Recent content by acpart

I've owned a lot of geckos and some of them do seem to respond to human interaction. If your geckos seems OK with it and possibly initiates, I'd say go with it and don't worry about it. We may never know for sure but as long as it's thriving, it's OK in my opinion to assume the best. Aliza

Keep us posted. Aliza

You may have to get a needle nose pliers and chip off the shell until you can get her out. Aliza

The first picture does look kind of yucky. Is there a reptile vet anywhere near you? It might make sense to have an appointment and bring some poop samples. Aliza

Feel free to post poop pictures; it's not considered to be obscene. Sometimes my geckos' poop looks green as well. Sometimes when the poop is fresh, it looks green and when it dries up it's browner. Aliza

Good luck with him. When you offer bugs do you put them in front of him or do you hold him and push the bug into his mouth. If you're not doing it that way, try that. Aliza

It's very likely the poop is due to the critical care since it's a puree. If you hold your gecko and push a bug at its mouth will it try to eat it? If you haven't tried that, try it soon because that's a lot closer to a "normal" diet. Aliza

My entire colony got crypto 9 years ago. I had most of them tested and they were all positive. Because of that I had to stop breeding geckos and with a few exceptions stopped increasing my collection. During the first year I lost about half of my geckos, which included over 30 who had hatched...

There could be a small piece under the eyelid. You could try flushing his eye by dipping your finger in water and putting a drop on his eye. If you can see anything, you can take a tweezer and carefully extract it. You can hand feed him for now if he'll tolerate it and you may want to...

I can't really figure out the difference between these two products. I recommend you contact joshsfrogs.com and ask them. Aliza

if you mean it's 30" high and the 16" is width and length, I don't think it's really big enough for a paludarium. It's taller than it is long, so not great for fish. It's a nice size for a crested gecko or a gargoyle gecko or even a day gecko, though those are a little more challenging to...

The traditional way to do it is to get hydroton expanded clay balls and put about a 2" layer on the bottom. Cover that with a layer of screen and put your substrate on top of that. In the old days I used coco fiber which I still have in many of my enclosures, Some people use special soil mixes...

It's worth a try! Aliza

No, I think they're too small. It's really a drag but it got me out of breeding which was actually a blessing in disguise even though I didn't know it at the time. Aliza

Crypto is an abdominal protozoa that breeds in the gecko's gut. The gecko sheds eggs from them in its poop which makes it really contagious. My geckos got it from a gecko that I bought and quarantined. I should have had every new gecko I got tested for crypto but there's nothing I can do now...