks with my kindergarteners. Most all the children enjoyed holding him!!
But if your dad would like a more visible gecko for his office, maybe he'd be happy with several mourning geckos, Lepidodactylus lugubris, who are up and about during the day. They are small, though, right under 4" fully grown and somewhat slender. They eat crickets as well as baby food. Perhaps someone out there could recommend another diurnal gecko which is somewhat larger. Xeric? Check out www.geckosunlimited.com for a basic Oc care sheet. Elizabeth Camille Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Funny you should mention them, I was about to ask if there are any >glass-climbers that are truly handleable (ie, not just can be, but ok >with it). �How fast are they? �(Ie, are they hard to catch if they spook >and run off? �Do they take flying leaps out of one's hands?) �How hardy >are they? �My dad's day gecko died recently, and I think he would do >better with a gecko that wasn't quite so spookable/fast. (He had it in >his office--he is a pediatrician, and lots of the kids always wanted to >come back and see it--no, he didn't handle it, and I wouldn't recommend, >of course, that he let lots of kids handle a gecko that was tame, but I >think he would be more comfortable feeding & cleaning with one he could >handle/catch). >I looked at the pics, �they look like ground/rock geckos. �Xeric, I >would guess? >Thanks! >Camille Thompson > >>My favorite gecko for handling is the Northern Velvet Gecko...Oedura >>castelnaui. �They are about 7" long from snout to tail tip. �They are native >>to Australia and love to climb glass! �Captive-bred northern velvet geckos >>are available in the USA. �Check out www.gekkota.com for photos. >> >>Elizabeth >> >> � >> >> � >> > >_______________________________________________ >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 > -- Elizabeth ~~~~geckos make me smile huge~~~~ _______________________________________________ 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
