would your gecko have survived without the internet?

[Sandyballs]

lets say you didnt have internet acess......all you had were the store care sheets, no web info..., no help on stuck shed or right temps....would your gecko be alive?

 

[Palor]

Yup, there are always books.

 

[Haligren]

If I really wanted a gecko I would have gone to the library and checked out every single book on raising reptiles. Card catalouge be darned!

 

[Sandyballs]

If I really wanted a gecko I would have gone to the library and checked out every single book on raising reptiles. Card catalouge be darned!

this is problaby true but where i live theres only books in reptiles in general and no leo info

 

[BethanyB]

I'll be honest.... I've yet to read any books that have as much info or fascinating discussions as these forums do.... or all the tiny little details and personal preferences, and people you can ask "will this work? is this ok? can I do this? should I do this or this?" because a lot of that info just hasn't made it to print yet


And I would be totally deprived of all the awesome photos to look at each day. Which helped me learn my morphs, btw.

 

[ElapidSVT]

there was no internet when i got my first geckos.

 

[Chewbecca]

When my husband first got his leos, there was the internet, but not alot on it about leopard geckos.

 

[prettyprincess3690]

I'd probably just have a ton of books...

 

[rince]

well I ordered mine from a breeder over the internet ...
If it still counts I have to say that I got the most extensive care sheet I have ever seen from this breeder and so far it addressed all the issues I faced. for everything else not in there they suggested to visit or call a vet.
So I still voted 'yes'

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I had been keeping geckos for about 4-5 years before the internet. I kept them alive using common sense and trial and error.

 

[spykerherps]

Yes. I had been keeping geckos and various other species before this forum and before that didn't use the internet much for reptile care.

Seems books on reptile care have gone by the wayside. at least from what I have seen with the various questions asked repeatedly on many common things a care book would answer if one where to open it.

 

[Alusdra]

I had my first leo pre-internet and she lived to be ~10. I don't know what she died from, but it likely isn't something that the internet could have fixed- more a vet that would actually see her (there were none!) assuming it was fixable at all, of course. I guess you could argue that I might have been able to find a vet on the internet? I don't know. Not many exotics practitioners that long ago, and no Yellow Book online would help if they weren't there.

The internet definitely would have (and has) cut down on my labor time, as I used to soak and peel stuck toe shed off all the time prior to learning about the humid hide system.

 

[Nigel4less]

Yes. I had been keeping geckos and various other species before this forum and before that didn't use the internet much for reptile care.

Seems books on reptile care have gone by the wayside. at least from what I have seen with the various questions asked repeatedly on many common things a care book would answer if one where to open it.

Books need to make a comeback... any nut can write on the net :main_laugh::main_rolleyes:

 

[Chewbecca]

Books need to make a comeback... any nut can write on the net :main_laugh::main_rolleyes:

You'd be amazed (though, i'm sure you know) how many nuts can write a book.:main_laugh:

 

[BioWorkZ]

I voted "no" because I wouldn't have been successful at incubating and hatching the eggs. As for keeping the adults alive, that wouldn't have been too much of an issue.

 

[GeckoGathering]

Geckos Ahhhhhh Yes

Giving good care requires observation
and common sense.
The internet can be very helpful but
not totally necessary.
Take care. Hj[/QUOTE]​

 

[robin]

yes because i have kelli as my own personal source of info :thumbsup:

 

[robin]

Giving good care requires observation
and common sense.
The internet can be very helpful but
not totally necessary.
Take care. Hj​

​

[/QUOTE]


i completely agree, sir! :thumbsup:

 

[ajq1540]

I had been keeping geckos for about 4-5 years before the internet. I kept them alive using common sense and trial and error.

it's the trail and error that scares me lol :main_laugh:

 

[LizMarie]

I honestly don't think so. When I got my first leo I didn't know much about leopard geckos and read all those little books/pamphlets I bought at the pet store but many seemed outdated and not very specific so I pretty much bounced around with trial and error. Sadly my gecko didn't live long just 5-6years and I still feel as if I did something wrong because I only started getting on this forum about the time she died. After that I carried around a lot of guilt because I didn't come here earlier. Now with the help of this forum I've grown as a reptile keeper am more knowledge and more confident that I have all of these people to bounce ideas around and not having to use my leo as a science experiment.