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Just some things that have come to mind as I read the forum posts:
1.Most of them aren't eating and it's fine: Of my 14 adult geckos, three are eating consistently, two are eating occasionally and the rest are barely eating. All the males are over 80 grams (and one is still over 100 grams) and except for the two who are still really juvies, all the females are over 60 grams. It was exactly like this last year. I offer every 3rd day and the results are as above. I expect most of them will be eating by Feb. and the last holdouts by April/May.
2. I have 3 "retired" breeder females sharing a 26 gallon bow-front. In addition to the hides on the hot side, I got 2 "magnatural" hides for them to climb into and am heating one of them. I figured my clumsy enigma female would be the one to stick to the floor level hides, but she's the only one climbing up the magnaturals. Go figure.
3. Sales at most of the shows I went to this year were way down and I worried that maybe there was no point in continuing to breed leos, though I love it. I'm usually sold out of my 40-odd leos by Jan. I have 8 more to go and am now trying to hang on to them till the Manchester show in April
4. Even though I love baby season, it's very restful not having too many geckos to feed (actually, 33 geckos and 1 beardie to date).
5. My babies are starting to grow: 3 of my babies have been pretty frustrating. One was born at the end of August and weighs just 11 grams. The other 2 were born at the beginning of Oct. and until recently weighed only 4-5 grams with very little poop in the cage. They're still on the small side, but are now growing and pooping regularly. It's tempting to get impatient and worry endlessly, but these will come along in time.
Aliza
1.Most of them aren't eating and it's fine: Of my 14 adult geckos, three are eating consistently, two are eating occasionally and the rest are barely eating. All the males are over 80 grams (and one is still over 100 grams) and except for the two who are still really juvies, all the females are over 60 grams. It was exactly like this last year. I offer every 3rd day and the results are as above. I expect most of them will be eating by Feb. and the last holdouts by April/May.
2. I have 3 "retired" breeder females sharing a 26 gallon bow-front. In addition to the hides on the hot side, I got 2 "magnatural" hides for them to climb into and am heating one of them. I figured my clumsy enigma female would be the one to stick to the floor level hides, but she's the only one climbing up the magnaturals. Go figure.
3. Sales at most of the shows I went to this year were way down and I worried that maybe there was no point in continuing to breed leos, though I love it. I'm usually sold out of my 40-odd leos by Jan. I have 8 more to go and am now trying to hang on to them till the Manchester show in April
4. Even though I love baby season, it's very restful not having too many geckos to feed (actually, 33 geckos and 1 beardie to date).
5. My babies are starting to grow: 3 of my babies have been pretty frustrating. One was born at the end of August and weighs just 11 grams. The other 2 were born at the beginning of Oct. and until recently weighed only 4-5 grams with very little poop in the cage. They're still on the small side, but are now growing and pooping regularly. It's tempting to get impatient and worry endlessly, but these will come along in time.
Aliza
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