Hey Lyle - All is well. Hope all is well with you. This group has been way too quiet. Has everyone migrated to a new chat group and not tell me? Thanks for your input. I scrolled through, I didn't see anything jump out at me that you might have added. Was it just the two statements in your email? I do not have an answer sheet - most of it is in my head already. I suppose I should create an answer sheet. I figured they would give me his responses and I would score it. But a "teacher's version" with the answers would probably be helpful. Some the stuff I don't know how to answer for one animal/cage anymore - I can only think in terms of how many thousands of crickets would I need per week! I will work up some answers for the group to critique, and we'll see where that takes us. I suppose I could get the questions to Ian while we work on the answers. Well, lunch is over. Time to go back outside to swelter. Joe
--- On Sun, 6/20/10, Lyle Puente <lylepue...@optonline.net> wrote: From: Lyle Puente <lylepue...@optonline.net> Subject: Re: [gecko]leopard gecko test for new (kid) keepers To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 10:34 AM Hi Joe, I hope you are well great idea! I added a couple things: Over all I think its a great idea. Do you have an answer sheet? Will that be given to parents? Lyle Lyle Puente My Brothers Banned http://www.MyBrothersBanned.com http://www.myspace.com/MyBrothersBanned 1. Where are your 2 closest pet stores? 2. How often should you clean the cage? 3. How often should you change the water and clean the bowl? 4. Where are leopard geckos from? 5. Why do you want a captive-bred leopard gecko (as opposed to a wild caught)? 6. What kind of mineral supplements should you give your leopard gecko? ( I might need help answering this one - has anything changed in the last 3-5 years?) 7. How big a cage will you need for your leopard gecko? 8. What kind of substrate (cage liner) should you use? 9. What temperature range is a leopard gecko most comfortable? 10. How will you maintain that temperature, especially in the winter? 11. How can you help you leopard gecko shed skin off its toes? ( Maybe how can you avoid shedding problems? The way its worded seems that this is expected and normal.) 12. How many male leopard geckos can you keep in one cage? 13. When is a leopard gecko most active? 14. True or false: It is acceptable to mix different species of reptiles together in one enclosure. 15. How will you clean and disinfect the cage? How often? (what do you all think - clean weekly, disinfect quarterly?) 16. Does your leopard gecko need a hide box? If so, what will you use? If not, why not? 17. How often should you feed your leopard gecko? 18. What will your leopard gecko be fed? 19. What is the scientific name for the leopard gecko? 20. What is thermal gradient, and how will you achieve it in your leopard gecko's cage? 21. What is the life expectency of a leopard gecko? What will you do with it when you go off to college?
