Gold Dust Geckos - PICS !!

Dyesub Dave · #1 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 10:38 PM

Well I finally got some Day Geckos ... Some Gold Dust Day Geckos to be exact. (Phelsuma laticauda laticauda). I got one adult female and three unsexed juvies. Here are some pics of the geckos and their enclosures.

Female Gold Dust and Enclosure!

A couple of the juvies and their enclosure!

The fellow that sold them to me loaned me a great book on Phelsumas as well as the juvie inclosure which he built. I will be building something similar but a bit larger for their growing needs. Two of the juvies are related and the third is not so I will hopefully have a breeding project next summer as long as the sexes work out. He said that he incubated the two that are related at higher temps to try and produce males .... time will tell if it worked or not.

Let me know what you think and please give any suggestions that you have about keeping these cute little geckos.

Dyesub Dave.

StobbeToews · #2 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 10:47 PM

No offence, but these pictures do not do Gold Dusts justice. They are such a beautiful gecko with the 'gold dust' speckling, etc.
Looks like you have a good setup and I wish you a bunch of luck on the sexes.
Post more pictures!

Dyesub Dave · #3 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 11:08 PM

No offense taken. These geckos are very secretive and very difficult to get good pics of. The adult female actually isn't that vibrant. I'm not sure if she's going to shed soon or just doesn't have the distinct colouring like some of the pics I've seen on the net. I'm hoping the juvies will develop some nice colouring as they grow.

I will post more pics when the geckos get used to their new homes and are hopefully a bit less shy. They seem to scoot away whenever they see me.

Dyesub Dave.

cliff_f · #4 (**permalink**) 11-13-2008, 11:13 PM

I love the bowls in your hatchling cages lol. Good luck on them. I think my female laticauda might be gravid I sure hope she is.

Dyesub Dave · #5 (**permalink**) 11-14-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cliff_f

I love the bowls in your hatchling cages lol. Good luck on them. I think my female laticauda might be gravid I sure hope she is.

LOL ... Yeah .. the ends from plastic spoons. I figured it would be the easiest for them to get to however I don't think that they come down to the bottom very often. I'd like to mount them to the sides somehow. The handle edge where I cut them was fairly sharp so I melted it slightly with a lighter. High tech stuff eh??

Good Luck with your female. Be sure to let us know if you find some eggs and hatch some babies!

Dyesub Dave.

rab2009 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 04:49 PM

if you heat the spoon up the you can bend the handle 90*. then you could mount the handle to the wall.

Dyesub Dave · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rab2009

if you heat the spoon up the you can bend the handle 90*. then you could mount the handle to the wall.

Hey ... that's a great idea!!

I'll have to find some velcro so I can remove it for cleaning.

Thanks ... Dyesub Dave.

zohariels · #8 (**permalink**) 11-18-2008, 04:58 PM

Sweet! I love your little guys! Mind if I ask where you got them or know where to get more?

frogsnbugs · #9 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 02:28 AM

Hi: Just wondered if you could let me know the title of the book that fellow lent you on the Phelsuma's? I am looking for a few REALLY GOOD Books on The Phelsuma's, especially the Phelsuma Grandis. The Woman I bought mine from this last Sept. told me it was a male, and she kept the other male, but after doing a lot of looking on sites, I think this is a female? It's supposed to be a year-a year and a half old. Also---Would like a Really good diet from someone that has had success with it. Mine won't eat the Rephasy Grape flavour, tried mixing it with Baby food, won't eat that either? He/She? Eats Mealworms, and Waxworms and the odd cricket. But he apparently was eating this stuff very well at her place? Any ideas? Its doing fine, has gone through one shed and going through another now. It's in an 18x18x24 extro-terra tank wit the proper lighting. We went with her to a booth and bought all the right lights, etc. to make SURE we had it right. Could this one be lonely? She had seperated the two of them because they were fighting? It's got Papertowel down on the floor, Snake type plants to crawl and rest on and Bamboo to climb on. I mist it at least two or three times a day, when I walk past, if it looks like it would like a mist it gets one. But did see it drink from a plant pot underdish filled with water tonight. Absolutley LOVE these geckos! Would like more, but I need to know what mine really is first. We don't have a good enough camera to take proper pictures, unfortunately. Sure would like to know the names of Good Books on them though. Not the Pet Shop Warren's type. Thanks in Advance!

Dyesub Dave · #10 (**permalink**) 11-20-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by zohariels

Sweet! I love your little guys! Mind if I ask where you got them or know where to get more?

I got them from a fellow close to me in Ontario. His breeding season is over for this year but I also doubt that he'd ship them to you. If you happen to be heading this way next spring/summer let me know and I'll check to see if he has any more for sale by then.

Hey Frogsnbugs ... I've given the book back to him but I know it wasn't an easy to get book. I will email and ask him again and let you know when I hear back.

Dyesub Dave.