LOST...but now FOUND!! *PICS* =)

[SFgeckos]

Just wanted to share a "lost gecko" story with a happy ending!

Right after breeding season ended, one of my breeder females escaped and I haven't seen her since. (I should have learned my lesson about chatting on the cell phone while in the gecko room! A while back, I dropped a bin containing 500+ roach nymphs while on the phone!!!...and they say driving while talking on the phone is dangerous? LOL)

Anyways, fast forward to this morning- I happened to check the sink in the kitchen because it appeared to be leaking. Lo and behold, the missing gecko! She was actually inside a plastic bag of all things? I consider myself very fortunate to have her back!

The following photo was taken tonight, about 10 hours after finding her. She doesn't look like she's lost much weight and her coloration came back after warming her up.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Jon

 

[SFgeckos]

other photos

Here's some other random photos I took tonight.

First photo is a nice white wheeleri. It's hard to take photos of them since they change colors quickly due to stress/mood. I accidentally dropped some calcium powder and the wheeleri was licking it up.

Second photo is a nice pair of striped pictus. The male is the "wide stripe" and the female is the "three-striped". The male is 6 years old and HUGE, like 35+ grams, the female is almost 5.

Enjoy!

 

[rawson5084]

All of them are just so pretty and congrats on finding your female Im Glad she doing good:main_thumbsup:

 

[Haligren]

Glad you found her! What luck, huh? I love your pictus geckos! So cute. Yet another lizard I wouldn't mind owning. How are their temprements generally? I'm just curious. :3

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Whew!! Thanks for sharing, Jon!

 

[SFgeckos]

Thanks

Thanks for the compliments.

Pictus when young can be fragile and flighty. With regular handling they can be as calm as leopard geckos. I usually handle the babies as young as possible, but use caution to avoid them jumping out of my hands or dropping their tails. I attached a photo of a hatchling just a few hours old.

I would highly recommend purchasing captive-bred well started offspring as opposed to wild caught imported adults. (I got my first pictus in the late 90's as wild caughts- they aren't available now)

Also be beware of purchasing adult females, since they can be burned out breeders. Many people over breed the females or breed them too young which can compromise their health and life span.

J

 

[SFgeckos]

Marcia!

I forgot to ask...Where were you this year for the Petaluma show? We all missed you!

Happy holidays!

Jon

 

[rawson5084]

Thanks for the compliments.

Pictus when young can be fragile and flighty. With regular handling they can be as calm as leopard geckos. I usually handle the babies as young as possible, but use caution to avoid them jumping out of my hands or dropping their tails. I attached a photo of a hatchling just a few hours old.

I would highly recommend purchasing captive-bred well started offspring as opposed to wild caught imported adults. (I got my first pictus in the late 90's as wild caughts- they aren't available now)

Also be beware of purchasing adult females, since they can be burned out breeders. Many people over breed the females or breed them too young which can compromise their health and life span.

J

Awe so tiny and so very cute

 

[sauroid]

how long was she gone? congrats on finding her again.

 

[fallen_angel]

Glad to hear that you found your beautiful female after she was lost for so long!

I really like the striped pictus geckos too, I don't think I've ever seen any of those before. They're awesome!

 

[Bling_my_leo]

I'm glad that you found her. That was luck.!

 

[KelliH]

Great story, I've had a few "Lost & Found" geckos myself.

 

[cj.thomas21]

Nice looking girl, good thing you found her.

 

[Lady_Kiya]

Oh my god... they are so small... Anyways, I am happy you found her. ^^ Luckily she didn't get hurt or anything.