Re: [gecko]Trying to sell a house with geckos in it!
We worried about this too, I have a couple hundred geckos and a lot of cages. Our house sold to the first people who walked in the door on the first day for a record-setting price. We actually had 2 offers out of the first 3 people who saw it. After that things got crazy, but that's another story... After my experience with real estate agents, I would seriously think of private sale if I had a hot property, then you can explain to buyers and address their worries. Somewhat off-topic, for those of you who know our situation and might be wondering, Dee and I are over halfway through building our new home (and state-of-the4-art gecko room!). We are also well into the process of adopting our niece and nephew (2.5 6.5 year-olds). Things are working out after much stress, a nasty lawsuit and few other bumps along the road. Since were talking about selling/moving, does anyone have any tips for moving 4 large incubators full of delicate eggs? Best wishes, Neil I went through this a few years ago. I warned people before they came in, was here for all showings and gave a very small presentation. At the time there were two rooms with hundreds of geckos. The house sold on the second day. I did remove the cricket bins...seems the bugs scared people more than the geckos. They also smelled. I would also make pop corn before each showing. Anyone else had to do this? Potential buyers are really freaked out by my one bedroom of geckos. I live in a really desirable neighborhood where single detached one story homes are really rare in the price range we are asking. The house has been on the market only two weeks, however, hearing about this from the agents after folks have been here to look at the house is getting old already! Lyle Puente President- Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com My Brothers Banned http://www.purevolume.com/MyBrothersBanned http://www.mybrothersbanned.com ___ 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 -- Neil Meister Promotions Secretary Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com http://www.gekkota.com/html/gecko_night_2002.html President Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society http://users.eastlink.ca/~nshs ___ 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
[gecko]Eating sand
This is a question more than a concern. I've had a few of Pristurus carteri for some months and I notice that the bulk of their fecal matter is sand. It doesn't seem to affect them, though. I am using a fine grade quartz sand (one of those pet store brands). I moved to gravel once in hope this would change but they eat that to, which DID concern me. I changed it back to sand. They have regular calcium available in a dish (Rep-cal) and they have UV light. Has anyone experienced this? I've just started giving females liquid calcium with an eye dropper to curb this habit, just in case, but I have a feeling this will cause more harm in the long run. Maybe this isn't even a problem and it's normal. It sure doesn't sound normal. Maybe the next step is to have a sand bowl for eggs and a paper towl bedding. Thanks for any input, Mike ___ 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
Re: [gecko]Trying to sell a house with geckos in it!
Julie, It may not be the geckos, depending on where you live and sub divison (if applicable) The market may not be so good. Example - Our house in San Antonio, TX has been on the market for 2 years, when we started selling it the average sale was in 16 days. Ours and a house 4 houses down are just in the wrong sub- (good neighborhood, just wrong market). But here in Baltimore its a sellers market, seems houses take 3 - 4 days to sell unless theres a bidding war. So it may just be somethnig else. I did se some others that had good ideas. Paul - Original Message - From: Julie Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gecko list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:58 PM Subject: [gecko]Trying to sell a house with geckos in it! Anyone else had to do this? Potential buyers are really freaked out by my one bedroom of geckos. I live in a really desirable neighborhood where single detached one story homes are really rare in the price range we are asking. The house has been on the market only two weeks, however, hearing about this from the agents after folks have been here to look at the house is getting old already! Julie B. ___ 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
Re: [gecko]Trying to sell a house with geckos in it!
Hi Paul, Paul wrote: Julie, It may not be the geckos, depending on where you live and sub divison (if applicable) The market may not be so good. It is the geckos, we are getting this feedback directly from the agents showing the house, who my agent phones to follow up. We live in one of the hottest housing markets in Northern Calfornia. Houses usually sell very quickly here unless they are overpriced. Most folks seem to think the house is priced fairly. Oh well, if we move out before the house sells and get a chance to start doing improvements, the price is going up! I think it is in the price range where folks are really fussy about everything. Example - Our house in San Antonio, TX has been on the market for 2 years, when we started selling it the average sale was in 16 days. Ours and a house 4 houses down are just in the wrong sub- (good neighborhood, just wrong market). But here in Baltimore its a sellers market, seems houses take 3 - 4 days to sell unless theres a bidding war. So it may just be somethnig else. I did se some others that had good ideas. Paul Bummer you were in that position. Buying a house in Davis, CA is better than just about any investment we could have made! We will just have to exercise a little patience to collect our money. ;) Julie B. - Original Message - From: Julie Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gecko list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:58 PM Subject: [gecko]Trying to sell a house with geckos in it! Anyone else had to do this? Potential buyers are really freaked out by my one bedroom of geckos. I live in a really desirable neighborhood where single detached one story homes are really rare in the price range we are asking. The house has been on the market only two weeks, however, hearing about this from the agents after folks have been here to look at the house is getting old already! Julie B. ___ 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
[gecko]Getting ants out of crickets
Hi all, I got my cricket order today, and the box sat on the front porch for a couple hours. When I picked it up, it was covered in ants, the little black kind. A lot more were inside the box. I kept it outside and emptied it into a plastic tub, and since the ants can climb the plastic a lot have left. But there are still a bunch in the eggcrate. They don't seem to be attacking the crickets or anything, but I don't want to bring the ants into the house. Anybody got any good ideas on how to get them out? Thanks, Melody -- Hartley Enterprises, Inc. Technical Writing Services HeartSong Sanctuary Asian turtles, day geckos, and frogs http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ ___ 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
Re: [gecko]Getting ants out of crickets
Melody, I have had the same problem. What I did was get a glass jar with screw on lid- took a nail and poked holed in the top from the outside of lid in- put some sugar and a little water in the jar, screwed the lid back on, and placed in cricket cage- the ants were able to get to the sugar, but the crickets were not. after all ants were in the jar, I fed them off to a horned lizard. TQ Hi all, I got my cricket order today, and the box sat on the front porch for a couple hours. When I picked it up, it was covered in ants, the little black kind. A lot more were inside the box. I kept it outside and emptied it into a plastic tub, and since the ants can climb the plastic a lot have left. But there are still a bunch in the eggcrate. They don't seem to be attacking the crickets or anything, but I don't want to bring the ants into the house. Anybody got any good ideas on how to get them out? Thanks, Melody -- Hartley Enterprises, Inc. Technical Writing Services HeartSong Sanctuary Asian turtles, day geckos, and frogs http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ ___ 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
Re: [gecko]Trying to sell a house with geckos in it!
Neil, Place egg crate foam rubber in an ice chest, layer the egg containers on top. Another layer of foam, etc. Cyndy Since were talking about selling/moving, does anyone have any tips for moving 4 large incubators full of delicate eggs? Best wishes, Neil ___ 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
