Featured on Animal Planet!

[MichaelJ]

We're on Animal Planet too! :main_yes:
Check it out... Pets 101, small pets episode. You can find the TV schedule here: http://animal.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=15.14743.130247.39951.x&start=10

My wife and I are featured as part of the leopard gecko segment. We adopted a gecko out to a first grade class and the cameras followed us - pretty cute! They spent the whole day filming and interviewing, so it was interesting to see what they decided to air...

We were very clear about what information to portray in regards to proper care, etc... but they aired this other story/ footage of a leopard gecko gone missing for 6 months. It was a great story, but the footage showed the leopard gecko on sand with an overhead heat bulb. Ugh.

Anyway, it was a fun experience! Hopefully it will help the popularity of leopard geckos. :main_thumbsup:

Our geckos are officially celebrities now!

 

[jerry]

Thats awsome your lucky, im going to keep an eye out for that episode.

 

[clemsonguy1125]

That was you, cool, I saw it last night. Its cool that two members both made it on the show.

 

[MichaelJ]

I know! VERY cool that we had a chance to participate. Definitely a cool experience...

 

[GeckoGurl]

Any way someone can post it online for some of us that had to work or don't have cable? I myself do not have a dvr and I was at work so I missed it!

 

[minimoe80]

If anyone finds this episode that can be played online, PLEASE PLEASE post it for us. I missed it last night :-(

 

[minimoe80]

Oh wait... Is this the one your talking about??

Pets 101
Little Pets- Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Geckos, Rabbits, Parrots, and Ferrets
TV-PG, CC

Meet Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Geckos, Rabbits, Parrots, and Ferrets.

If so then it looks like they are playing it again on the 20th and 25th? http://animal.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=15.14743.130247.39951.x&start=10

 

[MichaelJ]

Yep - that's the one!

I don't think there is a copy of the video available online. I've asked producers to send me a copy of the DVD or file... so as soon as we get it in-hand, we can copy and post. Might be a few weeks though. I'll keep ya'll updated on that.

 

[Dog Shrink]

How did y'all get on this show?

 

[minimoe80]

Yep - that's the one!

I don't think there is a copy of the video available online. I've asked producers to send me a copy of the DVD or file... so as soon as we get it in-hand, we can copy and post. Might be a few weeks though. I'll keep ya'll updated on that.

Michael is this the same episode that acpart posted about? where his Geckos would be on?? (In this thread http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=69790 )

 

[minimoe80]

P.S. Congrats! Thats so cool for you!

 

[MichaelJ]

Michael is this the same episode that acpart posted about? where his Geckos would be on?? (In this thread http://geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=69790 )

Yes - same episode!

 

[minimoe80]

Awesome!! Can not wait to see..

How long is the Gecko Segment?

 

[MichaelJ]

It's a quick segment - maybe 3 mins in total.

 

[acpart]

Actually, the entire gecko segment is more like 10 minutes or so, but Michael's part of it is about 3 minutes.

Aliza

 

[MichaelJ]

Actually, the entire gecko segment is more like 10 minutes or so, but Michael's part of it is about 3 minutes.

Aliza

You're probably right on that one. I was surprised at how long the gecko segment was.... seemed like they tried to encompass all geckos, but ended up highlighting leos specifically. They also got a few shots of our gargoyle geckos too.

Was that your leo that they got to eat on camera? We tried to get ours to eat on demand, but none of them would do it! Ha!!

 

[acpart]

I'll have to look again to see if it's my gecko eating. I think so; it was in May so the females were pretty hungry. I'll check again when I get a chance.
Aliza

 

[Daedric1]

I was surprised at how long the gecko segment was.... seemed like they tried to encompass all geckos, but ended up highlighting leos specifically. They also got a few shots of our gargoyle geckos too.

Yeah the show was pretty good for the most part - it was nice to see some geckos on tv, haha.

Unfortunately, yeah they did somewhat throw all geckos into one broad classification, saying that they all require live feeders and such (which of course isn't true). I did notice the leo on sand, too. :annoyed:

I was kind of hoping they'd talk about some of the other popular geckos too, including cresties and gargs. Unfortunately they didn't, but we got to see a few shots of them. It was weird how they showed gargoyle geckos while talking about leopards too, haha.

Anyway, congrats on getting on TV! It must have been a lot of fun.

 

[MichaelJ]

They posted the video on their website - so for those of you who missed it... here you go!

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/pets-101-geckos.html

 

[MichaelJ]

They posted the video on their website - so for those of you who missed it... here you go!

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/pets-101-geckos.html

This isn't the entire segment... just the meat of it. In the TV airing, the segment includes two human interest stories, including ours. So this is a preview at least!