Newbie in Texas

[monkeytechahoo]

Hello.

I'm not new to herps, but haven't had them for quiet some time. Husband started it all over again with bringing home a Bearded Dragon. At 6mths old and 16in long our lil dragon is just a riot to be with. Course you all know the weird looks you get when out on the front lawn with a lizard on a leash. :main_laugh:

I'm currently living with:

husband #3
2 human children 18yr old girl 9yr old boy
2 M dogs Pom & Pug
4 cats 2M 2F (1M is deaf & 3legged and raised w/dogs so he's "catdog")
1 Lovebird F..she's a DRAMA queen.
7 Cockatiels all M
1 bearded Dragon M

I also work with 300+ Aotus "Owl" monkeys and have worked with 500+ Squirrel Monkeys. My work & both monkeys moved from Alabama to Texas and of course I had to move with them because no one else can care for my babies like I can. :main_rolleyes::main_laugh: I've been caring for non human primates for 11yrs and human primates for 19+yrs.

Looking at getting a Leo or Pictus gecko, but need to talk to more Picuts people to help with that decision.

Thanks,
Heather

 

[Mel&Keith]

Welcome to GF!

 

[ariana]

welcome to GF
i have both leopards and panthers but i couldnt tell you why i got the panther. he needed some TLC and i had the money and room..
my leopards are more handable than my pictus. hes very skittish still, but until i get him eating steadily im leaving him alone. im giving him about a month to settle in.
pictus are also smaller, leopards larger.
they have different heating requirements and humidity requirements. i dont think pictus geckos can eat superworms, i know they can eat small crickets, waxworms, and mealworms.

 

[monkeytechahoo]

Thanks for your input Ariana. :main_thumbsup: I don't think Pictus could eat supers either, their heads look too small to the size of supers to me. I haven't read much from people on tryin to feed them Dubia either. Know anyone who's tried the tiny dubia with a Pictus? I've got a breeding colony of them and the hatchlings are so tiny, so I was just wondering.

Hi Mel & Keith.

Here's a pic or 2 of Boga. Sorry I didn't post them earlier.

 

[ariana]

Boga is adorable
if the dubia were small enough, i think you would be able to feed them to pictus. but theyd have to be tiny..but since youre breeding them youd have plenty of small ones.

 

[monkeytechahoo]

thanks Ariana. Boga's goin on 7mths of age and all ready at 16in long we think we just maybe spoilin him a bit.

The tiny dubia's look to be the same/smaller width as what's between a pictus' eyes. I'll measure one and then check at the reptile show on the 30th here. I got my info on nutritional content from Beautiful Dragons Reptile Rescue site

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html

an really don't like crickets, sorry it's a personal I'ma wimp thing :blush: not a nutrition thing. :main_laugh: But maybe it's a "dragon nutrition vs gecko nutrition" thing. That's why I'm hear ta find info & help from people like you. :main_thumbsup:

Course I have been reading up on the Viper and Dwarf Sand Geckos too....