Don't cha hate it when.

[Zynx_Keekeio]

try squeezing some guts out of the meal worm and putting the guts on her lips or your finger to get her to lick it. it worked with my normal who WOULD NOT eat them, regardless if they were in front of her face or crawling around, with calcium powder or not.

Tried.. I tried, rolling them in cricket guts, and force feeding her, she just spit them right out, but that wasn't the main reason I was rehoming her. I just thought it was much simipler to explain.

Please you guys have to understand...YOu are not where I am, you can't judge me if you don't know my circumstances (of which are not bad ones) please. I'm a good owner, my leos are extremely well taken care of, I moniter their weight, I worry about them all the time, I help them shed, I clean up after them, I make there homes neat looking, I provide proper heat, and if it's wrong I fital with layers of paper towels till it's correct, my mom says if I spent as much time as I do with my leos with people, I'd have tons of friends,lol XD (FYI: most people don't get me XD)

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

I had a leo that wouldn't eat mealworms as well, so I gave her time and did all the tricks in the book, she eventually took them... my SHTCTB just refuses them!! like she literally, spits them out and if I smear the guts on my finger and on her face, still nothing, she sits there, and when i through in some crickets the first time, she showed no interest, so I bought a vitamin electrolyzer and put it in her water, to destress her and promote normal "hunger behaviors" nothing, but now finally, after I moved her into her seperate been, a week later she began to eat crickets on her own, she wouldn't even eat them in a seperate bin!! Poor thing, is just scared by everything.

 

[Foreverandever]

WHOA WHOA WHOA!! Hang on, I completely understand and agree there, but I want her to go to a calmer place and maybe she'll eat better, besides I was selling her, before I even saw this gecko. No I don't just trade out my pets, when I take a pet, I take full responsibilty of him/her. Please I understand where your coming from, there is more to it, but that's not really any of your business. You can't judge me as a bad owner when I'm trying to find a way for all my leos to be well taken care of! They aren't just "trading cards"

See, here's the deal and I know a lot of you don't agree upon this. I won't be getting this gecko in several weeks, in that time, me and my dad are building a shelve rack thing, before then I had my SHTCTB in with my females, because my mother didn't want another 10 gallon setup (yes the cage is big enough for all three) but my females bit and picked on her, so I quickly removed her, and placed my male in with them, this can only be temporary, too much stress on both parties. So I moved my SHTCTB into his 10 gallon. So I needed to find her a new home because I don't want to leave my male in with my females for several weeks, that'd be cruel and hazardess, so with much not wanting to, a girl at work who used to be terrified of reptiles has recently got into leos and absoulutly loved my SHTCTB, and since I needed to rehome her quick, I sold it to her (plus her birthday is just around the corner)

Now does this make sense?

Well...
When you post things like that on a forum...it becomes everyones business. I never said you were a bad owner. First you posted that you want another leo and can't get one. Then later you post that you're selling one you already have...it's easy for people to think you are selling her to finance another. Plus when all you say is she won't eat mealworms and thats all you feed. No explanation=assumptions

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

Well...
When you post things like that on a forum...it becomes everyones business. I never said you were a bad owner. First you posted that you want another leo and can't get one. Then later you post that you're selling one you already have...it's easy for people to think you are selling her to finance another. Plus when all you say is she won't eat mealworms and thats all you feed

I know I know, I understand where your coming from, and I was trying very hard to go about it where it wouldn't sound bad, or make me look bad... TRUST me it's not that I can't finace them, i work 24 hrs a week, it's I have to be careful and spacious how I spend my money, because my parents are touchy about the whole thing, but I know them and I know how to work them carefully. BEsidessSSSS, what about breeders who sell old breeders to finace for another!!! hrmmmmm?! you canNOT say that that is different. well you can but don't lol, it's all over the place. Please do not pick on me.

 

[Foreverandever]

I know I know, I understand where your coming from, and I was trying very hard to go about it where it wouldn't sound bad, or make me look bad... TRUST me it's not that I can't finace them, i work 24 hrs a week, it's I have to be careful and spacious how I spend my money, because my parents are touchy about the whole thing, but I know them and I know how to work them carefully. BEsidessSSSS, what about breeders who sell old breeders to finace for another!!! hrmmmmm?! you canNOT say that that is different. well you can but don't lol, it's all over the place. Please do not pick on me.

You don't need to keep explaining yourself. And I'm not picking on you :main_rolleyes:. I made one comment, then explained why I made that comment.

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

You don't need to keep explaining yourself. And I'm not picking on you :main_rolleyes:. I made one comment, then explained why I made that comment.

I know, I just want to make it clear to everyone else as well. so they don't jump to bad conclusions, and I also don't want the person I'm buying the leo from to think I just casually toss my geckos about. ya know?
:main_laugh:

 

[Foreverandever]

I know, I just want to make it clear to everyone else as well. so they don't jump to bad conclusions, and I also don't want the person I'm buying the leo from to think I just casually toss my geckos about. ya know?
:main_laugh:

Gotcha

 

[leonut]

I think it's clear she knows what she is doing guys.

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

I think it's clear she knows what she is doing guys.

Thanks :main_yes:

 

[KelliH]

Is it really a big deal if she is selling one gecko to buy another? No else one here has ever done that? Come on! Besides, it's her gecko, she can sell it if she wants to.

Also, I've had geckos (and still do have geckos) that refuse to eat mealworms. They would starve before eating a mealie.

 

[Alusdra]

Ditto Kelli. If you're breeding geckos, you're going to be selling them. Why is it any different here?

 

[stewy84]

Ditto Kelli. If you're breeding geckos, you're going to be selling them. Why is it any different here?

totally agree

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

thank you Kelli, Alusdra and Stewy!

 

[supperl]

I know it very good I spend much much money for leos but got it back from breeding!
Some are just to expensive and often you know you will get it yourself from your breeding but it´s still hard!
And my parents don´t know how much I spend on Geckos ;-) my buisinesses are my stuff but if my dad knew HOW much is it he would tell me I´m stupid *G*

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

I know it very good I spend much much money for leos but got it back from breeding!
Some are just to expensive and often you know you will get it yourself from your breeding but it´s still hard!
And my parents don´t know how much I spend on Geckos ;-) my buisinesses are my stuff but if my dad knew HOW much is it he would tell me I´m stupid *G*

Lol, when this new leo arrives at the door, man oh lie, I'm going to have to be very sneaky to get around my parents asking how much it was, because I can't lie to them. The guilt would kill me,lol XD .

 

[loulovespat]

You find a gecko you absolutly love and want terribly but can't afford it or it's sold already?!


I Found one I like a lot...but man if my parents found out what I would have spent on it, they'd ring my neck and it's not even that exspensive for a gecko with shipping. $145. but the most I've ever spent was $90. My dad expects me to make that money in return from breeding. *sigh* if only he saw just how beautiful they are, I love them so much, it's so funny to watch their behaviors and mannorisms, and watch them grow, that's why I want to breed, not just to make money...sheesh. Not everything is about money.

But ya know what I mean.

thats alot of money, i bought my gecko for £40