Diane,
March back in that pet shop and tell them to stop spreading the myth about mealworms! I believe pet shops perpetuate this old wives tale due to their unhealthy reptile stock. Put mealworms in and the dead lizards start getting eaten by them!
Julie B.
polarbear144 wrote:
Just had to chime in here, since it's something I actually have some experience with. (Wow!) Our cat Max would eat our geckos in a hearbeat if he were allowed to. He used to stare at them constantly, though he hasn't done it as much lately. He's the one I'd think would stress them to death, but they're fine. We got a dog at the end of February, and she completely ignores them.
People in pet stores are very weird. I had one chastize me for feeding my leopard geckos mealworms because he claimed that the worms can eat through a gecko's stomach and kill it. Takes all kinds!
Diane
--- Lyle Puente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Lyle Puente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:40:45 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gecko]Dogs and geckos?
Hi Sarah,
Some pets are very predatory and will pester prey animals and stress them. Yes, stress can cause them to not eat and often die.
Cats can be persistant. Dogs can be either way. Its more up to you.
I have had two dogs over the years and neither have shown any interest in my geckos. My geckos are securely caged and the dog has been shown the animals over the years. Their initial curiosity was all they have ever has shown.
It would of course depend on the dog, the geckos, how accessible cages were, and how you taught the dog.
In my last house I did have two gecko rooms....with doors. No dogs, kids or snakes.
This house I have gecko rooms with doors, and geckos in my office with full access. Kids know, dog knows...all do well.
On Mar 29, 2005, at 1:08 PM, Godby wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if anybody knew whether or not I would be able to have a dog
around my gecko. I was told by the people at the pet store, that a dog
could not come over and visit or else my gecko would die. It sounds a bit
odd to me, so I was hoping that someone could tell me if that would actually
happen or not. We would someday like to have our own dog, and it would be
great to know the effect that would have on the gecko.
Thanks a lot,
Sarah
Lyle Puente President Global Gecko Association
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