Our leos (large photos)

[Lovey]

Oh they are sooooooooo cute!!! I love that last one. You've definently got some great shots of them Very beautiful Geckos.

 

[Malibu Barbie]

those are som AMAZING photos and i LOOOOVE narmals -they have such charm :love:

 

[Halley]

Great looking geckos!

 

[Ehatcher]

Beautiful animals and AWESOME shooting!:main_thumbsup:

 

[Stitchex]

Your husband should let you in the Leo loop just from the pics you took, awesome! Nice Leos!

 

[Chewbecca]

Thank you!
I just told him that I think we should start feeding them the lobster roaches again.
And I told him, "But you'll feed them, right? Because you know I won't touch them. And you'll have to convince me again that there's NO WAY any of the L. roaches will EVER make it out of their cage and wander around my house."

I know. Lobster roaches require a very strict temperatured environment to survive, and I know they'd never make it outside of that environment even if one did get out, but to me a roach is a roach. And it better not make it out of the gecko cage. EVER.
Or I'll die.

 

[fallen_angel]

I agree with everyone that replied about their eating habits, they need to be given as much as they want to eat. They won't become obese, trust me. Our geckos don't overeat, and they are big and healthy. Anywhoo, your pictures are beautiful, and all of the geckos are very beautiful as well :sweetheart:

 

[Alusdra]

Heh- I know what you mean about the roaches- I have B. dubia and I have nightmares all the time that they have escaped... though they seem to have stopped after I found one that had escaped (which was an EEK! moment, let me tell you) but it looked a person who was trapped in the desert- the poor little thing was barely crawling, his little legs waving like he was saying "heat!" like said person would be going "water!" Poor kiddo...

As for the weight- I know what you mean about dogs! ALL dogs should have a definable waist. How show labs are kept is essentially abuse, so far as I see it. There was a recent study where dogs kept trim lived something like 5 years longer, and had much less medical problems. This whole "well-loved" meaning "ridiculously fat" is very annoying. For geckos, however, they seem to do better more plump. I'd give your guys some more groceries.

And I know we don't want to get into the sand thing- but food for thought- it's actually more likely that older geckos will become impacted than younger (not babies). It's like anything else: disease affects the very young and the old, as they are the ones with naturally lower immune systems, more immature or slowing down bodies, etc. Which gets back to keeping them a bit fatter, too- that way they have reserves if they stop eating, etc.

Your pics are gorgeous, though! And I'm totally a sucker for a beautiful wild-type. Those cute little faces go straight to my heart.

 

[Kristi23]

Very nice pictures!

 

[Chewbecca]

I went downstairs and fed them mealies today. I just gave them a TON. And I'm kind of sort of proud of myself for this because I am a very girly girl. I did not enjoy worms or bugs when I was growing up.
But I figure as long as I can pick it up with a pair of tweezers, and it won't touch me, I can feed it to them.

oh! here's a picture of my male from the other night. I don't think he's pictured in any of the other shots I posted.
He's got a "C" on his head. Aw.

Does anyone here ever notice if their males eat better than their females or vice versa?

It seems like our male dives right in after the mealies, but the females just watch them, intently, for a while before they decide which exact worm they want to go for.

 

[Chewbecca]

I just wanted to bump this, so that when I snap new shots of them today (and I got a couple last night), you all will see that, imo, these guys are doing a LOT better.

I have been making sure they are provided with mealies DAILY, and I even give them giants sometimes. I have phoenix worms on the way, and this weekend I think I shall give them some wax worms and/or pinkies.
They are putting on weight (tails are slowly getting plumper).

I FINALLY was able to convince the husband that they needed OFF the sand!
SO! This past Saturday, he kept eye on the geckos and dumped the sand out of the cage. I then washed everything in a heavily diluted water/bleach solution, and soaked all of their hides, and I also changed all their humid hides.

I washed off some left over ceramic tile we had from when we laid the floor in the bathroom downstairs, and I used that in their cage. I also placed paper towel down on their defactatorium area.
The tiles are a natural color (same color, basically, as the sand).

I'll be posting some pictures of them later.


I wanted to thank everyone here for providing such wonderful education and helpful, real life tips on how to properly care for our leos.
You guys are great.
Thank you!

 

[Kristi23]

Can't wait to see the new pics! I'm glad you got them off the sand.

 

[leegooman2323]

Aww they are gorgeous!

 

[DarthGekko]

Rebecca,

Nice pics once again! I'm always impressed with your photos You asked if it's normal for males to "dive right in" during dinner time. Usually there is a pecking order in gecko colonies where the "Alpha" of the group eats first. The Alpha can also include females as well. This isn't always followed but can be observed during feeding time I think Ron Tremper wrote about it in his book...

 

[Chewbecca]

Thanks, guys!


HAHAHA, Nate!
Don't you know by now that I have been picking apart that book in pieces? :main_laugh:

Those are older pics, btw, I have some new ones I took today, but they were trying to sleep, and I didn't want to bother them too much.
Whenever I show in front of their cage it translates to food to them.

 

[CHAMpion]

Amazing pictures very impressive

 

[Chibii]

I relay love those gecko's they look relay nice and cute all together. Like the photo's btw.

 

[DarthGekko]

I thought you'd like that It's a good book. I've probably read it 10+ times. I never get tired of it.